I came across a story about Aceh, Indonesia, where the Sharia Police are active enforcing strict Muslim law. Some girls got in trouble for wearing tight jeans; a boy was hauled in for wearing shorts. But don’t worry, they aren’t as crazy as the Taliban, says a police commander:
“There is no clash between modernity and Islam,” said Marzuki Abdullah, a stout man with a bottlebrush moustache who is the commander of the 1,500-strong Sharia police force. “Religion is the primary need of Acehnese people.”
“But we are not like the Taliban,” he said, explaining that stoning is the last resort.
I’ve heard of some U.S. organizations referred to as the American Taliban due to their opposition to certain clothing and lifestyle choices. Of course they aren’t practicing Taliban techniques, but I can’t help but think many people would really like to legislate moral and lifestyle issues.
… while others would poiice the way to clean snow from a sidewalk.
I heard there was a Morenci business owner who was stoned after residents were forced to walked across his unshoveled walk. Maybe the story was people threw snowballs at him and the snowballs contained stones.
If I only owned a leaf blower. ..