Sudanese Court Arrests Women For Wearing Trousers

Recently, we've heard about a Malaysian woman condemned to caning after drinking beer. These days, there's another indecency case that attracts worldwide media attention - a Sudanese woman has been arrested after wearing trousers.


Lubna Hussein has been arrested with 12 other women at a party on July. Deemed indecent for wearing the foreign clothing, they had faced the possibility of 40 lashes. Ten of the other women arrested with her have already pleaded guilty and have been whipped. But Lubna Hussein, a former reporter working for the United Nations at the time of her arrest, has sought the help of the media. With large publicity sorrounding her case, she has been spared from the lashes. Instead, the Sudanese Court charges her to pay a fine of 500 pounds ($209) or spend a month in jail.

Lubna Hussein has argued that her clothes, a pair of green slacks, were respectable and that she did not break the law. Refusing to pay the fine after her verdict, she says "I will not pay the money, and I will go to prison."

Sudan is a country with large cultural gap between the mostly Muslim and Arab-oriented north and the mainly Christian south. Indecency cases like that of Lubna Hussein is common but because of wide publicity, activists are now citing the vagueness of Sudan's Islamic decency regulations specifically on determining what is acceptable clothing for women.

While Islamists call trouser-wearing Lubna Hussein as a prostitute worthy of harsh punishment, supporters praise her for bravely speaking out against the vagueness of indecency laws in her country and giving voice to thousands of girls who have been beaten since the 1990s.


Come to think of it, while most of us are arguing whether the latest pants are sexy or not and if tummy tuck jeans are still in fashion, some people on the other side of the world are debating if they can even wear one.

Source: http://www.hilary.com/blog/2009/09/sudanese-court-arrests-women-for.html

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