Oh, boy! It's a new fatwa!
Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan, a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric, has issued a new fatwa, or Islamic edict, which mandates that women wear niqabs, or full veils, that expose only one eye, versus the currently worn veil that reveals both eyes of women, as explained by Israel National News.
I have spoken! Make it so, filthy whores!
The Qur'an, Islam's holy book, instructs Muslims to dress discreetly and, as a result, modesty is extremely important to Muslim societies. Because of this, showing too much of a woman's face is deemed inappropriate by some religious followers, and methods have been created in order to maintain discretion. Hijabs are women's scarves that cover their hair and necks, while niqabs are garments that completely cover the person, which include a full veil for women's faces. At times, niqabs even cover the eyes of women with a transparent material so that further prudence is heeded.
Probably to prevent acid burns...
This discretion, adhered to by Muslim women, is based on the Qur'an and enforced by elderly clergymen, such as Sheikh Habadan.
Yeah, well if he can't bang them anymore, at least he can order them around...
| It's not enforced by elderly clergymen, it's enforced by young street toughs who belong to the "Committee for the Preservation of Virtue and the Elimination of Vice." That's why it's unsafe for a woman to go out in certain Muslim neighborhoods in France, as one example. It isn't the old farts who make it happen, it's the hard boyz who listen to the old farts. The writer doesn't want to mention that because it's, after all, more menacing. Which it is ... |
Mo sez lets cover up them bazooms, ladies. Nobody wants any trouble here.
This verse has been debated by religious scholars, and many Muslim women interpret this more liberally, maintaining that hijabs and niqabs are unnecessarily restrictive, and insist that these stipulations are created by men and were not the intent of the prophets of Allah. They uphold that they can remain modestly dressed, without having to be completely covered from head to toe, out in public.
Aw, geez, Fatima, not this shit again...
Sheikh Habadan, an influential, ultra-conservative cleric, insists that women who wear niqabs that expose both eyes are encouraged to enhance themselves with eye makeup and, therefore, promote seduction. Sheikh Habadan's solution to this is to have women cover one of their eyes, so as to not be so enticing.
FILTHY INFIDEL TEMPTRESSES!!
While strongly conservative individuals are attempting to strictly adhere to their holy book, there is one obvious problem with this proposal -- depth perception. Women, having only one eye in which to see from, would be physically unable to function properly, losing their balance along the way, as they will have no awareness of depth.
Well, if Mo wanted them to have depth perception, he wouldn't have made them women...
While Muslim men have also been instructed by Allah to seek prudence, the burden of adhering to these verses, pertaining to modesty, falls mostly on Muslim women in this instance. "Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that they will make for greater purity for them," states the Qur'an, 24:30.
I have absolutely no self control. So I guess it's all on you, bitch...
In lieu of ultra-conservative Muslim men looking within and correcting their sin of lusting after women, they, yet again, modify the already modest appearance of Muslim women, simultaneously, taking away women's basic right of binocular vision, in order to adhere to the basic teachings of the Qur'an.
A small price to pay to prevent my head from exploding sez your average Mahmoud...
Questions have arisen on how women would maintain the life that they are used to should this restriction be placed on women. Upon entering public, women would be required to cover one eye with a cloth. When necessary, they can momentarily remove the cloth in order to examine a product, but then must quickly place the cloth back in place before moving on from that task, as explained by Y Net News online.
After which, hilarity ensues...
Many are outraged by the restrictions placed on Muslim women. Women's rights activists are disputing Sheikh Habadan's limiting proposal, which is to be adhered to only by Muslim women, and hope that more liberties will one day be given to women living in these religious communities. Proponents of this cause claim to be acting righteously, living the way Allah would see fit.
Coming up next:new fatwa decrees that filthy infidel temptresses much wear eyepatch over the one eye.
