Saudi university to expel female students for cutting hair
A Saudi university on Tuesday sent a warning to its female students of immediate dismissal for imitating men in haircuts and outfits, a media report said on Tuesday.
The Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh sent the warning messages, while the decision will be enforced staring April.
The university stressed that anyone who violates the rule would be suspended immediately without previous warning.
“The decision covers women with very short haircuts as such styles are considered by conservative Muslims as a sin for imitating men,’’ it noted.
Report says Saudi Arabia follows gender segregation in all walks in life, including education and female students in different education levels study in separate buildings from males.
They are also taught by females, except at universities, while in case of male teachers they are either teach behind partitions or the students should be fully covered.
In 2002, fifteen girls were killed in a fire at their school in Mecca when religious police stopped the females from leaving the building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.
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It is strict rules for saudi women that they will cover their faces with niqab. It is rule that no saudi women can enter in barbershop for getting her haircutting .But in spite of this most of the saudi women call the male barber at home once or twice in a month for getting their hair triming, hair massaging shampooing, hair coloring ,shaving, make up etc they do all the needful services of saudi women very efficiently