Men wearing earrings 'haram'

Men wearing earrings 'haram'

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Central Sulawesi chapter of the
Indonesian Ulemas Council has issued a new ruling that, according
to Islamic teaching, a man is prohibited from wearing earrings.

The secretary of the provincial council, Dahlan Tangkaderi,
said wearing earrings was feminine, and that was condemned by
Allah, Antara reported yesterday.

The reason behind the issuance of the ruling was hadits
(the deeds and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), which says:
"Allah condemns men who act and garb like women, and women who
act and garb like men," Dahlan said.

Quoting the provincial council chairman, Dahlan said the
council was concerned with the trend that many schoolboys and men
were acting and dressing like girls or women.

Dahlan said no government officials had acted to ban the trend
and many parents had also failed to stop boys wearing earrings.
"Therefore we feel it necessary to be tough. The central board of
the Ulemas Council has yet to act on this," he said.

Many rockers, artists and sportsmen, including former
Argentinean soccer star Diego Armando Maradona are known for
being individual and wearing an earring. This had apparently
caused "earring fever" among males. (sur)