London, Aug 1 (IANS): Two Muslim teenagers in London painted burqas over advertisements that showed scantily-clad women, saying it was sin for women to be exposed, a court has heard.
Mohammed Hasnath and Muhammed Tahir - both 18 - were spotted defacing advertisements of a deodorant and of a film actress at a bus stand. They were arrested after being found painting over female faces outside a shop, The Sun reported.
"They said the way the women had been photographed was against their religion. They said it was a sin in Islam for a male to look twice at an uncovered woman," prosecutor Taiwo Akinrowo told the Thames magistrates' court.
Hasnath said: "The pictures - that is someone's daughter. We were just trying to do good."
Both the teenagers were told to pay 283 pounds in costs, and were later freed.