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Swaziland King Maintains Women With Pants The Root Of All Evil
Mbabane, May 31: Swaziland`s King has singled out women wearing trousers as the cause of the world`s ills in a state radio sermon that also condemned human rights as an ``abomination before God``.
Mbabane, May 31: Swaziland's King has singled out women wearing trousers as the cause of the world's ills in a state radio sermon that also condemned human rights as an ''abomination before God''.
''The bible says curse be unto a woman who wears pants, and those who wear their husband's clothes. That is why the world is in such a state today,'' Mswati, ruler of the impoverished feudal nation of about one million, said.
The monarch, who reigns supreme in the landlocked country run by palace appointees and where opposition parties are banned, went on to criticise the human rights movement. ''What rights? God created people, and he gave them their roles in society. You cannot change what God has created. This is an abomination before God,'' the King said.
Women in the capital Mbabane were not impressed. ''The King says I am the cause of the world's problems because of my outfit. Never mind terrorism, government corruption, poverty and disease, it's me and my pants. I reject that,'' said Thob'sile Dlamini.
Mswati is Africa's last absolute monarch. He is currently married to nine wives, with a wedding pending for wife number 10, and has chosen an additional fiancee after reviewing videos of topless maidens performing a traditional reed dance ceremony.
Bureau Report
''The bible says curse be unto a woman who wears pants, and those who wear their husband's clothes. That is why the world is in such a state today,'' Mswati, ruler of the impoverished feudal nation of about one million, said.
The monarch, who reigns supreme in the landlocked country run by palace appointees and where opposition parties are banned, went on to criticise the human rights movement. ''What rights? God created people, and he gave them their roles in society. You cannot change what God has created. This is an abomination before God,'' the King said.
Women in the capital Mbabane were not impressed. ''The King says I am the cause of the world's problems because of my outfit. Never mind terrorism, government corruption, poverty and disease, it's me and my pants. I reject that,'' said Thob'sile Dlamini.
Mswati is Africa's last absolute monarch. He is currently married to nine wives, with a wedding pending for wife number 10, and has chosen an additional fiancee after reviewing videos of topless maidens performing a traditional reed dance ceremony.
Bureau Report