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Women in Saudi Arabia are to be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has announced.
Women in Saudi Arabia are to be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has announced.
"Thank God, the lashing of Sheima is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved King. I'm sure all Saudi women will be so happy, I know I am," said Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
Kuwait's parliament on Thursday provisionally passed amendments to the Gulf state's penal code stipulating the death penalty for those who curse God, Islam's Prophet Mohammed or his wives.