Grand Mufti of Jerusalem: Women not allowed to travel alone, must be accompanied by male relative

Hussein is no “extremist.” A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar, the foremost authority in Sunni Islam, as “conforming to the practice and faith of the orthodox Sunni community,” stipulates: “[A] woman may not leave the city without her husband or a member of her unmarriageable kin accompanying her, unless the journey is obligatory, … Continue reading Grand Mufti of Jerusalem: Women not allowed to travel alone, must be accompanied by male relative