The senior Muslim cleric describes women watching men play football with bare knees as ‘unIslamic’.
An Indian Muslim cleric has banned women from watching football.
Mufti Athar Kasmi says women should not be allowed to watch soccer as watching men “playing with bare knees” is a violation of the rules of Islam.
Independent reports that the cleric is the head of Darul Uloom, a huge Sunni Muslim seminary.
Muslim cleric bans women from watching football
Kasmi has made things official by issuing a religious decree preventing Muslim women from watching men playing football.
During his Friday sermon, he also criticised men for allowing their wives to watch football, either at the stadium or on television.
He said: “Do you have no shame? Do you not fear God? You let her watch these kinds of things.
“Why do women need to watch these football matches? What they will gain by looking at footballer’s thighs. Their attention will be on that only and they will even miss the scores.”
Reaction to football ban
The ban has been slammed by a Muslim women’s rights activist in Lucknow, a city in northern India.
Sahira Nasih said, “It implies that Muslim women should not watch any athletic event, tennis matches or swimming championships. How it can be immoral for a woman to watch men playing sport?”
The Times of India adds that the seminary has also issued a decree stopping Muslim women from visiting beauty salons or wearing tight clothing.
Kasmi’s 150-year-old seminary is known for having a very rigid interpretation of Islam.
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