The London Times reported in May on new rules enforced by a group of Salafi militants now controlling an Iraqi province north of Baghdad.
Based in Diyala, the Salafi-dominated Islamic State of Iraq now enforces laws against smoking (repeat offenders have their fingers broken) and bars grocers from displaying tomatoes (considered a female vegetable) next to cucumbers. Farmers are also required to put shorts on their goats.
Good to know we’re not the only ones with wacky moral laws.
