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 Topic: Saudi scholars reject call for demolition of Al Haram Mosque

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  • Saudi scholars reject call for demolition of Al Haram Mosque
     OP - April 13, 2010, 09:51 AM
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    Cleric sought reconstruction to avoid mingling of men and women

    Riyadh: Prominent Saudi scholars slammed a recent call by another scholar to demolish the Al Haram Mosque and reconstruct it in a way that would prevent the mingling of men and women during circumambulation (Tawaf) and prayers.

    They agreed in unison that this was a ridiculous call by a scholar, who had no authority or jurisdiction to do so.

    While ridiculing the call, Shaikh Abdul Mohsen Al Obaikan, adviser to the Royal Court, said such individual opinions should not be taken into consideration and must be rejected outright. They were commenting on the recent controversial remarks of noted preacher Yousuf Al Ahmad, a former professor of Islamic jurisprudence at Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh.

    Taking part in a TV programme, he said that mixing of men and women during Tawaf around the Ka'aba was against Islam, and that the expansions carried out during the Ottoman era and the rule of King Saud at the Al Haram Mosque should be demolished, adding that it would create more room for pilgrims who come for the Haj and Umrah.

    Talking to the satellite TV channel Bidayah (beginning), he said the mixing of men and women during Tawaf is haram.

    "This engineering solution will give women privacy and keep them away from cameras that film them and show them on satellite channels," he said.

    Yousuf Al Ahmad also expressed the same view in an interview with the electronic newspaper Anaween.

    He said: The Holy Ka'aba was demolished and reconstructed earlier. What is preventing us from demolishing and rebuilding it once again in a way that avoids the mingling of men and women?


    Source:  http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-scholars-reject-call-for-demolition-of-al-haram-mosque-1.602517

    Hah!  That stupid scholar got PWNED by his own kind for this stupid idea!

    Talk about making what is permissable haram, men and women have done mixed tawaf since the inception of Islam, why change it now?   wacko
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  • Re: Saudi scholars reject call for demolition of Al Haram Mosque
     Reply #1 - April 13, 2010, 09:56 AM
    Same reasoning they always use: if it is not specifically permitted in the Quran or ahadith it must be haram.
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  • Re: Saudi scholars reject call for demolition of Al Haram Mosque
     Reply #2 - April 13, 2010, 07:55 PM
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    "This engineering solution will give women privacy and keep them away from cameras that film them and show them on satellite channels," he said.


    Do you guys know what you see of the women during the live prayers? You see women in black abayas, almost always with their faces covered, and from a distance. The cameramen make an effort to NOT film women and to turn the camera angle when they come on screen.  And even that is too much for this guy!
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