(AL ARABY) An ultraconservative Saudi scholar has a surprisingly stark warning for any faithful Muslim man who feels entitled to his wife's sexual services during the Covid-19 crisis: "If you're leaving the house then dream on."
Abdullah Muhammad Al-Mutlaq, an adviser to the Saudi royal court and member of the council of senior Islamic scholars, appeared on a live-call in television show broadcast amid the global pandemic.
One viewer's domestic dilemma prompted an unusually forward-thinking response by the cleric.
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