Hamas orders male hair stylists out of lady salons

[Liberal_in_LA]

A Gaza rights group says the ruling Hamas militant group has barred male hairdressers from working in women's salons.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said Monday that five male hairdressers were interrogated and forced to sign declarations that they wouldn't work in women's salons. Male hairdressers for women are rare in conservative Gaza where genders rarely mix in public.

Hamas tried to impose a similar ban last March, but backed down after an outcry.



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[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Sharia in action

[damntexdem]

2. Ham Ass making an ass of itself again.

Not Sharia in action -- religious rule in action. Do you think it would be any better if the American Xian Taliban comes to such power here?

[emilyg]

3. Stupid.