Refleksi : Mengapa fatwa demikian tidak dikeluarkan oleh MUI untuk diberlakukan di Indonesia?
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=395914&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Saudi fatwa bars women cashiers Publish Date: Tuesday,2 November, 2010, at 12:08 PM Doha Time AFP/Riyadh File picture dated August 21, 2009 shows Saudi seamstresses working at a factory in Jeddah Saudi Arabia's top clerics have issued a fatwa ruling that women should not work as cashiers in markets. In a statement obtained by AFP yesterday, the official fatwa issuing body said that "it is not permissible for a woman to work in a place where they mix with men." "It is necessary to keep away from places where men congregate. Women should look for decent work that does not make it possible for them to attract men or be attracted by men," said the statement dated Sunday. The ruling came from the Committee on Scholarly Work and Ifta, the official issuer of fatwas, or Islamic religious rulings, under the Council of Senior Scholars, the top authority for Islamic issues in the kingdom. The fatwa was in response to a question-published with the ruling-asking specifically if women should work as cashiers in markets. It mentioned several retailers by name: Saudi-owned Panda supermarkets, the supermarket chain Marhaba and the Los Angeles-based Red Tag Clothing chain. Another retail clothing chain, UAE-controlled Centrepoint, has also begun trying female cashiers. The ruling was signed by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, the head of the Council of Senior Scholars, and six other members of the fatwa committee. The fatwa came some four months after the labour ministry authorised stores in the western city of Jeddah to employ women as cashiers, in an attempt to open up opportunities for women. The first to test the policy was the Saudi-owned Panda chain, which started by putting 16 Saudi women to work at one store in the Red Sea city. Marhaba and Centrepoint both announced they would also try employing women at their checkout registers. Panda set up separate checkout lines for families and women, but not for single men, in the way that Saudi restaurants are separated into sections for men and for women and families. The fatwa's impact was yet to be seen. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
