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Trust the Japanese to come up with the name “tsunami”. In Japanese, it means “harbor waves”. And that’s quite appropriate description indeed. Tsunami waves are caused by undersea tremblors or landslide. In the depths of the oceans, such tidal waves have relatively small wave heights. If you are sailing on the surface of the oceans [...] Recently women MPs in Kuwait won the right not to wear the Muslim headscarf in Parliament. In many western countries, freedom of dressing for women is a given. But for many Muslim women, they have a dress code to observe. From January 2010, if you are a Muslim woman and you wear trousers (pants), you may want to be extra careful if you happen to be in West Aceh, Indonesia. District head Ramli Mansur has signed a bylaw that prohibits Muslim women in West Aceh from wearing certain kind of trousers. He said recently: “We [...] A couple in Somalia chose the wrong place to commit the act of adultery. They did it in territory under the control of the al-Shabaab group, and worse, they left evidence of their act – the woman became pregnant. Now they are paying for it with their lives. On September 14, the outgoing Aceh Legislative Council passed a set of bylaws (Qanun Jinayat) that effectively replaces certain sections of the Criminal Code with Sharia laws for Muslims. Among other things, these bylaws call for death by stoning for those caught in adultery. The Aceh governor has refused to sign off on these bylaws, [...] Aceh has been in the news lately because of Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) Qory Sandioriva. The controversy over Qory Sandioriva was her decision not to wear a Muslim headscarf for the Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) contest because “hair is beauty, and I am proud of beauty.” Newly crowned Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) Qory Sandioriva is trying to defuse the tension caused by her remarks during the contest. In the question and answer stage of the contest, she was asked why, as contestant from Aceh, she did not wear a Muslim headscarf (jilbab) whereas previous contestants from Aceh did just that. So Indonesia has chosen its representative for next year’s Miss Universe contest. The 2009 Miss Indonesia (Putri Indonesia) title goes to 18 year old Qori Sandioriva. Well Indonesia has been sending beauty contestants to Miss Universe for years, so there shouldn’t be any controversy, right? This has been a week of disasters. In the last 48 hours we saw 2 powerful undersea earthquakes erupting, one of which was accompanied by a tsunami. Earlier we also saw a powerful typhoon striking five countries. Indonesia is again in the news. This time it involves Aceh, best known as the worst hit area during the 2004 tsunami that hit Indonesia. In a couple more weeks, the Aceh Party (made up of former separatist fighters from the Free Aceh Movement) will take power in the new provincial assembly. |
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