Tuesday 2 April 2013

A lunatic proposal - Wahabi Rules for a woman pillion rider

While we are planning our visits to Mars, Wahabi Mullahs are busy ogling at woman pillion riders. Motorbikes are supposed to help us communicate with ease from one part of the city and a husband carrying his wife on the motorbike is supposed to be the safest way of communication. The wahabis are worried of people observing the curves, a woman might show while she straddles (Sit with one leg on either side)....Instead of asking them to cover their body properly they have banned straddling altogether disregarding the safety of pillion riders..... Read on to know one more reason why YOU should NOT be a WAHABI.

Indonesia city bans women from straddling bikes
A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers.
Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals and behaviours".
Leaflets have been sent out to government offices and residents to inform them about the regulation.
Aceh is the only Indonesian province that follows Sharia.
Under the new regulation, the mayor says that women passengers are only allowed to sit "side-saddle" because straddling the bike seat violates Islamic values.
"When you see a woman straddle, she looks like a man. But if she sits side-saddle, she looks like a woman," Suaidi said.
He added that passengers who sat side-saddle rarely fell off.
The local government will be evaluating the regulation in a month, after which it could turn into a by-law, he added.
When asked if women who did not follow the rule would be punished, Suaidi said: "Once it has become a by-law, automatically there will be sanctions."
The regulation has been met with criticism from well-known Muslim activists like Ulil Abshar Abdalla, who is based in the capital, Jakarta.
"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.
"In a democratic country, what is claimed to be Sharia must be assessed by the public's common sense if the government aims to turn the regulation into law."
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20896966
 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/03/aceh-city-ban-women-straddling-motorbikes.html