called for a day of action to support a young
Tunisian woman who appeared to post pictures of
herself topless as part of a feminist movement in
the country, and was subsequently threatened
with death by stoning. The 19-year-old activist, identified only as Amina,
posted on the Femen-Tunisian Facebook page a
topless picture of herself with the words “F**k
your morals” written across her chest. Another controversial image followed, of the
woman smoking a cigarette, baring her breasts,
with the Arabic written across her chest: “My body
belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s
honour”. Tunisian newspaper Kapitalis quoted the Wahabi
Salafi preacher Almi Adel, who heads the
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and
Prevention of Vice, saying: “The young lady should
be punished according to sharia, with 80 to 100
lashes, but [because of] the severity of the act she has committed, she deserves be stoned to death. “Her act could bring about an epidemic. It could be
contagious and give ideas to other women. It is
therefore necessary to isolate [the incident]. I
wish her to be healed.” If she committed the offense in Tunisia, Amina
could be punished by up to two years in prison and
a fine of 100 to 1,000 dinars [between £40 and
£400], local media said.
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