The statement reads that a harasser commits two shameful acts –– the first being voyeurism and the second being violating another’s privacy.
Dar al-Iftaa explained that preserving a person’s privacy is not limited to what is hidden under a veil from people, or a person’s private parts. Rather, it is a general ban against looking at others without their knowledge and without a need for that, it added.
Sexual harassment of children is a major sin, and a flagrant violation of human values, as it kills childhood and a violates the innocence of children, the statement added.
Dar al-Iftaa released the statement under the hashtag “#Child Harassment Criminal”: “Harassment is an outrageous act.”
It closed by saying that harassment is an outrageous act, one of both treachery and betrayal, and that authorities must confront this heinous crime with firmness and decisiveness.
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