Every Wednesday I bring you a weird, wild or wacky tale that has crossed my path.
Whipped for wearing a 'deceptive' bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown
Weird doesn’t always mean funny; I assure you nothing about this story makes me laugh. My ultimate question is this: What is a hard-line Islamist? Is it someone who is misinterpreting and abusing the Muslim faith? Or is it someone who is actually practicing what is written? Anywho, below is a snippet of the story from The Daily Mail, a U.K. newspaper; to read the store in its entirety, click here.
A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'.
The insurgent group Al Shabaab has sent gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to round up any women who appear to have a firm bust, residents claimed yesterday.
The women are then inspected to see if the firmness is natural, or if it is the result of wearing a bra.
If they are found wearing a bra, they are ordered to remove it and shake their breasts, residents said.
