Saudi Arabia – Men and women should be forbidden from interacting with one another on social networks since these conversations could lead to sin, a leading Saudi cleric ruled on Saturday.
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According to the Saudi daily al-Eqtisadiya, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, who holds a seat on the Saudi Committee of Senior Scholars, said that cross-gender communication online falls under the category of khulwa, which is an Islamic term that denotes a situation where a man and a woman are alone in a room.
According to Al-Arabiya, the sheikh told a Saudi radio station that “the devil would be present when women talk to men.” He said that women should be dissuaded from speaking to men through social media, even if the nature of the conversation is asexual.
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Who is learning from who? The Saudi Committee of Senior Scholars from the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah or vice versa?
he knows halucha
Chat room=yichud room
HaHa welcome to the real world. Flying planes into buildings is honorable, chatting on what’s app is a terrible sin.
We’re getting to the point where we might as well have a merger between fundamentalist Islam and frum Judaism. Seem to believe in all the same things anyway.
Lhavdil, this is the real torah shita and the leading orthodox rabbi’s agree to this.
Fact is, he’s 100% right.
See pirkei avos.
Fundamentalists of any religion are dangerous to the existence of mankind.
We shouldn’t be making fun as some are up there. There is a point .
Good morning – it’s about control. It’s easier to see when it is an Islamic Fundamentalist making the outrageous statements.
Many comments about this story underscore another reason I have a foul taste regarding many members of the right-wing community.
You don’t condone what resha’im say, despite them having an opinion which dovetails with yours. Shame on you. These are people who fund killing your babies.