African Posted September 25, 2003 Some quotes from the article; .....often the first time even a daughter sees her mother’s face is after the mother’s death. Saud Al-Otaibi also found his wife fiercely loyal to the custom. I tried to blackmail my wife by saying I’d marry another woman if she didn’t show me her face, he said. But he was in for a surprise. “Instead of giving in” she said, all right, marries someone else. And she set me up with a friend of hers who wasn’t so strict in her adherence to the custom, and I married her. “This has nothing to do with Islam,” he said. “It’s simply one of the traditions that some tribes follow. “In Islam, a husband can, of course, see the whole of his wife’s body. The face is the least he’s entitled to,” he said. Full Story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juxa Posted September 25, 2003 this was interesting, i did not know such customs did exist, but u got to admit it takes alot of determination to stick to it! nice one african Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites