Riyadh - A hardline Saudi cleric has suggested demolishing the Holy Mosque in Mecca and rebuilding it in a drastic bid to prevent men and women from mingling during pilgrimages. Sheikh Youssef al-Ahmad told a Saudi satellite television channel Wednesday that the mosque should be demolished and replaced with a new one featuring "10, 20 or 30" floors.
The floors would then be divided between men and women, al-Ahmad said in video footage posted on the Internet.
The existing Holy Mosque has three floors and is the largest mosque in the world. It is built around the Kaaba, the most sacred place in Islam.
The Saudi cleric is known for his controversial religious views. He once issued a fatwa (an edict based on Islamic law) calling for the murder of anyone who allows unmarried men and women to mix.
Saudi Arabia's religious police enforces a rigid separation of unmarried men and women.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/314566,rebuild-holy-mosque-to-keep-sexes-apart-saudi-cleric-says.html.
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