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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saudi women living in the U.S. are free to be as different as they wish and to practice their religion to the degree they with (within the common law of the people in the U.S.).

Before there was a U.S., religious pilgrims came here fleeing oppression in Europe; we celebrate them yearly at Thanksgiving.

Be as modest as you want and pray as often as you like.  We encourage it in fact.  Diversity is our strength.

But we also value tolerance.  We don't believe that prohibiting women from driving is tolerant. We don't believe in having Saudi-style religious police to enforce sharia. We tolerate people of all faiths, and people of no faith.  And we tolerate freedom of expression - even offensive speech like burning our flag or burning a Koran.  It is protected speech.

I'm not convinced you've managed to reconcile the freedoms we give you with the tolerance we require as Americans.[/quote]

And I'm a Muslim-American from a very modern Muslim-American family. I have no idea what the purpose of OP's thread is. Comparing Saudi women's circumstances with the circumstances of American women is a ridiculous equivalence. OP, you know that a lot of Middle-Eastern countries think the Saudis are batshit crazy, don't you?[/quote]

Thank you.  Well said.

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