No short hair, university in Saudi Arabia tells female students

Riyadh: A Saudi Arabian university has warned its female students of immediate dismissal for imitating men’s haircuts and outfits, a local media report said on Tuesday.

According to the report in the Okaz daily, the Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh sent the warning messages on Monday, while the decision will be enforced starting next month.

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The university stressed students who violate the warning will be suspended immediately, Xinhua News Agency quoted the report as saying.

The decision covers women with very short haircuts which are considered by conservative Muslims as a sin for imitating men.

—IANS