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Arabia
'Bearded' woman tries to deliver sermon
2004-11-16
MANAMA — A Bahraini woman disguised as a male cleric tried to deliver a sermon during prayers here last week leading to a scuffle with worshippers and her subsequent arrest, the mosque Imam said yesterday.
"Shaykh Ya Bouti Masjid welcomes Mullah Pat as your guest imam to-day...hey, waitaminnit!"
The woman, bearded and bespectacled, made her way to the stand where Sheikh Adnan Al Qatan was about to give a sermon during Friday's weekly prayers "when the muezzin grabbed hold of "him' to ask where he was going," Qatan told AFP. "When I noticed what was going on below the stand, I started my sermon so as not to cause a scene. The "man' was taken to a room in the mosque," Qatan said. "The muezzin then noticed that the voice of the man had changed and become softer and that the beard was suddenly lopsided before they discovered the sheikh was a woman," he added. 
"Besides, the beard twarnt long enough!"
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Manamana du du dududu

This story cracked me up when I first read it. You just can't make this stuff up! There's been a few amusing stories today.

I wonder what her punishment will be? Story ends with her being dragged off.
Posted by: Anon1   2004-11-16 11:40:27 AM  

#3  "Are there any women in the crowd?"

"no...no.....NO...NO...NO!"
Posted by: BH   2004-11-16 10:08:49 AM  

#2  MANDY: Ohh, I hate wearing these beards.

BRIAN: Why aren't women allowed go to stonings, Mum?

MANDY: It's written. That's why.


from The Life of Brian

Not strictly true, Women are allowed at stonings, except they're not going home afterwards...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-11-16 4:31:42 AM  

#1  Hey, this smells pretty funny, IMHO. These guys are raised by Ninjas. They can detect a femalian under a bucha potato sacks at a half-click. Believe me, I saw 'em in Saudi cruising up and down the coast road where the pinic areas were, oggling the MOB's from a distance of at least 40-50 ft. They know, intuitively, what they're looking at.
Posted by: .com   2004-11-16 12:16:01 AM  

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