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Indonesian city bans women from straddling motorbikes [View all]
A city in Indonesia’s Islamic law stronghold of Aceh will ban women from straddling male drivers on motorbikes, its mayor said on Wednesday, dubbing the position “improper”.
The move comes after leaders from the country’s only province ruled by strict sharia law drafted a series of new bills including banning women from wearing tight trousers, stoning adulterers and flogging homosexuals.
The move comes after leaders from the country’s only province ruled by strict sharia law drafted a series of new bills including banning women from wearing tight trousers, stoning adulterers and flogging homosexuals.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/02/indonesian-city-bans-women-from-straddling-motorbikes/
Ya know what? Let's strive for strict separation of church and state. Let's not turn a blind eye to the removal of a single brick from Jefferson's Wall.
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