Deoband Seminary Issues Fatwa Against Adolescent Girls Riding Bicycles

Fatwa, posted 7.21.2010, from India, in:
Fatwa Question or Essay Title: 
Is it ok to allow my daughter who is 6 years old to learn cycling?
Websites and Institutions: 
Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Deoband, (Uttar Pradesh, India)

It may be allowable in childhood as play and game, but after 9 of age when she is mature and starts attracting the gaze of non-mahram men, cycling is not lawful for her.