The protesters, aged 25 and 31, were arrested and later released. Images via www.liveleak.com
So they were discussing the role of ‘Muslim women’ and whether ‘wives should be beaten or not’ when something unexpected took place on the dais. Two topless women protesters from feminist group ‘Femen’ came up and seized the microphone to raise slogans like ‘No one subjugates me’ and ‘I am my own prophet’.
The incident shocked the Muslim leaders who were discussing role of women in Islam at a conference, held in Pontoise, north west of Paris, last weekend. The young, rebellious women were then kicked out of the show, ’embarrassing’ the preachers.
As per Inna Shevchenko, a spokeswoman for the feminist protest group, some of the men in the conference urged security to ‘kill the dirty whores’. One speaker from the conference has asked women to veil their faces on social networks or face hellfire and sexual assault in their afterlife, reports The Telegraph. The conference as well as the feminist group have garnered much attention across the globe.
Did you know? Femen is a feminist protest group, originally founded in Ukraine in 2008 and now based in Paris. The group has organised several controversial topless protests against religious institutions and homophobia.
