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Police arrest 50 for harassment on first day of Eid
Daily News Egypt ^ | December 9, 2008 | Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Posted on 12/09/2008 7:42:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

CAIRO: More than 50 men were arrested on Monday, the first day of Eid Al-Adha, in downtown Cairo for alleged acts of sexual harassment targeting women in the street.

Fearing a repeat of acts that tend to happen on the first day every Eid, the Interior Ministry ordered a campaign to crack down on any further incidents, which led to the arrests.

The 50 were taken in and police reports filed against them for various offences including verbal harassment and catcalling, according to the local press. The men are currently in custody and will soon be referred to the prosecutor’s office.

Apparently, 15 of the men arrested are from governorates outside Cairo, including Menufia and Kafr El Sheikh, and had come to Cairo for the holidays.

On the first day of Eid El Fitr in October in Mohandiseen, 150 young men aged 15-22, physically attacked female pedestrians, tearing off some of their clothes. Thirty-eight of them were arrested; last month a teenager was sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting two women.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystaregypt.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabstreet; eid; islam; religionofgetapiece; sexualharassment

1 posted on 12/09/2008 7:42:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The next time some American feminist starts braying about a “culture of harassment” and “male patriarchy” in the United States, this article should be shoved in her face to show her what a real “culture of harassment” looks like.


2 posted on 12/09/2008 7:47:16 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Fearing a repeat of acts that tend to happen on the first day every Eid,

Sounds like the initial episode of a bad rash--- the first day is the worst. What the hades is an Eid anyway? Just another lovely festival brought by the ROP.

3 posted on 12/09/2008 7:49:49 PM PST by tflabo
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To: tflabo
What the hades is an Eid anyway?

From the looks of what happens, it sounds like the Islamic Festival of Rape.

4 posted on 12/09/2008 7:54:30 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: Free ThinkerNY
More than 50 men were arrested on Monday, the first day of Eid Al-Adha, in downtown Cairo for alleged acts of sexual harassment targeting women in the street.

And what happened to the women who had the temerity to be out on the street? Stoning?

5 posted on 12/09/2008 7:55:43 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: tflabo
What the hades is an Eid anyway?

It's 'Festival' and involves Landru.


6 posted on 12/09/2008 7:59:45 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What exactly does Eid celebrate?


7 posted on 12/09/2008 8:17:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr‎), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "to break the fast" (and can also mean "nature", from the word "fitrah"); and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated starting on the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal.

Eid ul-Fitr is a three day celebration and is sometimes also known as the "Smaller Eid" (Arabic: العيد الصغير al-‘īdu ṣ-ṣaghīr‎) as compared to the Eid ul-Adha that lasts four days and is called the "Greater Eid" (Arabic: العيد الكبير al-‘īdu l-kabīr‎).

Muslims are commanded by the Qur'an to complete their fast on the last day of Ramadan and then recite the Takbir all throughout the period of Eid[Qur'an 2:185 (Translated by Shakir)].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr

8 posted on 12/09/2008 8:37:44 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Actually this is what the Clinton White House looked like. American feminism is a sham.


9 posted on 12/09/2008 8:53:30 PM PST by weegee (Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s a different 3id. This is the one they’re talking about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha


10 posted on 12/09/2008 11:46:56 PM PST by forkinsocket
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Its a muslim celebration commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Issac.


11 posted on 12/09/2008 11:50:32 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
150 young men aged 15-22, physically attacked female pedestrians, tearing off some of their clothes

Did they call this 'harassment', too? Gee, I'd don't want to imagine what assault entails.

12 posted on 12/10/2008 5:08:35 PM PST by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
The next time some American feminist starts braying about a “culture of harassment” and “male patriarchy” in the United States, this article should be shoved in her face to show her what a real “culture of harassment” looks like.

And while decrying the plight of the lack of 'reproductive choices' of poor women around the world (hurry, rush in the contraceptives, the clean water can wait...), our own feminazis seem regularly and strangely silent when this topic comes up.

13 posted on 12/10/2008 5:12:29 PM PST by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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