More than 100 Saudi intellectuals and academics have again petitioned their rulers to press ahead with political reforms to help curb the recent surge in armed attacks.
One of the reform petition's architects said on Tuesday that it partly attributed Islamist violence in Saudi Arabia to the absence of political participation.
The reformer, who declined to be named, said the petition - the second since September - asked the ruling family to give ordinary Saudis a say in affairs of state and transform the absolute monarchy into a constitutional one similar to Jordan or Bahrain.
It also reiterated calls for an elected parliament, an independent judiciary and equal rights for women, who are not allowed to drive in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
Al Jazeera 
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