King Abdullah: women will have political role

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King Abdullah: women will have political role
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said on Sunday women in the conservative Islamic kingdom will have the right to join the advisory Shura Council as full members and participate in future municipal elections, meeting a key goal of liberal activists.

"Because we refuse to marginalize women in society in all roles that comply with sharia, we have decided, after deliberation with our senior ulema (clerics) and others, to involve women in the Shura Council as members, starting from the next term," the King said in a speech delivered to the Shura Council.

"Women will be able to run as candidates in the municipal election and will even have a right to vote," he added. Activists in the country have long called for greater rights for women, who are barred from traveling, working, driving or having medical operations without the permission of a male relative.


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