Tight Pants Ban Begins in Indonesia with Confiscations of Womens' Jeans

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So long hip-huggers.

On Thursday, a ban on tight pants for women went into effect on Thursday. Twenty thousand long skirts have been passed out to Muslim women who are found to be in violation of the ban in this portion of Indonesia that lives under Sharia law.

Police confiscated the jeans of 18 women they spotted riding motorcycles and scooters on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.

"I am not wearing sexy outfits, but they caught me like a terrorist only because of my jeans," a 40-year-old housewife named Imma told the AP.

According to the Epoch Times, women caught violating the ban could face a punishment of up to two weeks in prison.

Aceh province is believed to be the place where Islam first took root in Southeast Asia. In 2004, Aceh also bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunami that killed over 2250,000 Indonesians.

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Tagged: aceh, Aceh earthquake, aceh province, Acheh province, head scarfs, hip huggers, Indonesia, Islam, Islamic law, Muslims, Sharia Law, tight pants

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truthforfreedom

I'm not surprised at this. This is a Muslim country and strict rules are enforced where Sharia Law is followed. I wonder what made them re-enforce the rules? The article doesn't go into detail as to how long the women had been allowed to wear the jeans or what changed.

May 28 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply