‘Burkas for baby girls’: Saudi preacher slammed for sullying Islam

Published time: February 03, 2013 10:55
Edited time: February 03, 2013 14:55
AFP Photo / Banaras Khan

A Saudi cleric who called for baby girls to wear burkas for their own safety has been subjected to a barrage of criticism on social media. The preacher’s remarks have been widely condemned for denigrating Islam, and as a breach of privacy.

Sheikh Abdullah Daoud made the remarks during an interview with Islamic Al-Majd TV last year, but video of the interview recently went viral on social media sites and became a topic of widespread debate and derision.

Daoud claimed that baby girls would be protected from abuse if they wore a full burka, and justified his statement by citing unfounded medical reports of the sexual molestation of babies in Saudi Arabia.

According to Islamic law, girls are not required to wear burkas until they reach puberty.

Many Twitter users have called for the cleric to be held accountable for his statement:Burkas for babies is disturbing! Now the baby victims are blamed for men’s crimes. Allah help us stop the ignorance,” one user wrote.

“Why stop with baby girls. Let’s cover everything in a burka to protect the world from sexual abuse by men,” Twitter user Celeste Klose joked.

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Jzlana, a former judge for the Saudi Board of Grievances, spoke with Al Arabiya and condemned Daoud’s statement as a mockery of Islam, and harmful to the religion’s image.

He also appealed to Saudis not to pay attention to unofficial fatwas (religious edicts), and emphasized that such rulings can only be issued by Saudi authorities.

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koz (unregistered) 04.02.2013 12:29

Jani (unregistered) wrote in #4
@Zash.... "Islam seriously is disgusting" how about you work out the difference between real Islam, and Fake Islam. Let me tell you, Islam has been divided into many many different sects, just like Christianity, and Judiasim. Would you blame all Christan when catholic priest rapes a child? whabbism is corrupt. If prophet Muhammad was here today he would call a revolution against the Saudi Monarchy (brutish creation) and he would not put women in Burqas. Burqas have nothing to do with real Islam and that's a fact.

Amin to that brother. Islam forbids monarchies as no one person has the authority to rule over another yet these so called 'Muslims' rape their countries resources for their own benefits while the majority of the people suffer. for all his evils Gadaffi turned Lybia from one of the poorest countries in africa to one of the richest by using the oil profits for the good of the nation.
The prophet fought for womens rights and yet the Saudi's impose bans on what women can and cannot do, to the point where shops now need to build dividing walls for male and female workers, but let any muslim tell me where in the Quran it says such a thing needs be done? Also the whabbists try to impose strict sharia law and do not telerate any other sects of islam let alone any other religion when the prophet (PBUH) taught us to appreciate others rights/beliefs. 
The Elitist 1% are using the age old technique of divide and conqure to keep the masses subdued but people are starting to awaken so let them enjoy it while it lasts. 
Insallah the time will soon come when these traitors and sell outs will meet their end and true enlightmentent will come to the ummah and all of humanity.


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Reality bites (unregistered) 04.02.2013 08:42

Fatwa of the day: To stop women abuse, all Saudi men must have their dicks chopped off  and  all dicks handed over to the  Ministry of  Hahaha.  ;)

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nara (unregistered) 04.02.2013 07:03

i have been a muslim for 28 years. i recite quran every day ..and this has nothing to do with islam... whenever a crazy person says something stupid you blame islam ..but when a  priest says stupid stuff he albne is blamed and not christianity.. nobody listen to such sillnes..islam is areligion of mind..belive it  or not.

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