Without codified system of law to go with the texts making up sharia, or Islamic, Saudi police and judiciary have long cited social customs in enforcing prohibitions on women. ..…

For years, state-backed preachers told Saudi that women should not travel longer than night alone and that this was rooted Islamic practice.. Still, clerics Saudi Arabia have supported the imposition of male guardianship based on in Quran that states men are the protectors and..…

Then week later in mid- July, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps impounded British tanker ship, 'Stena Impero, as it was passing through Strait of Hormuz en route to Saudi Arabia for failing to respect maritime rules... ..…