Where strict Islamic dress codes are enforced, cell phones are proving helpful for women to warn each other of the approach of the sharia (Islamic law) police.

In parts of Indonesia it’s a crime for a young Muslim woman to bare her head or to wear a T-shirt, tight jeans or sandals. It’s a crime for her to cuddle with a young man. The potential punishment: a flogging, reports The Weekend Australian.

“Recently caught with her hair uncovered and her arms bare, Sonya was lectured and publicly humiliated and forced to sign a statement that she would always wear demure Islamic clothing in the future. If she is caught again, she will be taken to the headquarters of the Wilayatul Hisbah, or the sharia for further “education”. If she is caught for a third time, her case will be referred to the planned sharia court, where the punishment for inappropriate dress will be a whipping with a rattan cane.

With the advent of the sharia police, female university students have begun to send each other SMS messages warning the sharia police are out and about”.

Where strict Islamic dress codes are enforced, cell phones are proving helpful for women to warn each other of the approach of the sharia (Islamic law) police.
In parts of Indonesia it’s a crime for a young Muslim woman to bare her head or to wear a T-shirt, tight jeans or sandals. It’s a crime [...]