“A man who claimed to be a Salafist-Wahhibist cleric put the word out on Twitter that women should not flip on air conditioners at home because it sends the signal they’re home and that could lead to moral depravities.
“The cleric said ‘turning on the cooler ventilator is prohibited for women in the absence of their husbands [because] the woman’s act is very dangerous, and may bring about immorality in the society. When she turns the cooler on, someone may notice her presence home, and this might bring about immorality,’ International Business Times reported.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/saudi-cleric-prohibit-women-using-air-conditioning/#ixzz2TkyZIIcZ
Found at www.gatesofvienna.net
(So, women of Saudi Arabia, sweat in the heat, just like your mothers and grandmothers did. It is your fault if you run the air conditioner and a strange man enters your home and you.
(But ... Why are Saudi women reading Twitter when their husbands are not at home?)
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