IF YOU HAVE LIPSTICK IN YOUR PURSE YOU ARE A HOOKER!!!

A recent article in the Jakarta Post carried a report based on the findings of Syaiful Mujani, from the Freedom Institute, who warned that sharia bylaws recently enacted in districts and provinces are unconstitutional, sexist and potentially divisive.

For example in Tangerang, a bylaw was passed stating that ANY woman who is found outside after 7 pm is deemed to be a prostitute. Tangerang is a suburb of Jakarta, the capital.
In March a case was reported about a wife and mother of two, Lilis Lindawati, who found herself in the line of sight of this ruling.
Lilis was waiting for a bus to take her home, late in the evening at the end of February, shortly after Mr Wahidin Halim, the local mayor had passed the new bylaw. Though three months pregnant, she was arrested, and thrown in jail. The next day she was hauled before Judge Barmen Sinurat. She was not permitted to summon her husband to testify on her behalf.

The Sydney Morning Herald, which reported the case initially, described her ordeal.
36-year old Lilis denied being a prostitute. She was forced to empty the contents of her bag, and lipstick fell out. "There is powder and lipstick in your bag. That means you're lying to say that you are a housewife," Judge Sinurat claimed.
He told her "You are guilty. You are prostitute," and fined her $45. Lilis did not have the money, and was jailed for three days.
When asked about this case, Mayor Wahidin told the Herald: "She could not prove she is not a prostitute. It is true when my men arrested her she was not committing adultery, but why does she put on such make-up?"
Mayor Wahidin is the brother of Hassan Wiraduya, the Indonesian foreign minister, and is reputedly soon to stand for the position of governor, and apparently he knows better than the woman and her family about her character.
Mayor Wahidin was supported by Islamist parties when he introduced the bylaw.