Members of the United Nations Women's Rights Panel sat aghast on Saturday as Women in a Saudi delegation testified. The Gazette---Canada.com January 20, 2008Two years ago Fatima al-Timani, heard a knock on her front door, it was the local Police delivering news that a Judge had annulled her marriage in absentia, on the grounds that she had married beneath her. Under Sharia Law, Women need permission from their family to marry.
Under Sharia Law, Women are victimized daily, suffering severe restrictions they can not drive, they can not appear before a Court without a male representative or travel without their male guardian's permission.
Recently the Saudi Arabia King pardoned a 19 year old Rape Victim that had been sentenced to Lashes for being in a car with a man that was not a relative, after international attention spotlighted the case.
The U.N. Panel heard testimony of a man that testified about Polygamy and said, "...a man who is not confident about treating his women fairly should only marry one woman...Polygamy is humanitarian as it gives more women opportunities to marry and covers the expenses."
The U.N. monitoring group said, "...the Saudi delegation unmasked the pervasive discrimination against Women...the responses speak for themselves...Only when Women are free to make their own decisions...are they full citizens."
