Sheik Aedh al-Garni, a popular Saudi cleric, said yesterday (July 24, 2010) it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment, the Jerusalem Post website reports today.
Saudi Arabia -- the birthplace of Islam -- is one of the few Muslim countries where women are forced by custom to cover their hair with head scarves and their bodies with cloaks called abayas in most parts of the country. It is also common to see Saudi women wearing full-face veils.
Several European countries are currently debating legislation that would ban the veil.
Since Christianity is the predominant religion in most European nations, many Europeans have been struggling in recent years with growing Muslim populations having cultural practices that clash with their own.
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