Posted by
Reeson on Friday, October 20, 2006 3:04:50 PM
The Associated Press reported today that an Islamic court in Somalia has banned women from swimming at the main beach in Mogadishu. So far the ban applies only to one beach, but how long before additional steps toward strict religious law are taken?
According to Sheikh Farah Ali Hussein, "We stopped women from swimming because it is against the teaching of Islam for women to mingle with men, especially while they are swimming." Now, I'll admit that I haven't read the Koran, but did Mohammad really write that coed swimming was especially egregious?
So now, in addition to a ban on watching movies and the introduction of public lashings and executions, women are restricted from escaping the African heat by swimming at the beach.
Can't wait to see what's next.