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Saudi Arabia Girls Must Stay Chaste, Says Grand Mufti
Saudi
Gazette - 05 May, 2009
Saudi
Arabia's Grand Mufti on Monday called on Saudi girls to remain chaste in the
face of liberal forces which want to deviate women from the right Islamic path
so as to satisfy their ulterior motives which have nothing to with Islam.
Speaking at a seminar organized by the law club at the Faculty of Systems and
Political Science at King Saud University here, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah
Aal Al-Sheikh, who is also Chairman of the Board of Senior Ulema, said Islam
has honored women and preventing them from traveling without being accompanied
by legal guardians (Mehram).
He urged females who might be subjected to any form of blackmail to resist the
trend and report such deviation to the authorities concerned.
He slammed the advocates of immoral trends, saying they intend to corrupt the
society.
“ They want her to go unveiled, moving about and traveling on her own, getting
involved in relationships with whoever she wants, and calling whoever she wants
to start up friendships with whoever she wants,” the Grand Mufti said.
He said the education system needs teachers who have conservative morals at the
heart of their agenda. “Those who teach in universities must adopt the
desirable quality of the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice,” he said.
The Grand Mufti warned of the use of mobile phones and messaging to break the
moral fiber.
Addressing Saudi girls, he said: “Muslim girl, there are so many people who
want to lure girls by contacting them on the phone, and oh how much they wish
women would finally fall victim – and there are many women who have believed
them.”
He said the legal marriage is the right way of protecting the youth from
committing sins.
“All should cooperate to protect Islamic values,” he said.
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