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Saudi women don?t need to veil, can travel without male guardian: cleric
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
By AL ARABIYA
An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside men.
In statements posted on Twitter, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Qassim al-Ghamdi, the former head of Mecca's Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice committee, said: ?It is permissible for people to look at what is not forbidden in women like their faces and their arms.?
In other statements, the cleric said women can travel without a male guardian provided that there is safety.
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http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/27/268730.html
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
By AL ARABIYA
An influential Saudi cleric has issued a religious edict, commonly known as Fatwa, allowing women to travel without a male guardian, uncover their faces and eat alongside men.
In statements posted on Twitter, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Qassim al-Ghamdi, the former head of Mecca's Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice committee, said: ?It is permissible for people to look at what is not forbidden in women like their faces and their arms.?
In other statements, the cleric said women can travel without a male guardian provided that there is safety.
more...
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/27/268730.html