Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: December 9, 2007
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Islamic_outfit_bans_skirts_for_girls_in_Manipur/articleshow/2607419.cms
Islamic extremism is now targeting Muslim
women in the northeast. The outlawed People's United Liberation Front (PULF),
an Islamic outfit active in Manipur, has issued a diktat banning Muslim schoolgirls
and college students from wearing frocks and skirts.
The group, in a statement, said girls should
either wear "phaneks" (traditional wraparound) or "salwar-kameez"
to school and college.
"From the next academic session (2008),
they should wear the traditional Manipuri phanek or salwar-kameez, which covers
their ankles as prescribed by Islamic law," the outfit said.
A number of Meetei Pangal (Manipuri Muslim)
organisations backed the decision.
