Somali Islamists whip women for wearing bras

Somali Islamists whip women for wearing bras

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting a deception, north Mogadishu residents said Friday.

The insurgent group, which seeks to impose a strict form of sharia Islamic law throughout Somalia, amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of robbery earlier this month. They have also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer.

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.

Abdullahi Hussein, a student in north Mogadishu, said his elder brother was thrown behind bars when he fought back a man who humiliated their sister by asking her to remove her bra.

"My brother was jailed after he wrestled with a man that had beaten my sister and forced her to remove her bra. He could not stand it," Hussein said.

Men were not spared the' moral cleansing'. Any man caught without a beard was been publicly whipped.

"I was beaten and my hair was cut off with a pair of scissors in the street," Hussein said.

"My trouser was also cut up to the knee. They accused me of shaving my beard but I am only 18. They have arrested dozens of men and women. You just find yourself being whipped by a masked man as soon as leave your house." source

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I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. I am kidding of course. Actually, I find it quite tragic how once again men are using Islam to abuse and torture other Muslims.

 

More details of other abuse and persecution in Somalia
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lol Crazy people...

 

LOL
I am still laughing
So the women have to remove there bras publicaly? I mean on the spot??
If you want to know more about these people watch this movie called Blood Diamond. This movie was a real eye opener for me.
These people do not qualify on the definition of human beings. Just animals.
They just give a bad name to there religion.

 

in islam women have to do very well to excape a beating or murder.

 

They don't give the religion a bad name.... the religion IS what it is.

 

What do you call Christians in dark ages who burnt witches to please there God?

 

The True Islam is coming.

 

You keep naming Christians those who followed and served satan. Nowhere Christ required or practiced brutality. UNLIKE MOHAMMAD!!! Brutality and Barbarity is part of Islam don't fool yourself and others Islam is the nicest and best religion, we see the proofs of the opposite every day in the news. What good Islam is bringing to women? Mostly nothing, but oppression. Don't be stubborn, give up those backwords beliefs they give you nothing but a bad life and negative feelings.

 

Uninformed.

 

I can't help thinking about how, in the 60s, there were women who burned bras to break off the yoke of male oppression, yet in some other land it is quite the opposite...

 

i hate Somali pirates

 

Just my thoughts

 

I didn't realize we were talking about Christians, but in that case someone answered you already - they were either ignorant, uninformed or not doing wha was right.

 

Good idea - lol

 

I think newbie is right by drawing a comparison between middle ages christians and "modern day" muslims. One in the same....

 

How so, since I guess you didn't read the last few responses either.