A statement on the interior ministry website read: “The ‘Emo phenomenon’ or devil worshipping is being followed by the Moral Police who have the approval to eliminate it as soon as possible since it’s detrimentally affecting the society and becoming a danger.
“They wear strange, tight clothes that have pictures on them such as skulls and use stationary that are shaped as skulls. They also wear rings on their noses and tongues, and do other strange activities.”
One man who was attacked but managed to escape told an Arabic-language newspaper: “First they throw concrete blocks at the boy’s arms, then at his legs, then the final blow is to his head, and if he is not dead then, they start all over again.”
Another man, defending his right to wear long hair, said: “My hair is long but it doesn’t mean that I’m emo. My clothes are my personal style – this is my freedom, this is me.”
Gruesome pictures have appeared on Facebook and other social networking sites, apparently as a warning. One group, calling itself the “Brigade of Anger” last week issued a hit list of 33 young people it said would be next.
Mr al-Sadr issued a statement calling emos a “lesion” on society but called for them to be dealt with “within the law”.
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