Saudi Arabia took a major step forward for women's rights by today naming the first-ever woman minister in the kingdom and then took a major step forward for stoners' rights by allowing her to be stoned to death on her first day on the job.
"We must walk a line between moderates and hard-liners," Abdul Al-Aziz, a spokesman for the Saudi government, told a hastily assembled Riyadh news conference. "By choosing a woman minister, we appeal to the moderates. By having her stoned to death, we appeal to the hard-liners. We think we satisfied both constituencies today."
The name of the female minister, who was to have been in charge of education, has been withheld pending notification of her family by the proper authorities.
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