Sayyad Hussein Fadlallah in a news article published in the Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star on September 2008. In the interview, " "Human beings are born physically weak but both men and women can grow strong if they work on themselves," Fadlallah said.
Elaborating on the subject of physical strength, Fadlallah urged women to participate in sports activities and build up muscular force in order to protect themselves from violence, murder and rape.