When she came across the biblical passage, "and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee," she was distraught over what appeared to be divine sanction of women's subjugation, but then reasoned that the injunction applied only to wives.
The injunction applies even when Fly obtains information about the recommendations from published news reports.
The motion, which promises to be just one step in a long court battle, seeks clarification of whether the injunction applies solely to the six plaintiffs, each identified only as John Doe.
Further injunctions applied to householders who could observe a more demanding lifestyle of purity, and the lives of monks and nuns were regulated in even greater detail.
If this injunction applied to all women, she says, then no woman would be permitted to speak.
Late Friday, the district court responded with an order for supplemental briefing on whether the injunction "applies nationally or in a limited geographic area". Briefs are due on Tuesday, September 1.
"There is a need for Muslim women candidates to enter this campaign to confront the corrupted women," he wrote, arguing that the only Koranic injunction applied to a woman running an entire nation.
Analogous injunctions apply, mutandis mutatis, to the modes and rhythms in music and to painting.
But on Wednesday, Judge Forrest said that her order still stood — and that, contrary to the government's narrow interpretation of it, her injunction applied broadly and not just to the named plaintiffs.
The appeals court on Thursday agreed that the injunction should apply nationally while the lawsuit proceeds in federal court.
