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BBC NEWS | Saudi cleric favours one-eye veil

By Margaret Nelson - Posted on 07 October 2008

A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye. Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Saudi cleric favours one-eye veil.

It would be much better if Saudi men wore blindfolds and let women wear what they like. Maybe castration would cure them of their lustful thoughts?

For more about the way women are treated in the Middle East, see Human Rights Watch.

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