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| Saudi scholars endorse ban on female cashiers |
| 2010-11-02 |
| [Arab News] Soddy Arabia's top government-sanctioned board of senior Islamic scholars has endorsed a fatwa that calls for a ban on female vendors because it violates the kingdom's strict segregation of the sexes. The powerful committee said in its ruling Sunday that the mixing of sexes is forbidden and women should not seek jobs where they could encounter men. The decision comes after a conservative preacher had called for a boycott of supermarkets employing female cashiers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 They're holding out for "lawyers and imams". "Vendors" and "cashiers" has the black-mark of capitalism, y'know. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-02 23:05 |
| #1 And now a word from women's activists; [crickets] [more crickets] I guess that about covers it. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-11-02 02:18 |