October 16, 2009 - War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

Iranian Islamic Cleric Says Women in Govt Positions Against Sharia
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/iranian-islamic-cleric-says-women-in-govt-positions-against-sharia/
- Maktoob: Women in top jobs invite God's fury - Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayghani
-- Maktoob/AFP reports: "Golpayghani was reacting to remarks by interior minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in the holy city of Qom last week, who when asked whether Iran would appoint women as governors of provinces, replied: 'Yes. It is possible.'"
-- "Golpayghani said the appointment of women in such top jobs was against sharia (Islamic) law."
-- " 'They come to Qom, the centre of Shiite Islam, and announce that they will appoint women as governors of some provinces. Do you want to fight with the Koran and the Prophet with such talks that go against sharia?' he asked."
-- "In recent years Iranian women have outnumbered men in universities but they still account for only around 15 percent of the official work force."
-- "Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been banned from becoming judges and suffer from legal inequalities with men in marriage, divorce and inheritance."
http://business.maktoob.com/20090000384154/Women_in_top_jobs_against_Sharia_Iran_cleric/Article.htm

Somalia: Sharia Enforcers Publicly Whip Women for Wearing Bras - Women Stripped, Beaten by Islamic Supremacists
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/somalia-sharia-enforcers-publicly-whip-women-for-wearing-bras/
-- Daily Mail reports: "Whipped for wearing a 'deceptive' bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown"
-- "A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'."
-- "The insurgent group Al Shabaab has sent gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to round up any women who appear to have a firm bust, residents claimed yesterday."
-- "The women are then inspected to see if the firmness is natural, or if it is the result of wearing a bra."
-- "If they are found wearing a bra, they are ordered to remove it and shake their breasts, residents said."
-- "Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose a strict interpretation of Sharia law over all Somalia, also amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of robbery earlier this month."
-- "They have also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer."
-- "'Al Shabaab forced us to wear their type of full veil and now they order us to shake our breasts,' a resident, Halima, told Reuters, adding that her daughters had been whipped on Thursday."
-- "Men were not spared the' moral cleansing'. Any man caught without a beard was been publicly whipped."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220864/Whipped-wearing-deceptive-bra-Hardline-Islamists-Somalia-publicly-flog-women-sharia-crackdown.html

"Why Honor Killings Happen" - by Asra Q. Nomani
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-15/why-honor-killings-happen/