Teenager's Haircut Given the Chop

j.m@talk · 08-25-2003, 10:16 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian teenager was given a forced haircut by Muslim authorities who deemed his punk-style "Mohican" un-Islamic.
The Star newspaper reported on Saturday that the unnamed 17-year-old -- described as a high school dropout -- was nabbed by the Islamic Development Unit of Kota Baru, Kelantan, a north-eastern state controlled by the Islamic political party PAS.

The newspaper said officials lectured him against emulating "destructive culture" before taking the scissors to his red-dyed Mohican.

Kelantan and neighboring Terengganu are two of Malaysia's 13 states where the Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS), which is led by Muslim clerics, holds power.

PAS, which seeks to introduce Islamic Sharia law across the country, has already ordered Muslim women to cover their heads, banned gambling and nightclubs and limited public consumption of liquor in the states they control.

dajogejr · 08-25-2003, 10:32 PM

You just can't win..JM.
If they immigrated to the US...they'd be upset at our President for forgetting to put the toilet seat down...

People move here to escape persecution, torture, unfair ways of living...then, they complain when we try to liberate them in their own country...

Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't!!

cwin · 08-26-2003, 04:47 AM

i have a mohican cut once in a while

Yoshi · 08-26-2003, 05:57 AM

Jihad Jihad, lol, Alllah wil send all punks to hell

j.m@talk · 08-26-2003, 07:20 AM

Paul Simon........ "You can call me Al---------lah"!

dajogejr · 08-26-2003, 08:43 AM

I try to wear a towel on my head for the high humidity days...since a bald melon doesn't soak up the sweat!!

Hmmm...and I thought we only had high school dropouts here in the US...