Saudi Arabia Deploys Clerics to Help Fight Spread of Virus
A billboard which says "Stay Home" in the empty King Fahd main road in Riyadh.
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On a show that dispenses religious edicts on state-run Saudi television, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq told a woman she had every right to kick her husband out of bed if he doesn’t comply with social-distancing rules to tackle coronavirus.
Another woman wanted to know if she could cede her conjugal rights to her husband’s second wife if she’s concerned about being infected. She could, said the cleric, who is a royal court adviser, with a smile.