Ah, such tolerance
Authorities in a devoutly Islamic district of Indonesia’s Aceh province have distributed 20,000 long skirts and prohibited shops from selling tight dresses as a regulation banning Muslim women from wearing revealing clothing took effect Thursday.
The long skirts are to be given to Muslim women caught violating the dress code during a two-month campaign to enforce the regulation, said Ramli Mansur, head of West Aceh district.
Islamic police will determine whether a woman’s clothing violates the dress code, he said.
During raids Thursday, Islamic police caught 18 women traveling on motorbikes who were wearing traditional headscarves but were also dressed in jeans. Each woman was given a long skirt and her pants were confiscated. They were released from police custody after giving their identities and receiving advice from Islamic preachers.
Get caught three times, end up in the pokey for two weeks. Which we all know will get worse and worse over time. And this is the kind of thing the Islamists want around the world. They can talk about this only applying to Muslims in the province now, but, how long will that last, especially as they push their extremist agenda? How long till we see some of the same in the more extremist Muslim communities in places like Detroit?
I guess the new Miss Amearica, Rima Fakih, won’t be visiting Indonesia any time soon.