Cape-town, S/Afrika (Calanka.com ) 16-Oktobet-09 |
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Residents said gunmen had been rounding up any woman seen with a firm bust and then had them publicly whipped by masked men. The women were then told to remove their bras and shake their breasts.
"Al shabaab forced us to wear their type of veil and now they order us to shake our breasts," a resident, Halima, told Reuters, adding that her daughters had been whipped Thursday.
"They first banned the former veil and introduced a hard fabric which stands stiffly on women's chests. They are now saying that breasts should be firm naturally, or just flat."Officials of Al Shabaab, which Washington says is al Qaeda's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, declined to comment.The group's hardline interpretation of Islamic law has shocked many Somalis, who are traditionally moderate Muslims. Some residents, however, give the insurgents credit for restoring order to the regions under their control.Al Shabaab, which means "youth" in Arabic, control large swathes of south and central Somalia....more..http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE59F0CC20091016 o
slamists in Somalia publicly flog women in sharia crackdown http://bit.ly/4ogyNA
Sharia law meets "Girls Gone Wild" E
some background
Somalia: War on Bouncing Tits
Al Shabaab bans women to wear bras
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