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Adventurer



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:08 pm    Post subject: Women banned from swimming at beach Reply with quote

Women banned from swimming at beach
POSTED: 2:40 p.m. EDT, October 20, 2006
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- An Islamic court has banned women from swimming at the main beach in Somalia's capital, the latest step to impose strict religious rule that has sparked fears of an emerging, Taliban-style regime.

Sheikh Farah Ali Hussein, chair of a northern Mogadishu Islamic court, said Friday that the ban applies only to the northern Mogadishu Leedo beach, where families usually go on weekends to play and relax.

"We stopped women from swimming because it is against the teaching of Islam for women to mingle with men, especially while they are swimming," Hussein said.

Since sweeping to power over much of southern Somalia in June, the Islamists have banned movie viewing, publicly lashed drug users and broke up a wedding celebration because a band was playing and women and men were socializing together. They also have introduced public executions.

Somali women usually swim fully clothed, as swimsuits are generally frowned upon. Somali men, however, swim in trunks, at times bare-chested or wearing vests.

"They cannot prevent us from our right to swim in the sea. What is wrong with us enjoying ourselves like men? That is clear discrimination," Miriam Isse told The Associated Press as she watched others swimming in the Indian Ocean.
http://us.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/20/somalia.women.ap/index.html
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jinju



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sick sick sick people. Let the women swim.
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wannago



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This reminds me of the women in Saudi Arabia who were only allowed to go swimming in their abayahs and hijabs...and promptly 2 or 3 of them drowned. These people are nuts.
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The Lemon



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wannago wrote:
This reminds me of the women in Saudi Arabia who were only allowed to go swimming in their abayahs and hijabs...and promptly 2 or 3 of them drowned. These people are nuts.

You can see this at hotel pools in Kuala Lumpur, which is a popular shopping destination for Gulf Arabs.

The husband's a giant naked hairball, front and back, with just a micro Speedo to cover the kingdom jewels, while the wife - completely covered in black - floats around the pool like a jellyfish. It's hard not to stare. The locals certainly do.

We shouldn't make the generalization that all Muslims are like this. Southeast Asian Muslims, in general, are NOT this conservative. The women wear what they please, if they're not at a formal place like work or school.

There are grumblings from some conservative elements in the society ("Women must not play soccer!" was one earlier this year), but they're usually ignored.
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Junior



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well the Somalis were naiive when they welcomed in Islamic militias. At first they thought the relative stability and peace were good, now they're going to start feeling the bite of Shariah.


"At first they concentrated on petty crime but by the mid 1990s they had progressed to dealing with major crimes in north Mogadishu.

Thieves had their limbs amputated and murderers were executed.

Mr Garaad says that despite protests from human rights bodies, north Mogadishu residents were pleased to enjoy law and order - in stark contrast to south Mogadishu, where crime was rampant."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5051588.stm
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happeningthang



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The US has not been well thought of in Somalia since its humanitarian intervention went disastrously wrong - leading to the death of maybe 1,000 Somalis and 18 US troops in 1993.


Those British with their dry wit.
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Junior



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh no its happened again: another country thrust into civil war as muslims take it over..ho hum


Islamist forces gather as Somalis prepare to flee

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/wl_nm/somalia_dc
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