Irreligious Police: Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
Author(s)
Truszkowska, Natalia
Abstract
Saudi Arabia’s system of criminal justice has had a history of arbitrary neglect and violation of women’s human rights that goes far beyond simple discrimination. Despite the government’s notorious resistance to change, there is no reason for it to remain that way. Besides contradicting the Saudi government’s position on human rights, the abuses conflict with the Islamic law that forms the basis of Saudi justice. If the world is to take Saudi Arabia’s commitment to protecting human rights within an Islamic context seriously, Saudi Arabia must implement a gentler brand of Islamic authority.
