In minor election, a major step for Saudi women

In minor election, a major step for Saudi women | csmonitor.com: "Taher and Sulaiman urged the women present to vote for them and more importantly, to urge their menfolk to vote for them as well. Some 2,400 women hold commercial licenses in Jeddah, Sulaiman told the crowd, as opposed to more than 20,000 men.
Several conservative imams have come out against women's participation in the vote. According to al-Hayat newspaper, some Islamists said women should not run in the election because being a board member would lead to working with men not closely related to them, which is consider a sin."