Herman’s Hermits of Arabia: Breastfeeding Saudi Shaikh Downgraded, no Milk Today……….
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“No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why……”
Herman’s Hermits: 1967
“No more fatwas for Sheikh Abdel Mohsen Obeikan, the Saudi cleric and royal court adviser who earlier this year earned notoriety for rolling out an eyebrow-raising religious decree that called on women to give men breast milk to avoid illicit mixing. Saudi authorities on Wednesday reportedly pulled the plug on Obeikan's radio program "Fatwas on Air," a daily morning show in which Obeikan would go on air and issue fatwas -- religious rulings -- to the public on various matters………”
He suggested that a woman, for example, can breastfeed a male colleague at work in order to make him a member of the family “a milk son or brother” and it’d be okay for them to be alone in the same office. Presumably the same would apply to a male driver (usually Asian or African), and this probably made many a Saudi husband look suspiciously at the family driver. Mixed-sex work, as co-education, is seriously frowned upon in Saudi Arabia, meaning it is banned.
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mhg
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“No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why……”
Herman’s Hermits: 1967
“No more fatwas for Sheikh Abdel Mohsen Obeikan, the Saudi cleric and royal court adviser who earlier this year earned notoriety for rolling out an eyebrow-raising religious decree that called on women to give men breast milk to avoid illicit mixing. Saudi authorities on Wednesday reportedly pulled the plug on Obeikan's radio program "Fatwas on Air," a daily morning show in which Obeikan would go on air and issue fatwas -- religious rulings -- to the public on various matters………”
He suggested that a woman, for example, can breastfeed a male colleague at work in order to make him a member of the family “a milk son or brother” and it’d be okay for them to be alone in the same office. Presumably the same would apply to a male driver (usually Asian or African), and this probably made many a Saudi husband look suspiciously at the family driver. Mixed-sex work, as co-education, is seriously frowned upon in Saudi Arabia, meaning it is banned.
Cheers
mhg
Mon Email
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