What is the validity of the abolition of the veil in the image of women for the "national identity" in Saudi Arabia?
Civil status in Saudi Arabia comments on the circulating news regarding the abolition of the veil in the image of women for the "national identity"?
"Civil Status" denied inSaudi ArabiaNews circulated about the fact that the veil has become not mandatory for women in the photos of women on the ID card.
In a telephone conversation with the Saudi channel, the official spokesman for the civil status in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Al-Jasser, denied what was published by some newspapers and mujtahids that the veil has become not mandatory for women, stressing that nothing official has been issued from the civil status or from any official body in this regard.
Muhammad Al-Jasser pointed out that "the mistake raised about the images of women in the national identity card was due to a comparison to the previous article, in which it was written that it was mandatory to cover the hair and neck, which was deleted, so that the article is generally for men and women, so that the image controls are unified."
He explained that "the amendments set controls for the pictures taken and submitted in the civil status procedures forms for all groups, and that the age groups, from 10 to 14 years old, can be photographed without a shemagh or headband, or without a veil or covering the head."
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