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----- Original Message ----- From: "Evi Douren" <bamboopinetr...@gmail.com> To: "PersIndonesia Milist" <persindone...@yahoogroups.com>; "Gender Initiative for Indonesia Milist" <gender_initiative_indone...@yahoogroups.com>; "Aliansi Rakyat Miskin Milist" <aliansi_rakyat_mis...@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 PM Subject: [PersIndonesia] JG: West Aceh district chief RAMLI MANSYUR says women who dress provocatively "deserve to be raped." > Makin banyak para pejabat yang seenaknya menghamburkan pernyataan! Ada > apa kiranya dengan negara ini sampai pembesarnya makin hancur2an > kualitasnya? > > > ED > > > @thejakartaglobe: West Aceh district chief says women who dress > provocatively "deserve to be raped." > > > West Aceh District Chief Says Shariah Law Needed or There Will Be Hell to > Pay > > Dewi Kurniawati | August 18, 2010 > > > 'When women don't dress according to Shariah law, they're asking to get > raped' - Ramli Mansur, West Aceh district head. (JG Photo/Dewi Kurniawati) > > Aceh. Meet Ramli Mansur, a 46-year-old leader of the Aceh Party, whose > members are mostly drawn from the ranks of former combatants of the > disbanded Free Aceh Movement. Ramli made headlines earlier this year by > sponsoring a controversial Islamic bylaw that banned Muslim women from > wearing tight pants. > > Aceh first implemented Shariah bylaws after gaining greater control over > its judiciary and legislative process when former President Megawati > Sukarnoputri's administration granted the separatist province special > autonomy in 2001. > > Today, Shariah officers scour Aceh's streets on the lookout for violators > of Islamic offences, which include women not wearing head scarves, > gambling, the sale and consumption of alcohol, and "illicit relations" > between men and women. > > However, Ramli felt more was needed, leading the head of West Aceh > district to introduce the pants bylaw in May. > > Despite facing sizeable opposition to the law, Ramli defends his agenda by > saying that the bylaw is needed to teach Muslim women how to dress > properly. > > Bahtiar Effendy, a political expert from Jakarta's Syarif Hidayatullah > State Islamic State University, says this type of "incompetent leadership" > is a growing problem in the archipelago. > > "It's not just him - many of our local and national leaders are basically > incompetent, which is why they come up with foolish policies," he said. > > The Jakarta Globe asked the chief architect of the ban, Ramli Mansur, > about why he thinks Sharia law is important for Aceh and its people. Below > are excerpts from the interview: > > How did you come up with this idea for the bylaw? > > Many women asked me how they should dress to abide by Islamic law. > > To answer that, I organized a national seminar attended by many > professors. The problem occurred because the 2001 Autonomous Regions Law > didn't give specific details on a dress code. > > Before this bylaw, there was hardly any difference between Meulaboh [the > capital of West Aceh district] and Medan or Jakarta. > > There should be a distinctive difference between a place that implements > Shariah law and one that doesn't. This is about pride. We asked the > central government to give us Shariah law, but we failed to implement it > thoroughly. > > How is that more urgent than bigger issues such as health and education? > > It has nothing to do with those issues. This is about the thorough > implementation of Shariah law. You sin when you allow people to see the > contours of your body. > > As a leader, I think about those issues too [health and education] but > religion is far bigger than those issues. If people follow their religion > they will gain peace. > > Your kind of question is characteristic of rebellious people with > short-term views. You're considered an apostate if you hate Islam. > > People don't hate Islam, they just dislike your bylaw. > > But that's Islamic law. If you're against it, you're blaspheming. The law > gives you guidance for your own safety. If you choose to be a Muslim then > you have to follow the law. > > The opposition to it is supported by Zionism, a devious form of > infiltration by foreigners under the guise of freedom of expression. > > People don't follow their religion anymore in this country. > > If you think the bylaw is too harsh, then you should get out [of Islam]. > > You think if people obey this bylaw then prosperity will automatically > follow? > > This law doesn't waste public money, it just ordains how they must dress. > In fact, it's cheaper to make a skirt than pants. > > It's also stated in the Koran that if a woman imitates a man [by wearing > pants], then she will spend 500 years in solitude before she ever gets to > heaven. > > The same goes for men. For instance, men are forbidden from wearing > earrings. If you do that, you've challenged Allah. > > It's my obligation as a leader to help the people so they won't suffer in > the afterlife. > > Besides, when women don't dress according to Shariah law, they're asking > to get raped. > > It's a fact that men go wild when they see a woman's breasts and thighs. > It arouses them. > > Isn't that the man's problem to contend with? > > This bylaw is about blind faith, so let's not bring reason into it. The > law is firm. People are so used to freedom they find religion difficult. > Again, if you question it, then you're an apostate. > > Do you realize that the Acehnese anticolonial heroine Cut Nyak Dhien wore > pants? > > Yes, and in the bylaw she's excused on the grounds that the pants were > Islamic war clothing. It's difficult to wear those kinds of pants today. > They were designed for guerilla warfare. > > You're not worried this kind of policy will hurt your bid for re-election? > > I hope to get re-elected, but that's up to the people, of course. I'd > rather take this risk then go to hell later. > > If a leader doesn't apply this kind of bylaw, there will be protests from > clerics. I'm sure 70 percent of residents support this bylaw. I'll work on > the 30 percent later. > > Evi Douren > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung > Teruuusss...! > > ------------------------------------ > > Indonesia Japan Economic Monthly http://jief.biz/news/Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
