Even young girls should be entirely covered

[Sweeper]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi cleric says even girls who have not yet reached puberty should be covered from head to toe, citing instances of child molestation in the ultraconservative kingdom and elsewhere.

Sheik Abdullah Daoud made the remarks on the satellite channel al-Majd. He says many viewers watching the program had probably come across instances of sexual harassment as children.

He is not affiliated with the government nor considered a senior sheik.

Judge Mohammed al-Jazlani, a senior sheik, said Monday that such talk denigrates Islam and may push non-Muslims to view Islam negatively. He urged Saudis to ignore unofficial fatwas, or edicts.

Separately, a spokesman for Saudi Arabia's religious police said online that the force can oblige a woman to cover her face "if her eyes are seditious." He did not elaborate.


I'm speechless. It's insane.

[Mikal]

Yes because all women and girls need to wear a table cloth until they get breasts. :poke:

[Devin]

He's basically trying to get people to "act" as he feels is suitable.
Other than that, he's basically saying children can't be children nor can they run around playing as they have to be covered entirely at all times, I would like to see a child running around and playing while fully clothed from head to toe. 

[~Legend~]

Covering up more wouldn't decrease intents for such behaviour... more reduce the "temptation", I guess.

If those problems are so serious maybe ways of sorting out the society itself should be looked at.
If it was a universal issue, we would have seen the implications of it.

[Matt Murdock]

Why not cut penises off those dumb molesters?

Come on, you can't put a chicken in cage forever just so a cat doesn't eat it.

[TheLegitHabibi]

The only regulations Muslims have, is the covering of the head. Not the face. And wearing full sleeves and full pants.

Exactly like a christian nun. But they all completely cover themselves which is weird.
Just a hijab. Jeez. Spare the little girls from the trouble.

[Kalvin]

The only regulations Muslims have, is the covering of the head. Not the face. And wearing full sleeves and full pants.

Exactly like a christian nun. But they all completely cover themselves which is weird.
Just a hijab. Jeez. Spare the little girls from the trouble.

[Matt Murdock]

The only regulations Muslims have, is the covering of the head. Not the face. And wearing full sleeves and full pants.

Exactly like a christian nun. But they all completely cover themselves which is weird.
Just a hijab. Jeez. Spare the little girls from the trouble.

Not getting into a religious discussion but I find it weird that Muslim men are allowed to have upto five wives and numerous children, but young muslim girls must keep themselves fully covered?

Sort of gender discrimination?

[Sweeper]

Sort of gender discrimination?

Yes it is.

If those problems are so serious maybe ways of sorting out the society itself should be looked at.

Indeed, West European countries don't have these problems either.

[Alan.Wake]

I dislike to say it, but some scholars/clerics in Saudi Arabia are extremist/hypocrites.

Why not cut penises off those dumb molesters?

We cut of their heads instead.

[Batta]

Medieval mentality.. here we are again.

[Mikal]

The only regulations Muslims have, is the covering of the head. Not the face. And wearing full sleeves and full pants.

Exactly like a christian nun. But they all completely cover themselves which is weird.
Just a hijab. Jeez. Spare the little girls from the trouble.

Why should they just have to cover their head still? It's stupid.

[Duel]

There are molesters every where, a type of clothing won't stop it..

[Alan.Wake]

Why should they just have to cover their head still? It's stupid.

To prevent temptation. It not stupid, it has wisdom behind it which contributes to many societies till today. It also a tradition in certain Arab countries.

[Sweeper]

It also a tradition in certain Arab countries.

It has nothing to do with tradition, it's female oppression.