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5th February 2013, 01:41 AM
'Even BABIES must wear the burka': Saudi cleric says newborn girls should have their faces veiled to help ward off sex attacks
Sheikh Abdullah Daoud said veils would protect baby girls from sex attacks
Made comments in a TV interview that surfaced on the internet
Cleric's 'unregulated fatwa' slammed by fellow Saudis as harmful to Islam
By Kerry Mcdermott (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Kerry+Mcdermott)
PUBLISHED: 17:16 GMT, 4 February 2013 | UPDATED: 18:24 GMT, 4 February 2013
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273308/Sheikh-Abdullah-Daoud-Saudi-cleric-sparks-outrage-calling-baby-girls-wear-burka.html#comments)
A Saudi cleric has sparked outrage by declaring that baby girls must wear the burka.
Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, who said all female newborns should wear the veil, insisted the burkas would help to protect the infants against the threat of sexual attacks.
His comments, made in an interview with an Islamic television station that has surfaced online, have been widely condemned as 'disturbing' and harmful to the religion.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/04/article-2273308-17588F04000005DC-255_634x373.jpg Shocking: Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdullah Daoud has provoked outrage by suggesting that babies should wear burkas to protect them against the threat of sexual attacks
In the interview broadcast on al-Majd TV last year, Sheikh Daoud cited instances of babies being sexually molested in Saudi Arabia, and quoted unnamed medical and security sources, a report on Al Arabiya News (http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/03/264031.html) said.
After the footage suddenly spread across the internet this week, commentators called for the cleric to be held accountable for his unregulated fatwa, which they said was damaging to Islam.
Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty.
Sheikh Mohammed al-Jzlana, a former judge at the Saudi Board of Grievances, told the news channel that Sheikh Daoud's remarks had made the faith look bad.
He urged people to ignore unofficial religious edicts, which he said were administered under special regulations set by Saudi authorities, which also appoints those entitled to issue them.
The former judge said covering baby girls with burkas was 'an injustice' to children.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/04/article-2273308-0DFFED2A00000578-879_634x444.jpg Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty
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Sheikh Abdullah Daoud said veils would protect baby girls from sex attacks
Made comments in a TV interview that surfaced on the internet
Cleric's 'unregulated fatwa' slammed by fellow Saudis as harmful to Islam
By Kerry Mcdermott (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Kerry+Mcdermott)
PUBLISHED: 17:16 GMT, 4 February 2013 | UPDATED: 18:24 GMT, 4 February 2013
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273308/Sheikh-Abdullah-Daoud-Saudi-cleric-sparks-outrage-calling-baby-girls-wear-burka.html#comments)
A Saudi cleric has sparked outrage by declaring that baby girls must wear the burka.
Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, who said all female newborns should wear the veil, insisted the burkas would help to protect the infants against the threat of sexual attacks.
His comments, made in an interview with an Islamic television station that has surfaced online, have been widely condemned as 'disturbing' and harmful to the religion.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/04/article-2273308-17588F04000005DC-255_634x373.jpg Shocking: Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdullah Daoud has provoked outrage by suggesting that babies should wear burkas to protect them against the threat of sexual attacks
In the interview broadcast on al-Majd TV last year, Sheikh Daoud cited instances of babies being sexually molested in Saudi Arabia, and quoted unnamed medical and security sources, a report on Al Arabiya News (http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/03/264031.html) said.
After the footage suddenly spread across the internet this week, commentators called for the cleric to be held accountable for his unregulated fatwa, which they said was damaging to Islam.
Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty.
Sheikh Mohammed al-Jzlana, a former judge at the Saudi Board of Grievances, told the news channel that Sheikh Daoud's remarks had made the faith look bad.
He urged people to ignore unofficial religious edicts, which he said were administered under special regulations set by Saudi authorities, which also appoints those entitled to issue them.
The former judge said covering baby girls with burkas was 'an injustice' to children.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/04/article-2273308-0DFFED2A00000578-879_634x444.jpg Islamic law holds that women should wear the veil after they reach puberty
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273308/Sheikh-Abdullah-Daoud-Saudi-cleric-sparks-outrage-calling-baby-girls-wear-burka.html#ixzz2K13cc86X
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