Saudi Cleric Says Women Must Wear One-Eye Veil to Prevent 'Seduction'
Saturday, October 04, 2008 |
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Sept. 30: Saudi woman arrives to the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A Muslim cleric has called for Saudi women to wear a full veil, or nigab, that reveals only one eye, in order to control seduction, the BBC reported Friday.
Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said that women in Saudi Arabia are encouraged to use eye makeup and look seductive when allowed to wear a veil that exposes both eyes.
How much of their face Muslim women expose differs from country to country, and is an area of contention. The nigab is more common in Saudi Arabia, but in many Muslim societies women wear a headscarf that covers only their hair.
