Amina Tyler (Topless Tunisian protester) arrested.

[MattSh]

TUNIS, Tunisia — Amina Tyler, the 19-year-old Tunisian woman who scandalized many in the country by posting topless photos of herself online as a protest, could face six months in prison for her latest arrest, her lawyer said Friday.

Tyler, who had to go into hiding after receiving death threats from conservative preachers for posting the photos, tried to stage a new protest at the religious center of Kairouan, where ultraconservative Muslims had planned to hold their annual conference.

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By choosing to protest in Kairouan, Tunisia's main religious site, Tyler stepped into an extremely sensitive situation just as the government has taken steps to confront the rising power of ultraconservative Muslims.

Ansar al-Shariah, a group whose members have been implicated in violent attacks on art galleries and cinemas, as well as the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, had announced it would hold its annual conference in Kairouan but refused to apply for official permission for the gathering.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/24/amina-tyler-6-months-prison_n_3332932.html

[DonCoquixote]

1. There has been much made of this

Especially as some Muslim anti-Femen "feminists" slammed the West for assuming that their way was the only from of feminism. I could agree with them, Muslim women should not have to conform to western idea of fashion to be respected. However, that does not justify one damned ounce of the persecution they have done to this young woman. If Muslim ladies want to wear a hijab, fine, but the minute you force ONE lady to conform to you, you lose your case, as you prove that this is not about cultural expression, but oppression.