So this is why they don't want to see women at soccer games.
A woman seeing a foreign man is sinful, so what about seeing his thighs and tight kit?"
Wales’ Gareth Bale celebrates scoring a goal against Israel during their Euro 2016 Group B qualifying soccer match at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa. (photo credit:REUTERS)
A Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa (religious edict) stating that women only watched soccer to stare at men’s thighs, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday.
The imam said it should be forbidden for women to watch football games and they “do not care who wins the match, all they care about is watching the player’s thighs.”
He added that a “woman seeing a foreign man is sinful, so what about seeing his thighs and tight kit?”
The fatwa garnered criticism on social media, including a trending hashtag on twitter in Arabic translating to: #women_love_football_because_of_players'_thighs, the news outlet reported.
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A woman seeing a foreign man is sinful, so what about seeing his thighs and tight kit?"
Wales’ Gareth Bale celebrates scoring a goal against Israel during their Euro 2016 Group B qualifying soccer match at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa. (photo credit:REUTERS)
A Saudi cleric has issued a fatwa (religious edict) stating that women only watched soccer to stare at men’s thighs, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday.
The imam said it should be forbidden for women to watch football games and they “do not care who wins the match, all they care about is watching the player’s thighs.”
He added that a “woman seeing a foreign man is sinful, so what about seeing his thighs and tight kit?”
The fatwa garnered criticism on social media, including a trending hashtag on twitter in Arabic translating to: #women_love_football_because_of_players'_thighs, the news outlet reported.
Continue reading at:
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudi-clerics-fatwa-Women-only-watch-soccer-to-