Seventeen women in Syria were detained by members of Deir Ezzor's Al Sharia Law Authority for violating the Islamic law during a woman's wedding celebration in a private home.
According to ABC News, on April 20, members of Deir Ezzor's Al Sharia Law Authority, a controlling Islamic party that uses force to implement the conservative law enforced by extremist groups who control Deir Ezzor city and swaths of the east, stormed an all-female wedding celebration at a private home.
The women were detained for several hours for reportedly listening to loud music and not wearing Islamic dress.
Miriam, a 31-year-old housewife said that a man entered the room of her family's house, where an all-women wedding party of her cousin was being held.
She added that the man started cursing and hitting the women accusing them of being lewd because they were listening to music and not wearing the Islamic attire.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the incident, residents' frustration with the increasingly brutal tactics employed by local ISIS fighters was on display at a demonstration held near the wedding party house, with protestors calling to topple the Sharia board, the report said.
