updated 7/13/2009 8:20:10 PM ET 2009-07-14T00:20:10  Sudanese
police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of
them in public for wearing trousers in violation of the
country's strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday.
The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they
were detained Friday by officers from the public order police,
which enforces the implementation of Sharia law in public
places.  The force, which is similar to the Saudi religious
police, randomly enforces an alcohol ban and often scolds young
men and women mingling in public.  One of those arrested Friday,
journalist Lubna Hussein, said she is challenging the charges,
which can be punishable by up to 40 lashes.  "I didn't do
anything wrong," Hussein said.  Islamic Sharia law has been
strictly implemented in Sudan since the ruling party came to
power in a 1989 military coup.  'Big brother is watching' Public
order cases usually involve quick summary trials with sentences
carried out shortly afterward, a