It Takes Different Nuts To Rule The World
Not that our religious fundamentalist psychos are too far from this but where is God's love or law in this?
A banned Islamist militant group blamed for a series of bombings in Bangladesh has threatened to kill women, including non-Muslims, if they do not wear the veil, a statement said.
The statement by the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen came hours after Thursday's suicide bomb attack in a northen town that killed at least eight people, the latest of a series of blasts blamed on militant groups in their campaign for an Islamic state.
'Women will be killed if they are found to move around without wearing burqa (veil) from the first day of Jilhaj,' the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen said in the statement sent to a Dhaka newspaper office.
Jilhaj refers to the Arabic month beginning early January.
'Women, including non-Muslims, are hereby advised not to go out of home without burqa. Seclusion has been made compulsory for you,' said the statement in Bangla language, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters on Friday.
The group, which wants the introduction of sharia laws in mainly-Muslim Bangladesh, also ordered women students at Dhaka University not to step out after sunset, prompting police to increase security around the campus.
my state @ 12:37 PM :: Permalink
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While it is true that such an edict has been given it is far from true that it will ever be accepted or enforced in Bangladesh.
Unlike women in many other Islamic countries (including liberal ones on Malaysia / Indonesia) Bangladeshi women has never been subject to the burqha or hijab against her will. It is very rare to see in either capital Dhaka or the rural area the prevelant of these garments.
Moreover with the success of micro-credit schemes (99% of which goes to women) and the ready made garment (RMG) industry which predominantly employ women - the dynamics of family level equations have changed. Now more often then not the women pull the purse strings and hence have a big say about her family's concerns!
Dogs can bark but it doesn't mean we will be scared!
Have a look at my blog http://nazimfarhan.blogspot.com. Currently we are discussing the rise of Islamic forces in Bangladesh.
While it is true that such an edict has been given it is far from true that it will ever be accepted or enforced in Bangladesh.
Unlike women in many other Islamic countries (including liberal ones on Malaysia / Indonesia) Bangladeshi women has never been subject to the burqha or hijab against her will. It is very rare to see in either capital Dhaka or the rural area the prevelant of these garments.
Moreover with the success of micro-credit schemes (99% of which goes to women) and the ready made garment (RMG) industry which predominantly employ women - the dynamics of family level equations have changed. Now more often then not the women pull the purse strings and hence have a big say about her family's concerns!
Dogs can bark but it doesn't mean we will be scared!
Have a look at my blog http://nazimfarhan.blogspot.com. Currently we are discussing the rise of Islamic forces in Bangladesh
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