Sadybakas Doolov An imam from Kyrgyzstan who is an award winning mullah who had previously served as the head of an Islamic university has recently come out with a bizarre logic, blaming the rising prices of meat products on women wearing short and revealing clothes. He asked the elderly men to stop the women from wearing short and revealing clothes in order to bring the price of meat products down. He said that the prices skyrocket when women “cheapen” themselves by showing too much skin.

 

 

Sadybakas Doolov, an award-winning mullah who had previously served as the head of an Islamic university, called on elderly men to stop women from wearing skimpy outfits to bring the prices of meat products down. He argued that prices skyrocket when women “cheapen” themselves by showing too much skin. He said “Do you know when meat prices go up in your town? It goes up when women’s flesh cheapens. Woman’s meat becomes cheap when she bares skin, exposes her thighs like a thumb,”.

 

Doolov made the derogatory remarks earlier this month during a congregation in the capital city of Bishkek; a video of the event was posted on social media. His remarks prompted uproar, and some women called for the imam—who is presently employed at a mosque in the Sverdlov area of the nation’s capital—to be the subject of a criminal investigation. Doolav’s comments were examined by representatives of the state-backed Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan (DUMK) to see if they broke three standards, including whether they denigrated the honour and dignity of others and whether they meddled in political affairs. Doolov did not break any Islamic laws, according to the officials, who also claimed that many people misunderstood what he stated.

 

 

 

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