Saudi cleric loses job after criticizing co-ed university
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has sacked a senior cleric who criticised a new science and technology university which opened in September.
The cleric, Sheikh Saad al-Shethry, said the mixing of sexes in any university was evil and a great sin.
In what is being seen as a rare intervention, a royal decree removed Sheikh Saad from Saudi Arabia’s most senior council of religious scholars, or ulema.
In contrast to the strict rules outside the sprawling campus, women are allowed to drive and are not required to wear veils in classes. »»» BBC NEWS
ยป 5 October 2009
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