Is this how they want people around the world to think of Islamic law? When will these atrocities stop taking place in the name of Islam??
Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein
Lubna as a journalist uses her pen to fight the political corruption and the regime’s oppression of women through her column “Men Talk”. If she had pleaded guilty and that is admitting the “crime” of wearing “indecently’, she would have left with 10 lashes and a social stigma. However, she had refused to surrender and asked to talk to her lawyer and is waiting for a trial to be scheduled.
Lubna has printed out 500 invitations to her trial and sent it to media agencies, reporters and human rights committees. What a women!! If this whole shenanigan was their way of silencing her, it obviously didn’t work!
Lubna’s trial updates- August 4:
Lubna tells the judge that she resigns from her UN position, so not to hide behind its immunity. She stands for women who have no immunity from this oppressive law!
Updates:
Sudan Reporter Beats Rap; Lawmaker Tells of Trysts
By Kimberly St. Louis
WeNews correspondent
(WOMENSENEWS)–
Cheers
Outspoken Sudanese journalist and former United Nations worker, Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein was released September 8 after being convicted the night before and facing up to a month in prison. It is unclear why she was released. Al-Hussein had been jailed for refusing to pay a fine of 500 Sudanese pounds, the equivalent of $200.
Hussein was arrested on July 3 for wearing pants in a cafe in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. According to the country’s penal code, Hussein violated Article 152, which states that a person can be fined and receive up to 40 lashes for the offense. She resigned from the U.N. so that she could stand trial and draw attention to women’s rights in Sudan.
The journalist wore the very same green pants she wore the day of her arrest to her hearing on September 7. She told the Associated Press, “I will not pay a penny.” On the day of her hearing, Sudanese security forces had to fight back al-Hussein supporters; they injured some of the supporters and detained 47 women, CNN reported.
Al-Hussein said that she will continue to wear pants and plans to appeal the conviction. Mohieddin Titawi, chairman of the journalists’ union, said that his organization had paid the fine because it is their responsibility to “protect journalists when they are in prison,” Reuters reported.
Amna A.J. Al-Thani
Many thanks for bringing up this topic. Can’t agree with you more, in every field there always seems to be an element which legitimizes practice; In Lubna’s case her credibility is associated with dress code. Sadly, misconceptions about Islam are not only produced by regimes enforcing iniquitous laws in the name of ‘Islam’ but are also prevalent and perpetuated in every day life from individuals who believe that they are dominant in that they speak for God and the Prophet (PBUH) and therefore, their practices are legitimized. As a result, dominated individuals, just because they don’t question the legitimacy of ‘dominant’ practices have no choice but to follow the lead of the dominant.July 22nd, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
Lulwa . A
SHAME on YOU Sudanese Goverment to behave like that ...I watched the you Tube and i couldn't beleive what i'm hearing , 40 LASHES !!!!!!!!!!!!! for what ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and to lash a very two young nonMuslim ,this is rediculous, all that happened because of the real great IGNORANCE we face as a nation so it can lead most of US to think and do many many Mistakes against the Humanity, i studied the Islamic studies and what they did those people is fare fare away from any religion or any civil Law. My dear Lubna we are proud of you,i am sure that God with you 100% and you will win in the end,great thanks to Dr. AMAL .............................July 23rd, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
Mimi
This is why people think islam is a religion of terrorism; becuase of few backward people. I feel furious, but again. these things happen everyday. We should all fight this ignorance and backwardness like Lubna for a better world.August 11th, 2009 @ 12:56 am
Maryam A Yousuf
So much is going on under the name of Islam. People all around the world are having all this mixed ideas on Islam, and most of those ideas are used against the real image of Islam. Thank you Dr. Amal for introducing us to this matter.September 22nd, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
Gospel
Dear Amal ... It's really distressing to see a woman with many advantages, like Lubna, suffering as a consequence of motivation for women's rights, while others decorate and roam with the most beautiful and valuable brands in the streets of Paris and London. Indifferent to their cause or even just thinking about what such a human being strives for, and even the suffering of others from prejudice and accusations of infidelity, for their rights usurped.December 27th, 2009 @ 3:16 am