Scandal in Saudi Arabia after appearing on TV one … – La Vanguardia

Madrid. (IRIN) -. Unveiled The appearance of a Saudi presenter for the first time in the history of television state has caused a scandal in the country, which governs a very strict interpretation of Islamic law, as reported by the British newspaper ‘The Independent’. The presenter, who has not been identified, has read a bulletin from London to the television network Al Ejbariya.

Although women appear unveiled sporadically in some programs, presenting information have always dressed ‘hijab’. Faced with criticism unleashed on social media – you have also published multiple supports the presenter – spokesman of the Saudi broadcaster, the Mughailif Salé, has said that the correspondent was in a UK study.

“There was a study within Saudi Arabia, and will not tolerate any violation of our values ​​and systems of the country,” he added, in statements to Al Tawasul. Also, Al Mughailif assured that measures are taken to prevent the situation from recurring, in response to criticism by many viewers, as has collected newspaper said. The country is mandatory that women adorn themselves in “modest”, which means they have to go completely covered, and the staff of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (known as ‘moral police’) watch this to be strictly complied with.

Although King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has prompted some reforms for education and employment for women, the president is not to create confrontations with clerics more conservatives who have great weight in political and social life.

In the country prevails Wahhabi doctrine, religious current belonging to the Sunni branch of Islam inspired by the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abdel Wahab, who formulated an inflexible application of religion based solely on the Quran and ‘Hadith’ (traditions concerning the teachings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers) and praised the jihad violence against internalized.

is applied Wahhabism as the state religion – despite being considered almost heretical by many Muslims streams – based on the political-religious union between Abdel Wahab and Al Saud tribe, you would do with the power on the peninsula Arabian and create the current state.