ROME – When the hostess agency put out the call for attractive, well-dressed women, under the age of 35 and over 1.7 metres tall, it was inundated with responses from hundreds of Roman women.
Most seemed to think they would be bringing a little glamour to a gala dinner with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gadafy.
Instead, they found themselves being lectured by him for two hours on the role of women and invited to convert to Islam.
“We were at least expecting a snack,” grumbled Silvia Figliozzi afterwards.
According to Italian news agency Ansa, about 200 women attended the lecture, where Col Gadafy, in a black uniform with a black beret, treated them to his insights on Christianity (Jesus was not crucified) and Islam and distributed embossed copies of the Koran and his own great work, The Green Book. – (Guardian service)