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Saudi Arabia: Support for fatwa prohibiting “immoral” women's sports clubs

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Health, Religion, Sport, Women & Gender

Writing on Arabic online forum Al Saha [1] Abu Marmesh applauds a new fatwa (religious edict) by a Saudi scholar which bans women only health and sports club in Saudi Arabia. “We have to stand together against all those who try to abuse our girls and women,” he writes.