Sudanese Women Beaters

On trial for wearing trousers, deemed "indecent" in Sudan with whipping as the Sharia punishment, those protesting a Sudanese woman journalist's treatment were beaten:

In the clashes outside the courtroom, witnesses said police wielding batons beat up one of Hussein's lawyers, Manal Awad Khogali, while keeping media and cameras at bay. No injuries were immediately reported.

"We are here to protest against this law that oppresses women and debases them," said one of the protesters, Amal Habani, a female columnist for the daily Ajraas Al Hurria, or Bells of Freedom in Arabic.

While the police broke up the demonstration outside the Khartoum Criminal Court, the judge adjourned Hussein's trial for a month to seek clarification from Sudan's foreign ministry.

Times Online:

Ms Hussein has taken a stand against Sudan’s stringent public order laws, hoping that her case will trigger their abolition. She faces up to 40 lashes if found guilty today of dressing “indecently” by wearing trousers. “I’m ready to be whipped not 40 but 40,000 times,” she said.

“Tens of thousands of women and girls have been whipped for their clothes these past 20 years. It’s not rare in Sudan. I want these women’s voices to be heard.”

Those in this country who defend or enable Islamic radicals as somehow being oppressed are dead wrong--they are the oppressors. We need to defeat them.