Is Takfir closer to shirk (appointing yourself to god)?

I lost two friends from school many years ago in car accidents. I was in a near miss personally. My children do not drive because I convinced my eldest that even 1 in 10 000 is still an unacceptably high risk.

If I were sure that the Saudi authorities do this purely for the protection of women, I would find it hard to fault them.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.