UNLAWFUL SKIRTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)

UNLAWFUL SKIRTS.

The Yorink Turks, being disquieted by the, spread of advanced .ideas among . women and' their appearance ' m the streets m, very thin veils; and hobble skirts, have (says Reuter) caused the Sheikh-ul- Islam, the head \of the Moslem > priesthood, to issue a proclamation saying: „. ■ ' "Th<# prescriptions of the law of Islam,Twith regard to they veiling of wo ' meri ; not dfily.do' much gdbd but. also * Ereyent, much cvii. These benefits have eeri admitted by philosophers. Moslomj women must avoid anything m the" na- • ture of clothes for which tlsey will surely be called to account m the other world.. Wo men ' must, explain to our wives arid daughters that , by adopting such attire their conduct is immoral an.s contrary to. the sacred law. f.; "The Government has now added. a paragraph to the Penal Code, enabling 1 the authorities to punish any member of any religious * community ..recognised by , the Government who shall trespass against, the doctrines of his faith. Consequently, let Turkish women take can that they wear tho veil m accordance with the sacred law. ' TheJ headVof families must be on the/witch to up. hold national morality.".