Following are excerpts from an interview with by Saudi sports commentator Fahd Al-Raougui, on Line Sport TV, which was posted on Youtube on April
3, 2012.
Interviewer:
Do you support the participation of women in the Olympic Games?
Fahd Al-Raoughui:
Are you talking about Saudi women?
Interviewer:
Of course.
Fahd Al-Raoughui:
No. Woe betide whoever supports this.
Interviewer:
And what if they abide by the religious restrictions?
Fahd Al-Raoughui:
What religious restrictions?! These women will mix with strangers... A woman’s beauty lies in her chastity, and in how she raises her children in the
private kingdom of her home.
[...]
Fahd Al-Raoughui:
Women may practice sports in accordance with the religious restrictions. However, if a woman goes to the West, wears pants, mixes with strangers,
practices sports, and exposes her nakedness... we may turn ourselves into laughing stocks, but I personally would much rather have Allah slaughter me
before I see that day.