"The city mayor says women straddling motorbikes are not in line with Islamic values"

Sargon of Akkad · Jan 3, 2013

"The city mayor says women straddling motorbikes are not in line with Islamic values"

BBC News - Indonesia city to ban women 'straddling motorbikes'

A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers.
Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals and behaviours".

Hilarious, if nothing else!

Lucius Vorenus · Jan 3, 2013

Sargon of Akkad said:
BBC News - Indonesia city to ban women 'straddling motorbikes'

Hilarious, if nothing else!

I think the guys who wrote that thing, Sheriyah, 1200 or so years ago, had no idea that motorbikes will once be invented. Hilarious as you said.

lol

Sargon of Akkad · Jan 3, 2013

It's genius.

When you see a woman straddle, she looks like a man. But if she sits side-saddle, she looks like a woman," Suaidi said

funakison · Jan 3, 2013

Riding motor bikes side saddle, now that aint easy.

Zeno · Jan 3, 2013

If the bike wears a burqa they should be fine.

Rasta · Jan 3, 2013

How odd.

kbear · Jan 3, 2013

i wouldn't think it would be wise to ride a bike in a burqa in the first place. if the burqa gets caught in the spokes, the woman is going to go flying off the bike (which would be kind of funny to watch

)..

Halomanuk2 · Jan 3, 2013

kbear said:
i wouldn't think it would be wise to ride a bike in a burqa in the first place. if the burqa gets caught in the spokes, the woman is going to go flying off the bike (which would be kind of funny to watch)..

He he ...she would be thrown off so quickly people would think she was a flying nun !

Naomasa298 · Jan 3, 2013

According to the article, a well known Indonesian Muslim activist, Ulil Abshar Abdalla, points out:

"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran."

Sargon of Akkad · Jan 3, 2013

Naomasa298 said:
According to the article, a well known Indonesian Muslim activist, Ulil Abshar Abdalla, points out:

"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran."

Indeed. I just find the justification "they don't look like women" to be hilarious.

funakison · Jan 3, 2013

Naomasa298 said:
According to the article, a well known Indonesian Muslim activist, Ulil Abshar Abdalla, points out:

"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran."

What a tragic oversight.

kbear · Jan 3, 2013

Halomanuk2 said:
He he ...she would be thrown off so quickly people would think she was a flying nun !

Thibault · Jan 4, 2013

Naomasa298 said:
According to the article, a well known Indonesian Muslim activist, Ulil Abshar Abdalla, points out:

"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran."

Presumably the Koran and Hadiths were OK with the use of Twitter, then. I wonder where it was mentioned.........

Pacific_Victory · Jan 4, 2013

This is exactly why 1400 plus year old religious rules don't make sense in modern society.

Belgarion · Jan 4, 2013

It's funny to us, but the problem is that these primitives take this rubbish seriously, and think everyone else should too.

Pacific_Victory · Jan 4, 2013

Belgarion said:
It's funny to us, but the problem is that these primitives take this rubbish seriously, and think everyone else should too.

It really shouldn't surprise us. I mean these are the same fanatics who expect women to walk around wearing a tent with eye-holes all day in 100+ degree heat and humidity.

Should a ban on straddling motorbikes really surprise us?

Naomasa298 · Jan 4, 2013

Pacific_Victory said:
It really shouldn't surprise us. I mean these are the same fanatics who expect women to walk around wearing a tent with eye-holes all day in 100+ degree heat and humidity.

Should a ban on straddling motorbikes really surprise us?

When some religions have many followers who believe that god literally created the world out of thin air, perhaps we should not be so quick to criticise the beliefs of people in some parts of the world, who, for all sorts of reasons, have not had access to the education that we have enjoyed.

Governments and religious leaders trying to control morality is nothing new, and is not limited to Islam.

dagul · Jan 5, 2013

This is actually another manifestation of gender inequality. It is evident that the prejudice is focus on women.

Panthera tigris altaica · Jan 5, 2013

Naomasa298 said:
Governments and religious leaders trying to control morality is nothing new, and is not limited to Islam.

Indeed, it is not. Then again, pointing out the hypocrisy can get you in a lot of trouble, not just with the locals but with the law as well.

Ancientgeezer · Jan 5, 2013

Its all a bit like the Redneck Church that banned couples having ... in the standing position in case in led to dancing.

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