Women Welcome Grand Mufti's Ruling on Forced Marriages

We have seen a huge shift over the past year in the Saudi media with respect to liberalization, but now the Grand Mufti publicly defending women...the pace of change occurring in Saudi society is truly impressive!

Women Welcome Grand Mufti's Ruling on Forced Marriages: "JEDDAH, 13 April 2005 � Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who heads the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars, has come out strongly against the practice of forcing women to marry against their will while calling for the imprisonment of violators, the Saudi Press Agency reported yesterday"