The Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip has introduced a ban on women riding motorbikes and scooters. Leaders of the fundamentalist movement deny the measure is to do with religious values, but say it is simply a safety measure.
A Hamas spokesman says women riding motorbikes are involved in numerous accidents. Female passengers riding pillion are also said to pose a danger on the roads.
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