Saudi cleric urges veil for babygirls

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RIYADH - A Saudi cleric has said baby girls should be veiled to avoid sexual harassment, in remarks broadcast on television that sparked outrage in the conservative kingdom.
“Girls should wear the veil from the age of two,” said Abdullah Daoud on Islamic television Al-Majd, adding that Saudis should follow the example of South Asian countries.
“If a girl is sexually desired, her parents should cover her face and force her to wear veil,” to protect her against perverts, he said.
Daoud’s comments, in an interview which was posted on the Internet, sparked an outcry across social networks and the local press, with prominent cleric Salman al-Audah joining the protests.
“We hope that these aberrant statements will not be exaggerated and taken as fatwa,” Audah told AFP on Tuesday.
Saudi columnist Badria al-Bisher slammed Daoud for his proposal of veiling little girls, “instead of proposing a stern law curbing sexual harassment, and school and media awareness campaigns.”
Saudi tweeters also vented their fury. “What level of moral deterioration have such people reached?” asked lawyer Abdulrahman al-Lahim on Twitter, claiming that “sex obsession” is behind such statements.
“The best solution is to exile women, old or young, to remote countries, as long as we have men acting like animals,” wrote female Saudi journalist Halima Muthffar on Twitter.

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RIYADH - A Saudi cleric has said baby girls should be veiled to avoid sexual harassment, in remarks broadcast on television that sparked outrage in the conservative kingdom.
“Girls should wear the veil from the age of two,” said Abdullah Daoud on Islamic television Al-Majd, adding that Saudis should follow the example of South Asian countries.
“If a girl is sexually desired, her parents should cover her face and force her to wear veil,” to protect her against perverts, he said.
Daoud’s comments, in an interview which was posted on the Internet, sparked an outcry across social networks and the local press, with prominent cleric Salman al-Audah joining the protests.
“We hope that these aberrant statements will not be exaggerated and taken as fatwa,” Audah told AFP on Tuesday.
Saudi columnist Badria al-Bisher slammed Daoud for his proposal of veiling little girls, “instead of proposing a stern law curbing sexual harassment, and school and media awareness campaigns.”
Saudi tweeters also vented their fury. “What level of moral deterioration have such people reached?” asked lawyer Abdulrahman al-Lahim on Twitter, claiming that “sex obsession” is behind such statements.
“The best solution is to exile women, old or young, to remote countries, as long as we have men acting like animals,” wrote female Saudi journalist Halima Muthffar on Twitter.

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