Posted on 02/03/2013 3:59:20 PM PST by dervish
A Saudi cleric has called for all female babies to be fully covered by wearing the face veil, commonly known as the burka, citing reports of little girls being sexually molested.
In a TV interview on the Islamic al-Majd TV, which seems to date back to mid-last year, Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, stressed that wearing the veil will protect baby girls. The Sheikh tried to back his assertion with claims of sexual molestation against babies in the kingdom, quoting unnamed medical and security sources.
Recently picked up on social media, Sheikh Dauod’s statement prompted wide condemnation from his fellow Saudis on Twitter. Some tweeps called for the Sheikh to be held accountable because his ruling denigrates Islam and breaches individual privacy.
Sheikh Mohammad al-Jzlana, former judge at the Saudi Board of Grievances, told Al Arabiya that Dauod’s ruling was denigrating to Islam and Shariah and made Islam look bad.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
On a lighter note, when I was a child I had a wonderfully crazy old Uncle that would tell me the most fantastic lies about all his travels around the world. I whole heartedly believed (until I was in my early teens) that Russian children under the age of five could not leave the house unless they were dressed as tiny bears.
My Uncle Frank rocked. Haha!
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