[ppi] [ppiindia] Women IDs Are Optional, but Banks in Madinah Disagree

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Saturday, 1, April, 2006 (02, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)



      Women IDs Are Optional, but Banks in Madinah Disagree
      Arab News

     
        
      MADINAH, 1 April 2006 - Women customers of local banks in Madinah are 
angry at having their accounts frozen for not complying with the requirement to 
produce a personal photo identification card. These women have encountered 
difficulty in obtaining their monthly salaries.

      Some women have had to wait longer for their pay as they wished to be 
issued checks - rather than having their salaries directly deposited into 
frozen accounts - so they could cash them at other banks.

      Banks have threatened to freeze more accounts next month and not to 
conduct any bank operation until customers show a photo ID, according to 
Al-Madinah newspaper. 

      "My salary was deposited to my account as usual by the end of the month," 
said Um Eman, a bank customer.

      "When I went to withdraw my money, I found that my account was frozen. 
When I visited the women's branch to inquire about my account, I was surprised 
to see many women like me there. We are forced now to obtain a personal ID in 
order to unfreeze the account. We reached a deal with the bank to release our 
money this month as there were no advance warnings, but as of next month the 
account will remain frozen until we produce a photo ID. I thought that the 
personal ID card was optional and we are not obliged to have it."

      This policy has created a bigger problem for many women who would have to 
ask for their husband's permission to obtain their own photo identification 
cards. Many men object to their wives obtaining IDs because it involves a 
photograph exposing their faces. The IDs also qualify women independently to 
obtain services and complete procedures that require proper identification. And 
many women do not apply for personal ID cards because they believe that the 
family card is more than enough. 

      Um Fares, another customer, said that women are not against having a 
personal ID card but they are against the way it was done. 

      "Whenever there is a change in the rule, they should announce it in the 
media so we could take proper measures," she said, adding that banks should not 
dictate to women and force them to obtain IDs. "Since when have banks joined 
the campaign for women IDs? They have no right to twist women's arms on the 
issue." 

      The manager of the civil department branch in Madinah, Saad Al-Oufi, said 
that personal ID cards are optional for women and the doors of the department 
are open to all those that want it.
     


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