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| Update: Woman Punished for Lack of Headscarf |
| 2004-05-30 |
| This is an update to an earlier post: Sudan Punishes Christian Woman For Not Wearing Headscarf. I received this article via an email newsletter, so I don’t have a link to the actual article. An April 28th news release from Compass Direct reports that a young Christian woman in Khartoum was beaten and fined for not wearing appropriate head covering. Cecilia John Holland was traveling on a bus on the evening of April 13th, when 10 policemen stopped the bus and arrested her. The next day she was taken to an Islamic court where she was not allowed to speak in her defense. She was sentenced to 40 lashes and fined the equivalent of $75 US. |
| Posted by:Kathy L |
| #1 These poor women, how brave they are to show they are Christians where they live. If you want to see real love, just look at Christian women in Muslim lands who hold to Christ. That's love. |
| Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-05-30 2:49:11 PM |