Topless FEMEN activists called 'whores from hell' during protest in Swedish mosque for women rights

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Last Updated : Jul 02 2013 | 1:35 PM IST

Three topless female protesters from the infamous Ukrainian-based group FEMEN have been arrested for protesting outside a Swedish mosque shouting slogans like 'Free women' and 'No Sharia'.

The women took off their long, black robes in the central Stockholm mosque, showing their bodies painted with phrases such as 'No sharia in Egypt and the world' and 'My body is mine, not somebody's honor'.

According to the Huffington Post, the media was notified about the protest in advance, and most of the mosque was empty, at the time.

Mosque employees called the police, who arrested the women on suspicion of disorderly conduct.

An activist told local media that she and her fellow protesters had been hoping to send the message of 'freedom to women' and the 'freedom to have your own individual choice to decide over your body'.

The protester told AftonBladet that they should not be called whores or what they were doing was something shameful.

She said that the mosque employees called them 'whores, whores from hell'.

The FEMEN website, the 'sextremists' said that the women who participated in the mosque protest were of Egyptian, Tunisian and Swedish origin.

It added that the women were protesting against Islamic extremism and oppression against women, particularly in Egypt.

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First Published: Jul 02 2013 | 12:59 PM IST

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