Addie Davis
Oct. 29, 2009
SOC 202
2:22 pm
An Islamic district of Indonesia’s Aceh province has proposed a strict dress code to take effect on January 1, 2010. Muslim women will be banned from wearing tight pants in effort to promote strict moral values in the world’s most populous Muslim-practicing nation. Shorts are also prohibited for men and violators of the dress code will be asked to wear government-issued full-length skirts or loose pants. Islamic law also bans drinking alcohol, gambling and kissing in public, among other activities. Stoning remains a punishment in fifty-two Muslim-majority countries worldwide including Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Somalia and parts of Nigeria. These punishments are cruel, morally unacceptable, and human rights groups should ban together in order to help underrepresented nations.
It amazes me that religion can have a dress code. Why must your daily practices and lifestyle be dictated by your faith? How is it lawful to stone adulterers to death and why are homosexuals punished because of their sexual orientation? The majority of Indonesians oppose the restrictions on dress and behavior, making it wrong for the conservative government to pass these strict laws. I believe that these laws violate international human rights and that steps should be taken to help the Muslims of Indonesia retrieve their freedom.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gK0RWvMC1ek7iPcGie964cGJYJdwD9BJU2KO0
http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-law-in-indonesias-aceh-province-makes-adultery-punishable-by-stoning-to-death-167894/
2 comments:
The reason daily practices and lifestyles are sometimes dictated by their faith is because these lifestyles and practices, in this case, can be defined as major parts of that religion as a whole. Religion can be defined individually for every person and their lifestyles and practices ARE their religion. Look at Buddhism - this is a belief that is based almost entirely on practices.
This is shocking to me too! I can't believe any religion would have such ridicolous restrictions. Freedom for everyone.
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