Somalia's al-Shabab bans mixed-sex handshakes (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Men and women have been banned from shaking hands in a district of Somalia controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab.

Under the ban imposed in the southern town of Jowhar, men and women who are not related are also barred from walking together or chatting in public.

It is the first time such social restrictions have been introduced.

The al-Shabab administration said those who disobeyed the new rules would be punished according to Sharia law.

The BBC's Mohamed Moalimuu in Mogadishu says the penalty would probably be a public flogging.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12138627




Yeah, it's really their business who a woman shakes hands with. :mad:

[pnwmom]

1. Worse than that -- they're banning speaking. n/t

[snagglepuss]

2. al-shabab are ignorant mysognists.

Those effing assholes are making the lives of women hell, imposing laws alien to Somali culture. Human Rights Watch said in an April report that al-Shabab imposes "unrelenting repression and brutality."

They are FUCKING FUCKING ASSHOLES.




al-Shabab Stone Woman and kill relative and a child running towards her as she is being stoned to death

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/28/somalia-stone.html


Fleeing Somali Women Recount Tales of Terror

http://www.heegantv.com/?p=7613



Al-Shabab Kills Girls for (allegely)Spying for the Somali Gov

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/10/28/124006.html


al-Shabab whip women wearing bras

http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2009/nov/al_shabab_tightens_grip_in_somalia.aspx



al-Shabab Enforce Laws Alien to Somali Culture

Traditional Somali clothing for women consist of light, colorful fabrics that cover the head and are wrapped loosely around the body. But al-Shabab says the only acceptable clothing now is the black Islamic dresses known as abayas worn by women in countries such as Saudi Arabia.

http://www.cakaaranews.com/news-in-english/global-news/292-al-shabab-militants-enforce-laws-alien-to-somali-culture.html



Somali Women Arrested and Lashed for not Wearing Veils

http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2010/06/14/somali-women-arrested-for-failing-to-wear-veils/

[dkofos]

3. Fucking barbarians