முஸ்லீம் பெரும்பான்மை சோமாலியாவில் பர்தா அணிய தடை

முஸ்லீம்கள் பெருவாரியாக வாழும் சோமாலியாவில் பர்தா அணிய தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. சோமாலிய போர்வீரர்கள் துணிக்கடைகளுக்குள் நுழைந்து பர்தாக்களை எடுத்து தெருவில் போட்டு எரித்தனர்.

இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் பெண்கள் அணியும் புர்காவுக்குள் நுழைந்துகொண்டு உள்ளே வந்து சோமாலிய போர்வீரர்கள் மீது தாக்குதல் தொடுக்கிறார்கள் என்பதால், மொகாடிஸு நகரத்துக்குள் புர்கா அணிய தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

சோமாலியா மொகாடிஷு நகரத்தில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் சட்டம் ஒழுங்கை நிலை நாட்டியதும் அவர்களுக்கு ஆதரவு இருந்தது. ஆனால், அவர்கள் இந்திய திரைப்படங்களை தடை செயததும் அந்த ஆதரவு காலியாகி விட்டது என்றும் இந்த செய்தி தெரிவிக்கிறது.


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Somali forces ban, burn Muslim women's veils

MOGADISHU
10-May-07
SOMALI security forces are seizing and even burning Muslim women's veils in Mogadishu to stop Islamist insurgents disguising themselves for attacks, authorities and witnesses said yesterday.
The Western-backed government's crackdown on veils is a highly symbolic turnaround for the Somali capital. When it was under Islamist control in the second half of 2006, women were instructed to cover their heads.
"Every policeman and government soldier has orders to confiscate veils from veiled women," senior police officer Ali Nur told Reuters in Mogadishu, saying various recent attacks had been carried out by people in disguise.
"Some of the remnants of the Islamic Courts have been caught wearing veils. During the war, these remnants, pretending to be women, killed so many government troops."
Somalis are generally moderate Muslims and most women traditionally cover their heads but not faces. Officials say some suicide attacks have been carried out by men disguised under full face-veils.
Mogadishu residents said government troops and police had been forcibly removing veils and publicly destroying them.
"Yesterday, so many veils were burnt by the police," said taxi driver Abdullahi Mohamed.
A Reuters witness saw some veiled women running away from police yesterday. One girl, 17-year-old Iftin Hussein, said she had left her veil at home to avoid encounters with the police. "Yesterday, I was forced to run away to escape from being unveiled. This is wrong, but we cannot do anything, we are powerless," she said.
A senior cleric, who declined to be named for fear of retribution, urged the government to be sensitive.
"If the government is unveiling women out of security concerns, then I think it is acceptable. However, this can raise public anger," he told Reuters.
"The government has to undertake it very carefully. They should use women to frisk and unveil women, not men."
Backed by Ethiopian troops, tanks and warplanes, Somali forces ousted the rival Islamist leaders in January. Although the Islamists received some support for bringing relative security to Mogadishu, the welcome cooled when they banned Bollywood films and qat, a popular mild stimulant leaf.

Reuters