Not everyone is thrilled with Islamization in Lebanon.
“Lebanese women protest modesty norms after beachgoer harassed for bathing suit,” AFP, May 21, 2023:
SIDON, Lebanon — Lebanese activists protested Sunday at a beach in the coastal city of Sidon, after a woman said she was harassed there over her allegedly indecent bathing suit, an AFP correspondent said.
Defying a municipality ban on their demonstration, dozens of protesters, mostly women, gathered briefly in the Sunni Muslim-majority conservative city, the correspondent said.
“We have all come to support women’s right to be in public spaces, whether in a bikini or a burkini,” said Diana Moukalled, a journalist and women’s rights activist. “Public spaces don’t just belong to certain people as a function of their beliefs, but to everyone. It’s a constitutional right,” she told AFP.
In last week’s incident, a group of conservative religious Muslims reportedly assailed a bather and her husband at the public beach in Sidon, accusing them of not respecting local norms due to the woman’s attire….
The Sidon Municipality on Saturday had banned both the women’s protest and a planned counter-demonstration that had been called “in favor of modesty, virtue and against nudity.”
A group of conservative Muslims later arrived to break up the pro-swimwear protest and held prayers at the beach as security forces deployed to the area.
Sheikh Houssam Ilani decried the “provocations” of demonstrators flouting the protest ban….
Ade Fegan says
everyone caves and islam advances
tim gallagher says
That photo shows clearly the modern, civilised world (the woman wearing the bikini) right next to the primitive, throwback world of islam wearing all that idiotic clothing in the surf. There is a man out here in Australia, who occasionally comments here at Jihad Watch and uses the name “Bikinis not Burkas”, which I think is a great name, and I can only agree with that sentiment. Give us bikinis over backward islamic clothing any day of the week. islam is thousands of years out of date in endless different areas of human behaviour.
John Smith says
Absolutely spot on Tim, like you always are.
Fitna says
Seconded 🙂
tim gallagher says
Thanks, John and Fitna. I do think that that is a striking photo. islam is such a load of outdated garbage is so many ways, isn’t it? It holds people back in such a primitive lifestyle and, unfortunately, wants to impose its crap on all of mankind. I have always liked that name the commenter gives himself, “Bikinis not Burkas” since i came across it quite a while back (I think I saw his comments on a blog out here in Australia called “michael smith news” which I visit occasionally because the comments, mostly on Australian politics, are really funny. Ferocious, but funny.). Haven’t seen any comments from that commenter for a while, but as Australia is a warm country and the beach is a big deal out here I thought it was a great name. Sort of says it all. Civilised and mellow life, as in bikinis, versus repressive islam’s backwardness and barbarity.
Johnny B says
The woman on the right looks like a model for a Western fashion house or maybe a famous sporting brand..
Manikandan Nair says
Hijab/Burka is slavery. Many PFI/SDPI/IUML losers were complaining about the Hijab bans in schools. They should realize that they should follow school rules.
FYI says
She was afraid to come out of the water..’cos the muslims had stolen the beach.
She wore an.. itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot burquini…