2013 Amina Tyler Case article
A little over a month ago, 19-year-old Tunisian activist Amina Tyler shocked her community by posting a topless photo online, the words “It’s my body; it’s not the source on anyone’s honor,” written across her chest. While this political act would not be taken so seriously in many countries, unfortunately, in Tunisia, a primarily Muslim nation, it caused much uproar. The head of "Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice," in Tunisia reportedly ordered that Tyler be stoned to death for her “obscene actions.” While these plans were never carried out, Tyler did have to endure being beaten, kidnapped, and drugged by members of her family. “I was with friends when my cousin came and took me (by force). He threw me on the ground and took me in a car (positioning Tyler in a way that) I was unable to move,” Tyler said in a skype interview with Inna Shevchenko, the leader of the women’s movement Femen. Tyler later described how she was taken to her uncle’s house, where she was held for weeks to be drugged, beaten further, and forced to take a virginity test. During this time, Tyler’s family kept the kidnapping a secret, causing some members of the public to assume that the death sentence had been carried out. This whole ordeal has led to global controversy. The unbelievable acts of Amina’s family and nation have sparked the Ukrainian group Femen to take a stand. On April fourth Femen, led by Shevchenko, staged a topless protest called “topless jihad”. The protest spanned across Europe, and drew the attention of both civilians and police. While many of the feminists in this group fought bravely for their beliefs, many having to resists arrests and the jeering patrons, some members of the group took it too far. Some Femen activists not only strolled topless along public streets, but dressed and held signs offensive to the Muslim community. ‘Muslim Women Against Femen’ a group of Islam women formed in response to the topless protest, have voiced