Saudi Arabia enforces law that allows only women to work in lingerie and cosmetics shops
Saudi Arabia's government announced today that it will begin enforcing a law that allows only females to work in women's lingerie and clothing stores, despite disapproval from the country's top cleric.
The 2006 law banning men from working in female apparel and cosmetic stores has never been put into effect.
This is partly because of the stance of hard-liners in the religious establishment, who oppose the whole idea of women working where men and women congregate together, like malls.
Saudi's Arabia's most senior cleric, Sheik Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh, spoke out against the Labour Ministry's decision
in a recent sermon, saying it contradicts Islamic law.
'The employment of women in stores that sell female apparel and a woman standing face to face with a man selling to him without modesty or shame can lead to wrongdoing, of which the burden of this will fall on the owners of the stores,' he said.
He also urged store owners to fear God and not compromise on taboo matters.
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The GOP is alive and well in the Kingdom.
You know Iran does a lot better with women's rights?
But they both suck.
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