Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Saudis Submit to Western Strip Searches

So Spain is their only champion, huh?

"Don’t challenge ban on veils, cleric says

RIYADH — A popular Muslim cleric says it is permissible for Saudi women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned, while criticizing efforts in Europe to outlaw the garment. Sheik Aedh al-Garni’s ruling was in response to a question from a Saudi woman in France about how to respond to a movement there to ban full-face veils (AP)."