Pakistani Brothers Build Underground Fetish Gear Empire, Fight Against Muslim Backlash
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Written by paul
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:00 |
 The soiled rubber sheets on your dungeon bag were made in Pakistan, apparently. Today's New York Times talks to two brothers whose successful fetish gear business defies their country's religious fanatacism.
Adnana and Rizwan Qadeer's controversial business -- which manufactures everything from gag balls to thonged spanking skirts -- has survived because of the brothers' secrecy. They dodge death threats from religious groups, and they do not tell their wives, mother or even their dozens of employees what their products are used for. "We have to hide this information," they say.
This makes us wonder why, exactly, they are talking to reporters and posing for photographers for one of the world's most widely-read newspapers. We've met pushy trolls on Craigslist who are more discreet than these guys.
So until someone reads this article, finds these guys and (Allah forbid) kills them, the Qadeer brothers are enjoying robust, seven-figure annual sales, 70% of them from the US. They're even learning how to avoid their seamstresses' awkward, probing questions:
Recently, when a curious employee inquired about the purpose of the sleep sack, a sleeping bag-like product used in certain kinds of bondage, she was told it was a body bag for the American military in Iraq.
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