Relaxing Jean-jihad. Sharia Alert from Egypt: “Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa: Women Can Wear Trousers, But Stretch Pants Are ‘Unacceptable'” from the Huffington Post, September 16:
CAIRO — Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public following a high profile court case in neighboring Sudan were women were flogged for dressing in pants, the local press reported Wednesday.
Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said in response to a question during a public lecture that trousers covering women’s bodies are permitted, though they should be loose and not see through. He specified that “stretch” pants were in particular unacceptable.
If Mufti Gomaa went to the gym, he might “see through” this gender-specific folly and realize that stretch pants can be “unacceptable” for men as well, butt weight…
Gomaa described the question as “strange and weird”
Who is responsible for the question? Did the reporter just come up with it out of thin air?
… and smiled as he responded.
Affable fellow!