Saudi scholar discourages coloured contact lenses

A Saudi religious scholar has advised Muslim women not to wear coloured contact lenses unless prescribed for medical reasons, Gulf Daily News reported.

Shaikh Abdulla Al Manea said that Muslim women should not wear coloured contact lenses for beauty and adornment while on the ‘Fatwa’ TV programme.

He said that wearing lenses for non-medical purposes was contrary to religious teachings, was borne from a desire to imitate non-Muslim women and claimed that contact lenses caused eye diseases.