Sunday, 18th October 2009
Police get shirty over 'nude' mannequins
Bare message... The mannequins in the shop window of DNA Emporium. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier.
When Marcel Ellis chained together a number of undressed mannequins in his Mosta shop window with an accompanying leaflet to raise awareness about sex trafficking, little did he know what was in store.
At around 5 p.m. last Friday, two policemen walked into the DNA Emporium outlet in Eucharistic Congress Road and instructed the owners to dress up the plastic figures.
Mr Ellis, the co-owner and founder of the DNA Emporium Foundation, was incredulous: "These are normal plastic mannequins with no particular 'details' showing. There is nothing sexual about it, apart from the fact that it is highlighting the problem of sex trafficking."
One end of a metal chain has been attached to the male mannequin's hand and the other end is tied to the woman figure's waist in a symbolic message against the oppression of sex slaves.
Yet the police instructed the owners to cover up the mannequins after they said they had received a report from "someone influential" that the models were too explicit.
Mr Ellis said: "It is absurd that a couple of plastic dolls should cause such mayhem. Should we pull down all the manifestations of nude portraits and sculptures spread around the world, including places of worship? Should we ban our children from changing their doll's clothes? People should be more concerned about the real plight of the illicit sex industry than about a couple of harmless mannequins."
Mr Ellis said the idea behind the campaign was to expose reality whereby 29 million people worldwide are forced into modern day slavery. The vast majority of these are forced into the sex trade industry.
"Sex trafficking exists everywhere, even in Malta, where little seems to be done to counter it. Just look at the Eastern European prostitutes in our streets."
The foundation is planning a high profile campaign to raise awareness on the problem and is working in conjunction with the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem - Malta and the Rotaract Club Malta La Valette, as well as local personalities.
Mr Ellis considers the police complaint so absurd that he intends to ignore it. Questions sent to the police last Friday night were not answered.
Last month in Iran, police warned shop owners against displaying female mannequins wearing underwear or showing off their curves as part of a government campaign against Western influence.
To read about the DNA Emporium campaign go to http://www.dnaemporium.com/en/sex-trafficking .
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Malta does have a sense of humour after all.
Hilarious! LOL
Brilliant idea Mr Ellis!!!
An eloquent art statement if we ever saw one!
Possibly if prostitution was legal, taxed, and regulated throughout the EU and else-ware, the few or many who consequently suffer as a result of forced sexual exploitation, may enjoy reprieve....
My 62 year old roommate is rolling around the floor in hysterics muttering What a bunch of prudes…
I better go put some clothes on my Cindy doll and Action Man, I mean my daughter’s before they come and arrest me, her. Then after that, the whole family is going to go around the island and put dressing gowns on all the nude statues and beanies on any bald heads
lol.
We have an idea for a rival newspaper that will really sell well "The Medieval Times of Malta"
Seriously I believe that there's nothing wrong with nudity, especially when mannequins have no sexual organs to flaunt. Police are always instructed by their superiors who in turn are instructed by their superiors... very worrying knowing how our police force are nothing but pawns. What make this alarmingly grave is the fact that what if this "influential person" had hidden reasons against such a protest? What if there are several other "influential people" who are blindfolding our gullible police force (always assuming that police act in bona fide) while becoming ever more influential from the human trafficking racket?
It's not an issue of religions, beliefs or morality, only a moron will feel offended by some plastic shaped as a human figure. It just boils down to one thing - whoever reported wants to take the focus off an important issue and alienate the general public into a needless debate. I hope things will improve because unfortunately such events will get us nowhere except of making us red-faced.
@ Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Thanks for sharing however my logic and brain desist me to buy any claptrap or legends I am afraid.
The Bible allows a person to infer things and interpret that which is written in it. Eg: In the English language, when one has a son, it is inferred that ‘a son was begotten’. This is the same thing. The modern English versions of the Bible have removed the old English words like “Thou” and “Thee” to make it more understandable to modern English speaking people.
This same cannot be said for the Koran however, which Muslims take to be the direct& unalterable word of God. That is why they still believe that ‘the sun sets into a muddy pool’ every evening& that “the devil resides in one of their nostrils” which are some of the things that Mohammed taught.
This is the main reason why all knowledge stops when Islam enters. The proof is in the pudding, all technologies and innovations we enjoy today originated in the Christian parts of the world& are a testament to the Judeo-Christian tradition where learning is encourage& exalted whilst countries that followed Islamic teachings have become conspicuous by their lack of innovation, exploration& new discoveries.
@ Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
I am quoting the above from King James "translation" of John 3:16. If we were to open up the Revised Standard Version of the Bible on this exact same verse we will find it now translated as: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, ...."
Why is this? What is going on here? As far as what I know, the RSV is the work of so many Biblical Christian scholars of the highest eminence supported by fifty cooperating Christian denominations. They produced the RSV in an effort to correct the "many" and "serious" errors they had found in the King James Bible. So why have they scrapped the word "begotten" from this cornerstone of Christian preaching?
Any explanation please for this serious alteration of the Bible? And which Bible of the so many Bibles should be God’s word?
If you are questioning why God cannot have a son or a daughter, then your are putting limitiations on God.
God, the creator of heaven and earth and all of the universe, seen and unseen, can have anything God wants.
If you cannot accept that, then you cannot accept God.
@ A. Muscat,
"Could you please explain why should God have a son or a daughter?"
"Because the Christian faith clearly states that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, and that whoever believes in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus was not just a man.
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
In addition, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, did in fact die of the cross for the sins of the world, and His Father in heaven raised Him from the dead on the third day.
These truths are not refutable as they are spoken from the true Word of God, The Holy Bible.
It does not get any clearer than that for those that can comprehend the english language.
@ A. Muscat,
"Could you please explain why should God have a son or a daughter?"
"Because the Christian faith clearly states that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, and that whoever believes in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus was not just a man.
John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
In addition, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, did in fact die of the cross for the sins of the world, and His Father in heaven raised Him from the dead on the third day.
These truths are not refutable as they are spoken from the true Word of God ,The Holy Bible.
It does not get any clearer than that for those that can comprehend the english language.
@ Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
I repeat my question: Could you please explain why should God have a son or a daughter?
You keyed in:
‘Jesus is the Son of God. This means that He is God, revealed to man.”
If Albert Muscat is the son of Joe Muscat ..does that make Albert and Joe one? Are you serious on this one?
No need to answer orange when asked about potatoes please. Thanks
@ A. Muscat,
Christians believe that the eternal Son of God, one with the Father from all eternity, united to Him in one Spirit, "became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14)& took "the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men" (Philippians 2:7).This is something that Mohammed could not understand& comprehend when he was trained by Augustinian monks in Syria.
A Trinitarian view of God’s nature& being can’t be proven from the Bible. Since the books of the Bible are not written as theological tracts, this may seem on the surface to be true. There is no statement in Scripture that says, "God is three Persons in one being.
But such passages as:Romans 14:17-18; 15:16;Corinthians 2:2-5; 6:11; 12:4-6; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 2:18-22; 3:14-19; Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 1:6-8;1 Thessalonians 1:3-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Titus 3:4-6. that the New Testament faith is implicitly Trinitarian. Of course, it’s true that none of these passages say directly that "God is a Trinity" or "This is the Trinitarian doctrine" But they don’t need to. As the books of the New Testament are not formal, point by point treatises of doctrine.
@ Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Thanks for your answer.
Could you please explain why should God have a son or a daughter? "(Should you answer refers to ‘original sins’ please feel free to quote some verses!
I will answer the Bible verses you have quoted one by one.
Please quote verses form the Bible (either OT or NT) where can I find the Word Trinity.
"The Quran says God has no son and is not a father.
Why should a God have a son or a daughter? "
Jesus called Himself the "Son of God" throughout the Gospels, (John 3:16-18), and the disciples also identified Him as the Son of God in their writings, (Rom 1:3).
Further, Jesus identified Himself as God revealed in the flesh, (John 8:58), and His disciples identified Him as God, (John 1:1, Phil 2:5-11).
Jesus is the Son of God. This means that He is God, revealed to man. The term "Son of God" is an analogy, describing the relationship between two persons of God. Christ is the image of God to mankind. God - omnipotent, revealed Himself to mankind, in Christ.
Muhammad's misconception of the Sonship of Christ is another proof that the Quran was not revealed to him by God, but rather it was built upon Muhammad's own very limited knowledge.
This is further proof that muslims worship a different God than Christians,
Muslims believe God made the heaven and the earth, yet can't believe that God made a son.
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Iraq - the West is there for the Oil wells and nothing else.
Afghanistan - there for the Opium and nothing else (90% of all Opium come from this country) and nothing much else.
Only the naïve believe that we are there to “bring Freedom and Democracy,” If that were true, we would start with our friend and ally, Saudi Arabia, a totalitarian despotic regime created by the Americans in the 1930's and now propped up by the amassed wealth of trillions of dollars of oil revenues.
For Shaw to speak about ‘genuine’ Islam he must have had to read the Koran in Arabic, otherwise it is not the real deal.
So Shaw must have been reading, some flowery English version I surmise, designed to deceive the gullible ‘infidel’ – using “taqiya” or deception as prescribed by Mohammed himself.
@Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
The Quran says God has no son and is not a father.
Why should a God have a son or a daughter? And most importantly, did Jesus ever say that he is God or son of God or even a part of a Trinity? I challenge you to quote any verses in both OT and NT where the word Trinity is mentioned.
@Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
You were so swift …lol
The continuation of Winston Churchill’s quote:
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.
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I guess both predictions of Churchill and Bernard Shaw are reflecting the reality of what our troops are facing right now in both Iraq and Afghanistan!
I repeat, if you can’t annihilate them find a common ground and live with them. Let them be Israelis and Palestinians …Muslims and Christians …etc.
A common ground makes every one happy (bar the cataclysmic agendas of far-rights intellectually bankrupted politicians and the Zionists). Good nite
"Is there more than one God? "
Allah cannot be the God of the Bible
Islam's Quran and its own adopted practices prove that Allah cannot be the same God of Christianity. In Arabic the word 'Allah' may mean 'god' but that does not mean Allah and the God of the Bible are one and the same. They cannot be because:
Islam has come to mean 'submission. The goal of Islam is to bring the whole world into submission to Allah. The Quran (Sura's 2, 4, 5, 9 and 47) teaches that all 'infidels' (non-Muslims) must either convert to Islam or be killed or enslaved .
The Quran says God has no son and is not a father. Muhammad taught that Jesus and Christians were not to be taken as friends (Sura's 5 and 9).
Allah was the pagan moon god of Mohammed's Quresh tribe represented by various idols, including a sacred stone, called the Kaaba.
If you want to quote great men on islam then none are greater than Winston Churchill:
""How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men."
You keyed in:
‘The core theme of Islam is contained in the Islamic shahada which reads "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet."
Is there more than one God?
Before you jump and shoot critics and affront others please note that my message in every issue is quite simple and read: If you can’t annihilate them find a common ground and live with them. Let them be Israelis and Palestinians …Muslims and Christians …etc.
I am done mate. Bonne nuit to you and whom may appears again from your end!
Thank for the link you provided although I am not keen to Google and comment but any way this seems to match perfectly with Sir George Bernard Shaw in 'The Genuine Islam,' Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936. in what he predicted about Islam.
'If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam."
“I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him-the wonderful man and in my opinion, he must be called the Savior of Humanity."
"I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
@Peter Korsten ,
Islamic theological basis needs a detailed exploration to understand this riddle of the migrant Muslim communities in the West. This clash emerges from the heart of the Islamic creed. The core theme of Islam is contained in the Islamic shahada which reads "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet." Explicit in this central creed of Islam is the denial of all other Gods and all other ways of spiritual life. Also implicit in the Shahada is the denial of the history, cultural and traditional heritage prior to the Islamic revelation.
To devout muslims, Islam in itself is the perfect and complete code of life, culture and tradition thrust directly from the infallible master of the universe. The history, culture and tradition, prior to Islam is unworthy - an era known as the age of Jahiliya in Islam.Since to devout muslims, Islam is prefect in every aspect for living the ideal human life (sura10:37), everything else is unnecessary. Enjoying pork will be the least of our problems. http://sweetness-light.com/archive/uk-muslim-tells-queen-to-convert-to-islam
I feel sorry for the police they must have felt so bad having to go into this shop (who i will be buying from from now on :) that he must cover up mannequins!!!
If i start tomorrow in mosta square to bring to the Maltese public the benefits of safe sex and would give out free condoms would that mean that i should be worried about getting 66 lashes then stoning to death beaten up??? as that is what happens in countries where there is NO FREEDOM!
Malta is a democratic country its about time you act like it not a church ruled country! LIKE IRAN.
The boys in (blue) should just grow up and move with the times...there is so much more indecency on the Paceville streets with underage girls in various state of undress but there of course they are a delight to watch for them it seems, not so with undressed mannequins!!
"It is a well known fact that even in their minority in Western countries; they are very vociferous in demanding that everyone else also obey the dictates of their Muslim faith."
What kind of complete and utter nonsense is that?
What IS a well-known and well-documented fact is that Muslims are, at best, not readily accepted into society, and more likely to be verbally abused or harassed because they look different.
Now whether they differentiate themselves is a cause or an effect of the attitude of the native inhabitants is a matter of debate, but I'm yet to see, hear or read about the first Muslim who lives in Europe and demands that I stop eating pork.
Ajmaaaaaa, we're holier than God. Give us a break - this is pathetic
I disagree. If we are still in a situation where "someone influential" can waste police time by ordering them to remove something perfectly legal which he/she happens to dislike, we have a serious problem.
I bet the 'influential person' was hoping that the mannequins would be thrown out and he/she would retrieve them under cover of darkness and use them as one does - I am told - blow-up dolls.
The Venus and the Cranach on the London Tube were removed not so much because they were deemed potentially offensive to travellers but, because they they were easily accessible, there was confern that 'artists with felt-tip pens' would deface them and render them offensive and obscene. I can assure A. Muscat that London can well stomach a nude. And if our Muslim 'guests' find such offensive, they know what they can do.
Good on you Mr. Ellis. Nothing wrong with the body. Nothing wrong with sex. But when money is exchanged, that is obscene. That cancels the event. And Catholic guilt over matters sexual is very damaging to the individual. Take heed.
This place would have been, the perfect place to Discuss SEX-TRAFFICKING.. imma ghal xejn all we do is talk how stupid us Maltese are ..
good one tal monument ta Hal Luqa!
Dont worry about police who have nothing better to do. We are such a close minded island when we want, its so sad that someone influential had nothing better to do either !
"Extremist Muslim Culture"????????????
Which Malta are you on about? The one with 365 churches and one mosque?
Please take note that people (Religious or otherwise) actually do find this kind of affrontery offensive because generally civilized people have an accepted mode of conduct which includes dressing appropriately.
Resources are limited and therefore priorities have to be set. We and our children being run over by someone with a mobile phone glued to his ear obviously take second place to "some influential" instructing the police to take decisive action against this affront to the country's morality.
I shall also be growing a beard and instruct my wife to wear a burka, in preparation of the inevitable introduction of sharia law.
Oops ..my neighbour has a nude sculpture in the garden ...better report her ;)
They must be SO frustrated!
QUICK!!
Some one put a pair of underpants on the Luqa "monument" before the moral police see it!!
However knowing the name of who made the report is not our aim, what we intend to do is focusing on the topic SEX-TRAFFICKING and creating awerness, as this is the real issue.
Ordinary citizens complain everyday on pot-holes,money gathering wardens, on sewage out falls, on Ministers who break the code of ethics"their" government, and of our set of ethical values. And yet what happens? Nothing, just generic interpretations of the law. It makes you wonder.
Maybe it could be also a case of:
'Tyranny of the Majority'
The Police should focus on catching criminals rather than making themselves look ridiculous.
Well done to the shop owner for a very catchy marketing idea. I really liked your shop window. Keep it up!!
Respect to Mr Ellis, I support your campaign!
If you had to walk by the shop with your 5, 6 year olds and that ask you, why do they have a chain tied up and no clothes? ... What would you reply ..
Is this a good influence..
I really think this campaign needs more attention, but no like this ..
@ Emma Xerri
I was referring to the other one not u.
And judging from their looks, probably satanical and heretical too.
I think they should be burned at the stake.
He was dumbfounded with such stupidity and said, "Mela qedin jigennu hemm".
"we are talking specifically about apples"
I am talking about apples also.
You are the one defending Iran and Saudi Arabia with your non sequitur of the removal of a Lucas Cranach poster from the London tube, as if silly things done in christian western cultures absolve the silly things done in islamic cultures.
They certainly do not !
In all fairness to the Mosta Police, they were very nice, almost embarrassed to have to come to the shop on such a futile issue. It is not they who should be blamed, but whoever this "influential person" is, who is too blind by his own mental perversions to realize it was a humanitarian campaign! In any case, the police action of coming over, did now make international waves! http://www.clothesfreeforum.com/showthread.php?t=15808
Please stop addressing me also when you wish to answer Mr. Mizzi. We are not the same person nor are we Siamese twins!
These are just pieces of plastic.
One reason they might grab people's attention is not that they are nude representations of the human body, but because they are tall and beatifully proportioned. Maybe it will provide the incentive for people to start looking after their health and figures better.
After all, if we really had to see average Joe and Jane in the altogether in the flesh, it would be just a big turn off. Yuks!
I am surprised police were available to attend this shop, whenever I see police, they are normally stood outside their station SMOKING...........Oh ! they must have run out of cigarettes and had nothing better to do...................DONT worry about covering these Mannequins up, MR. INFLUENTIAL .........TRY asking the young girls who walk around Malta half naked to cover up........................
I would not talk much about “the human body which should be clad for the sake of reverence it deserves' either if I were you.
Maybe that is why in Muslim Sharia law allows for stoning of adulterers, public floggings and beheadings and amputation of limbs, because the reverence in which it hold the human body.
Given a choice, and most people would agree, I would rather see a million nude Venuses than one of your religion’s sanctioned ‘reverences’ to the human body.
Do not be preposterous! This is plastic we are talking about here not actual nude bodies.
And, even if they were, what is so obscene in what God hath created?
You make it sound like it was some live sex show was being staged on our streets.
@ Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
@ Emma Xerri
Thank you for the clarification but this was not my point so far.
As usual, we are talking specifically about apples and you deliberately answer about orange just to say some thing or to criticize others
This "somebody" needs to get a life.
But at least nowadays the party that posted the image by Lucas Cranach in the London Tube will not get 66 lashes in public like what is done in those infamous muslim nations.
@ co Cauchi
'To those who are comparing Malta to Iran: No, this is not an extemist Moslem country but a country where Catholic / humanist values still count and esteem holds for the human body which should be clad for the sake of reverence it deserves.'
Here we are not talking about a mannequin made of stone not about a human being made of flesh and blood, unless of course both mannequin and human are equal according to what you refer too as Catholic values.
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Nude Venus poster banned on London’s Tube
Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:10pm GM
Nude Venus poster banned on London's tube
Reuters
A 16th century painting of Venus featuring the Roman goddess of love wearing little but a smile has been deemed too risque for the eyes of London's tube travellers.
London Underground bosses have banned a poster of the 1532 work by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, promoting an upcoming Royal Academy exhibition.
The Academy is outraged.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKIM44462520080214
Smut, like Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This person who ordered the police to remove these manniquins must be so sexually repressed I am afraid that they might just blow up from the tension. Whoever you are, please do us a favour and emmigrate to Iran or Saudi Arabia and let us live in peace.
No, this is not an extemist Moslem country but a country where Catholic / humanist values still count and esteem holds for the human body which should be clad for the sake of reverence it deserves. No wonder we are getting so much violent and sexual crime owing to the lack of regard for the human body and the irreverent state of nudity we are witnessing all over. I consider writing against the action taken witnesses to gross lack of self-control, to a mindset of being "with it" and the non-realisation of fallen human nature and that depravity exists and often leads to crime.
To those who criticised the Police:
The display of obscene pictures is still regulated by our laws and the Police did not need to have to divulge that the mannequins gave offence to an influential person, if it is so. They should in any case have acted ex officio the moment they became aware of it - without inopportune words.
To anyone wanting to fight sex trafficking:
Such a serious concept deserves more than a base manifestation to attract attention. Let's get down to the truth.
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I'm starting to think the police force is SERIOUSLY bored... haven't they got more important stuff to work on (real sex trafficking cases for starters)? Whatever next?
It is very disconcerting that the police feel they can take action because an 'influential' person has asked them to. It seems that influential people can now cast their stones and hide their hands behind the authority of the police.
Why dont the polic spend more time patrolling our roads to stop this increasing spate of deaths through negligent driving??!!
Times of Malta
Wednesday, 23rd September 2009
No curvy mannequins in Iran shop windows police
Reuters
Iranian police warned shopkeepers on Tuesday not to use mannequins without headscarves or which exposed body curves, official news agency IRNA reported.
"Using unusual mannequins exposing the body curves and with the heads without Hijabs (Muslim veil) are prohibited to be used in the shops," Iran's moral security police in charge of Islamic dress codes said in a statement carried by IRNA.
Iranian police have stepped up a crackdown on both women and men, boutiques and small companies which fail to enforce strict religious dress codes since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to office in 2005.
The measures are the latest in a country-wide campaign against Western cultural influences in the Islamic Republic, where strict dress codes are enforced.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090923/world-news/no-curvy-mannequins-in-iran-shop-windows-police
iva l-Pulizija ghandhom hafna aktar x'jaghmlu, imma meta s-superjurii tieghek johorgu ordni ghax xi skrupla, allura jkollok tobdi. Ikun hafna aktar interessanti u nsiru nafu min skrupla b'dawn il-manikini li qed iwasslu messagg utli. Mela mhux il-Pulizija ghamlu hazin imma min ghandu mohhu maghluq.
on an other note, well done to the shop owner for ignoring the police warnings. dont give up!
Come on, we are in the year of our Lord 2009 and not the Victorian era!!
I usually read this kind of story in some British newspaper or World news on the Times when reporting something radical in Somalia, Yemen, Iran, and other fundamentalist countries.
I cannot believe what I am reading!
Welcome to the Sharia Law!
Burkas anyone?
The police, don’t they have something better to do?