Saudi Arabian cleric declares babies should wear burkas

Telegraph:

A Saudi cleric’s declaration that babies should wear burkas to protect them from sexual attacks has drawn widespread criticism.

Saudi Arabian cleric declares babies should wear burkas

Sheikh Daoud said all female newborns should wear a full face veil

6:47PM GMT 04 Feb 2013

Sheikh Abdullah Daoud said all female newborns should wear a full face veil in an interview with an Islamic television station.

He told al-Majd TV that wearing a burka would stop incidents of sexual attacks on babies, and tried to support his claim by quoting unnamed medical and security sources.

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