WTF?! "Hard-line Indonesian province shaves mohawks off punk rockers detained at concert"

News straight from the WTF department, courtesy of The Washington Post (via Associated Press): "BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Police in Indonesia’s most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values. Dog-collar necklaces and chains also were taken from the youths before they were thrown in pools of water for “spiritual” cleansing, local police chief Iskandar Hasan said Wednesday.
After replacing their “disgusting” clothes, he handed each a toothbrush and barked “use it.”
The crackdown marked the latest effort by authorities to promote strict moral values in Aceh, the only province in this secular but predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million to have imposed Islamic laws.
Here, adultery is punishable by stoning to death. Homosexuals have been thrown in jail or lashed in public with rattan canes. Women are forced to wear headscarves and told, please, no tight pants.
It’s not clear why police decided to hone in on punks.
Though pierced and tattooed teens have complained for months about harassment, Saturday’s roundup at a concert attended by more than 100 people was by far the biggest and most dramatic bust yet."

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Tags: Politics, Punk, Religion

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Comment by Stuart "Flash" Gordon on December 26, 2011 at 7:54pm: It's articles like this that make me appreciate the freedoms and liberties that we all have in the states, and why it's so important to fight for them because we are losing them slowly.

Comment by Jess on December 19, 2011 at 6:52pm: when i read about this earlier i felt horrible for them this is completely unfair

Comment by clifton rude boy watkins on December 17, 2011 at 2:45pm: religious nutters should be forever outlawed. they have absolutely no right. they are extremely deluded. this is heavy shit. ban em!

Comment by Ta Riq Vladartz on December 17, 2011 at 5:45am: Bloody d+++heads, leave the punks be !! Any advise how to get rid of those religious scum ???

Comment by Jazzou on December 15, 2011 at 10:52pm: This is crazy, I am glad this isnt happening to the U.S. This is an outrage and unfair

Comment by Mark Clemons on December 15, 2011 at 5:57pm: WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by SlutyShop on December 15, 2011 at 8:02am: Fucking creepy

Comment by Darkness Unlimited* on December 14, 2011 at 4:57pm: THIS is why i fucking despise religious retards soo much! ALL religious people are fucking bigotted scum!