Yes, this article is about punishment in Sudan, but the same Laws are enforced in Pakistan and many other Muslim shitholes.
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Zack Bass" <zak...@...> wrote: > > > A prominent FSP Member (what they were called at the time, now they are > "Participants") named Thom Simmons once threatened to cut off my penis with > garden shears if I neglected to wear clothes ON MY OWN PROPERTY next door to > his house. > Many self-proclaimed "libertarians" still support Nudity Laws. The funny > thing is that every one of them also opposes the Government-Forced wearing of > Burkas! There is no moral difference; there is no more justification to > force a woman to cover her clitoris in public than there is to force her to > wear a burka in public. Or to force a man to cover his penis in public. > > > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/03/2644541.htm > > Journalist 'ready for 40,000 lashes' > > Posted Mon Aug 3, 2009 3:01pm AEST > Updated Mon Aug 3, 2009 3:02pm AEST > > A Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing "indecent" trousers has > vowed on the eve of her judgment that she is ready to be whipped 40,000 times > in her bid to change the country's harsh laws. > > Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who works for the media department of the United > Nations Mission in Sudan, is to be judged on Tuesday after waiving the > immunity granted to UN workers. > > She is to be judged under Article 152 of Sudanese law, which promises 40 > lashes for anyone "who commits an indecent act which violates public morality > or wears indecent clothing". > > "I'm ready for anything to happen. I'm absolutely not afraid of the verdict," > said Hussein, who is in her 30s and whose husband died of kidney failure. > > Police arrested Hussein and 12 other women wearing trousers at a Khartoum > restaurant on July 3. > > Two days later 10 of the women accepted a punishment of 10 lashes, but > Hussein is appealing in a bid to eliminate such rough justice. > > The other two women are also facing charges. > > "If I'm sentenced to be whipped, or to anything else, I will appeal. I will > see it through to the end, to the constitutional court if necessary," Hussein > said. > > "And if the constitutional court says the law is constitutional, I'm ready to > be whipped not 40 but 40,000 times." > > Hussein invited scores of journalists to her first court hearing on > Wednesday, when she made a point of wearing the same clothes she wore when > she was arrested - moss-green slacks with a loose floral top and green > headscarf. > > Hordes of people, many of them female supporters and some also wearing > trousers out of solidarity, crammed into the courthouse for the hearing. > > 'Unconstitutional' > > "My main objective is to get rid of Article 152," Hussein said. > > "This article is against both the constitution and sharia," the Islamic law > ruling northern Sudan. > > Adding insult to injury, some of the women whipped in July were from animist > and Christian south Sudan where sharia law does not apply. > > "If some people refer to the sharia to justify flagellating women because of > what they wear, then let them show me which Koranic verses or Hadith [sayings > of the Prophet Mohammed] say so. I haven't found them." > > Unlike many other Arab countries, particularly in the Gulf, women have a > prominent place in Sudanese public life. Nevertheless, human rights > organisations say some of the country's laws discriminate against women. > > "Tens of thousands of women and girls have been whipped for their clothes > these last 20 years. It's not rare in Sudan," Hussein said. > > "It's just that none of them would dare complain, because who would believe > that they were whipped just for wearing trousers? They're afraid of scandal, > of raising doubts about their morals. > > "I want people to know. I want these women's voices to be heard." >
