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Content: The decision to not allow women to vote violates Kuwait's constitution, 
which states "All people are equal in human dignity and in public rights and 
duties before the law" (Kuwait Constitution, Article 29). But an election 
law established the same year as the constitution (1962)  limits political 
rights to males over the age of twenty-one. Court cases brought against 
Kuwait in violation of the Constitution have been turned down. One such 
case was brought by Adnan al-Isa, who sued the elections department for 
failing to register the names of women, including his wife, on electoral 
lists (BBC News Online). At the crux of the problem is Islamic thought. The Koran states "men have 
authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and 
because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient" 
(Koran, 4:34). It is also apparently in the sayings of the Prophet that 
people will not succeed if they allow women to be their commanders, which 
justifies not letting women run for office. When compared to a place such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwaiti women have it good. In Saudi Arabia, no one has the right to vote and women still don't have the 
right to drive a car (Muslim Women's League).