"Showing a woman's hair is forbidden (in Islam) ... We will not allow people to corrupt morals. This (dress code) will improve work in the courts."
In June 2007. the “Swords of Islamic Enlightement” sent a chilling letter to Palestinian TV newscasters, ordering them to wear the hijab. The letter said, if the women refused to obey the command, the Islamist group would “cut throats vein from vein, if needed to protect the spirit and morals of this nation [Palestine].”
That was two years ago. Now it seems the madness imposed by the Islamic regime in Iran has permeated into the most upper echelons of Gazan society. What vigilantes said in the crudeness of their rhetoric is now being blurted out by Hamas appointed judges in the Palestinians territory.
Supreme Court chief justice Abdul-Raouf Halabi told AP, “Showing a woman's hair is forbidden (in Islam) ... We will not allow people to corrupt morals. This (dress code) will improve work in the courts." Read more ...
In June 2007. the “Swords of Islamic Enlightement” sent a chilling letter to Palestinian TV newscasters, ordering them to wear the hijab. The letter said, if the women refused to obey the command, the Islamist group would “cut throats vein from vein, if needed to protect the spirit and morals of this nation [Palestine].”
That was two years ago. Now it seems the madness imposed by the Islamic regime in Iran has permeated into the most upper echelons of Gazan society. What vigilantes said in the crudeness of their rhetoric is now being blurted out by Hamas appointed judges in the Palestinians territory.
Supreme Court chief justice Abdul-Raouf Halabi told AP, “Showing a woman's hair is forbidden (in Islam) ... We will not allow people to corrupt morals. This (dress code) will improve work in the courts." Read more ...
Source: Tarek Fatah / Washington Post