Islam-ic Swim Suits Have Arrived

Read the headline carefully. I was indeed surprised when I read the article about this issue at Reuter's Oddly Enough.

I mean, I must say that I can't agree more with the author's opening line - we live in a world today where flashing more skin and sporting skimpy bathing suits are the 'in' thing.

And in the midst of all these, we have a variety. One that would (most) probably solve the woes of pious Muslims worldwide. Now, isn't that what you call creative thinking?

Read the story here:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-08-31T134618Z_01_L28839747_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-SWIMSUITS.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2

and here:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-08-31T134618Z_01_L28839747_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-SWIMSUITS.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1