Islamic Militants in Somalia Crack Down on Deceptive Bras

<P>A Somalian Islamic group reportedly has started whipping women in public for wearing bras that violate Islam, the Daily Mail reports.</P> <P>Residents claim insurgent group Al Shabaab sent gunmen into the streets to round up women who appeared to have a firm bust. The women are inspected to see if their suspected firmness is natural or from a bra. Officials reportedly make the women shake their breasts after removing their bras.</P> <P>"Al Shabaab forced us to wear their type of full veil and now they order us to shake our breasts," a resident, Halima, told Reuters, adding that her daughters had been whipped on Thursday.</P> <P>The new bra rule adds to the long list of religious restrictions in Somalia, including a ban on movies, musical cell phone ring tones, dancing at weddings and playing soccer.</P> <P><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220864/Whipped-wearing-deceptive-bra-Hardline-Islamists-Somalia-publicly-flog-women-sharia-crackdown.html" target="_blank">Click here for more on this report from the Daily Mail.</a></P> <p>See also:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568021,00.html">Pakistan Launches Ground Offensive Against Al Qaeda</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568063,00.html">Homicide Bomber Destroys Key Iraqi Bridge, Highway</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568200,00.html">Somalian Islamists Crack Down on Deceptive Bras</a></li> </ul>