Remember Lubna Hussein? She was among 13 Sudanese women arrested for wearing trousers July 3 in a raid by the public order police in Khartoum.Ten of the women were fined and flogged two days later. But Ms. Hussein and two others decided to go to trial. She has now been convicted of public indecency and has been fined $200. But the judge did not impose flogging.
At the time of her arrest she said:
"I am not afraid of flogging. ... It's not about flogging. It's not about my innocence. It's about changing the law. I'm ready to receive 40,000 lashes."After her conviction she said:
"I will not pay a penny ... We will only be secure once the police protect us and these laws are repealed."Lubna Hissein is an extremely brave woman. The response to this case by western feminists has been deafening.
Deafening silence.
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