A senior member of the Board of Ulema has said that it is not permitted for women candidates in the next municipal council elections to promote themselves by displaying their photographs in public places. “It is impermissible for a woman who wants to enter the next municipal elections to promote herself by hanging her photos in streets and malls like men candidates. This is permissible in closed women's halls,” Sheikh Abdullah Al-Munea was quoted as saying by Al-Hayat newspaper. When King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, gave women the chance to participate in the Shoura Council and municipal elections, he took into consideration the Shariah. “It's okay for a woman candidate to have her personal information and qualifications published, but not her picture.” A voter in municipal elections does not need to see the face of candidates; the candidates are elected for their views, ideas and experience, he said.
