Hey Gals, Check This Out - Fatwa Issued Against Female Pakistani Minister For Hugging A Man
Somehow we missed this when it happened last week. But it's such a perfect addition to the collection that we just had to add it:
Islamic clerics at a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital have demanded the minister for tourism be fired, after she was pictured committing a "great sin" by hugging a foreign man. Minister for Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar on Monday rejected the Taliban-style edict against her by clerics at Islamabad's Red Mosque, who last week set up their own court to deliver Islamic justice. Photos carried in the Pakistani press showed Bakhtiar, helped by a male instructor during a charity parachute jump she made in France last month to raise money for victims of the massive earthquake that hit Pakistan in October 2005. Another picture shows a woman - apparently Bakhtiar - hugging the instructor... "Without any doubt, she has committed a great sin," a copy of the fatwa seen by The Associated Press said. It declared that Muslim women must stay at home and must not venture out uncovered.
Meanwhile, in Israel, there's the Free Hugs campaign:
We were going to make fun of this because it seems like a bunch of naive peaceniks, but honestly they just seem really nice and good-hearted. Plus, even we can't bring ourselves to actually blog against hugs.
References:
* Fatwa Issued Over Pakistan Minister's Embrace of Foreign Man
Previously:
* If You're Mentally Ill In Pakistan, You Might Have To Die
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Feminism Sweeps Pakistan
* Israeli-Pakistani Relations? Probably a Good Idea.
