Saudi women may be forced to cover up 'tempting' eyes

[rug]

By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
Updated 5h 24m ago

Saudi women with sexy or "tempting" eyes may be forced to cover them up, according to a spokesperson for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the news site Bikyamasr reports.

Bikyamasr quotes a spokesman of the Ha'eal district, Sheikh Motlab al-Nabet, as saying the group has the right to order women whose eyes seem "tempting" to shield them immediately.

The CPVPV was set up in 1940 to make sure that Islamic laws are not broken in public, Bikyamasr notes. It can force women to wear a loose black dress and to cover their hair and, occasionally, their face. Punishment for violators can range from fines to public lashings.

The announcement follows a report in the Saudi newspaper al-Watan that a Saudi man was hospitalized after fighting with a member of the committee that had ordered his wife to cover her eyes.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/11/Saudi-women-may-be-forced-to-cover-up-sexy-eyes--567404/1

[Fumesucker]

1. I didn't realize The Onion had an international version..

:crazy:

And these people are our allies?

[Raven]

2. These guys need to get a life. What a bunch of perverts. n/t

[GodlessBiker]

3. Their dicks control them. Fascist assholes.

[demosincebirth]

6. Ahhh, Islam, a protector of women

[msongs]

4. doesn't say much for the caliber of saudi muslim men does it? nt

[vminfla]

5. Is this a Religous topic or a Middle East topic

Granted, wahabist idealogy probably drives this more than anything else. However, this is a governments' activity, not a religious edict.

[samsingh]

7. kick

[LeftishBrit]

8. Pure lunacy

Saudi Arabia needs to make a bit of social progress; moving into, say, the 17th century would be a distinct improvement.

This is a bit of an insult to *men* if it comes to that; implies an extreme lack of self-control.

Anyway - argh!

[rug]

9. Well, yeah, but look at those eyes!

:yoiks:

[NMMNG]

10. If men are unable to control themselves

why are the women being punished? Maybe the men should have their eyes gouged out so they won't be able to look upon the women and see all that "tempting" stuff which leads them to lust and behave so badly.

[laconicsax]

11. Hyper-patriarchal society punishing men?

[NMMNG]

12. I know, silly of me to expect such a thing

It's not like they'd ever take personal responsibility for themselves or anything.

[iris27]

13. "And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of

God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell." Mark 9:47

Oh, wait, wrong holy book... :eyes:

[_ed_]

14. Imagine No Religion

It's easy if you try.