The judicial court in Khartoum Sudan has postponed the trial of Lubna Ahmed Hussein on a charge of wearing indecent clothing, specifically trousers. The trial is being adjourned for a month while the court investigates whether Ms. Hussein's former job for the United Nations confers immunity for her sartorial indescretion.
Here is Ms. Hussein, not only in 'trousers', but blue jeans. Wicked, I'm sure!
Ms. Hussein was arrested by the Islamic fashion police at a cosmopolitan restaurant where she was wearing a pair of green slacks with her dashiki and head scarf. Having been exposed (oh my!) to western immorality through her employment with the United Nations, Ms. Hussein decided she would not take the 10 lashes plus a fine (which other women with her meekly accepted) until she had had a well publicized trial.
Ms. Hussein is quoted in this article by the BBC, "Flogging is not pain, flogging is an insult to humans, women and religions." She means this to be a test case, one which will call the world's attention to abhorrent treatment of women under a civil law that is more severe than Sharia law is. In order to force the court to put her on trial, Ms. Hussein resigned her United Nations job to neutralize the immunity issue. The court is clearly embarrassed to be put into this position, and is deferring its action until media attention dies down.
Good luck there.
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2 comments:
Sharia law is just evil. Anyone who thinks sharia law is ok seriously needs their head examined.
I hope sharia law CEASES to exist.
I hear you, ceebeebonz.
Yup.
An acquaintance of mine, born in the USA and a disillusioned Christian, converted to Islam and married the Arabian love of her life. She points to all the affirmative, healthy law in the Koran. There is much good there, particularly about the husband's responsibilities to care for and protect his wife and family. She tells me that the extremism we see in other Islamic cultures has developed in local pockets of fundamentalism--not unlike the extremism in pockets of Christian fundamentalism.
Sad to say, I can relate to that.
Thanks for your input.
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