Dari SMH (buat yg kurang piknik lewat internet, SMH = Sidney Morning Herard). Dekadensi moral jalan terus di negara-negara Arab. Setelah capek mencolak-colek para muslimah yang beribadah, rupanya para kaki tiga ini masih berjalan lebih jauh lagi. Mereka akan mengijinkan sexshop dibuka di sana. Sebagai negara pengekspor pembantu, Indonesia harus punya concern terhadap masalah ini. Kalau penduduk kaki tiga ini terekspos dengan toko-toko penjual pintu gerbang neraka, sangat mungkin terjadi kakinya bukan tiga lagi tapi menjadi empat. Alhasil kasus perkosaan kepada TKW akan meningkat. Indonesia juga harus mendesak pemerintahan Arab Saudi untuk merekrut tenaga pengamanan wanita, dan polisi susila di tempat-tempat ibadah. Sebagai negara berpenduduk muslim terbesar di dunia, mereka harus mendengar baik-baik apapun yg hendak Indonesia keluhkan. Saya punya kenalan dekat yg baru saja pulang umroh. Seperti biasa mahluk wanita itu kalau belum mengalami sendiri nggak akan percaya kalau dibilangin. Sudah saya bilangin agar hati-hati, ternyata masih saja mengabaikan peringatan saya. Hasilnya gampang ditebak bahwa dia mengalami peristiwa colak-colek dari bangsa kaki tiga itu. Bangsa kaki tiga paling hobi dengan muslimah dari Asia karena mereka cenderung tidak mau ribut-ribut. Ingat saudara-saudara, peristiwa seperti ini dapat terjadi pada anak anda, ibu anda, saudara anda. Tidak ada gunanya menutupi kelakuan jelek bangsa kaki tiga. Saudara seiman hanyalah mereka yg menjalankan ibadah. Bukan colak-colek, apalagi memperkosa. Apa jadinya bila anda berangkat ke sana dengan pikiran yg tidak aman atas nasib dan kehormatan wanita-wanita yg bersama anda? Oya, jangan salah sangka kalau korbannya hanya muslimah yg masih muda. Nenek-nenek saja masih kena dikerjai. Maklum, pakai hijab, dan memang face wanita asia kan kelihatan lebih muda. Jeffrey Anjasmara -------------------------------------- Selling sexy undies in Mecca By ANDREW ALDERSON and RAJEEV SYAL in London Ann Summers, the sex shop and lingerie chain, says it has been granted permission to open 22 shops in the Middle East, including one in the Holy City of Mecca. The UK's Sunday Telegraph has reported that erotic stock has already been shipped to Kuwait in preparation for the opening of the first shops in October. The shop in Saudi Arabia will be at the Mecca International Mall. Permission had been obtained to open the stores through its Kuwait-based franchise Makae/Top Ten International. With a turnover of more than $40 million a year, Ann Summers will, however, not be able to sell its range of sex toys in the Middle East because it would be illegal. It will restrict the first sales to exotic lingerie, leather goods and PVC bodywear. It hopes to introduce chocolate bodypaints and massage oils in the future. Other stores are due to open in Dubai, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and, possibly, Oman. Twelve are due to open from October, the rest in the New Year. Noshaba Hussein, a leading member of the Iranian-backed Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, said she would lobby the UK Foreign Office and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to block the shops. "It is outrageous that these people should try open such a shop in Mecca. Who is supposed to buy these products? When Muslims go to the Holy City they should only be indulging in prayer," she said. Mohamed Ayed Alenezi, chairman of Makae, defended the expansion. "Nice and sexy lingerie is not against Islam," he said. Some Muslim clerics believe that under Islam married couples are allowed to share an interest in erotic underwear. Ayub Laher, the general secretary of the Bradford Council of Mosques, said: "Islam encourages a man and wife to please each other within the confines of their own homes. Underwear is allowed, massage oils can be part of innocent fun and as long as leather is not made out of pigskin, that is fine too," he said. "But if these shops are used by adulterous couples in Saudi Arabia and they are caught, they could be punished by execution," he added. The shops will be staffed by men and many senior staff, including Jacqueline Gold, the chief executive of Ann Summers, will be replaced by male executives for the store openings. The Sunday Telegraph, London _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
