First such comment by senior devout figure comes amid liberalisation drive spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanSaudi women should not fill to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to shroud their bodies in public,a senior cleric said, in the latest sign of a far-reaching liberalisation drive.
“More than 90% of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas, or ” said Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq,a member of the council of senior scholars – the kingdom’s highest devout body.
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Source: guardian.co.uk