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Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding

By Dana KennedyJun 4th 2010 – 6:25PM
Hamad Olayan, AFP / Getty Images

Hamad Olayan, AFP / Getty Images

(June 5) -- Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, however, over precisely how the milk should be conveyed. A fatwa issued recently...

Background on Wahhabi

Wahhabism () is an ultra-conservative branch of Sunni Islam. It is a form of Salafism, and a religious movement within Sunni Islam Wahhabism was developed by an eighteenth century Muslim theologian, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia.

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