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Islamic clerics to ban tomboys
Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Yeah, cause you don't want 12 year old Muslim girls to be able to kick a grown Clerics Ass in a fight.
Am I the only one in the world who thinks Idiots who subscribe to Ideology by Islamic Nutjobs have run its course, and maybe it is high time someone gives these clerics a good head slap?
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/10/24/7189061-ap.html
Islamic clerics to ban tomboys
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's main body of Islamic clerics has issued an edict banning tomboys in the Muslim-majority country, ruling that girls who act like boys violate the tenets of Islam, an official said Friday.
The National Fatwa Council forbade the practice of girls behaving or dressing like boys during a meeting Thursday in northern Malaysia, said Harussani Idris Zakaria, the mufti of northern Perak state, who attended the gathering.
Harussani said an increasing number of Malaysian girls behave like tomboys, and that some of them engage in homosexuality.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (6)
at 06:14 on October 24th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:21 on October 24th, 2008
Thanks Rene, certainly shows how kind and kissy face these clerics are.
at 06:25 on October 24th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Oh what is next how ludicrous..
Great story.
Peace,
campanaro
at 19:55 on October 24th, 2008
Thanks Campanaro and Francis for your comments, I would have liked to commented earlier, but both my computers could not access Now Public for some reason.
at 09:55 on October 29th, 2008
For someone who's born and bred in Malaysia, declaring fatwas is really what we do for fun. Taken with some good old spicy fried chickens and hot tea..the enforcement part of this is absolutely rubbish. but its cracks us up when it does come up once in a while in the news...
at 22:16 on November 13th, 2008
Yep and they also banned western haircuts, I mean what the hell is a western haircut? Thanks for the laugh Tiha