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| Religious Police--The Iranian Ãbermenschen |
| 2003-08-04 |
| Edited for brevity. A few nights ago, our good friend who got us invited to the wedding, went to the pre-wedding party, a kind of rehearsal dinner for family only, in a private garden outside of Tehran far from other people. âYou should have seen all of the women, they were so chic. I looked like a slob next to them.â There were tables of food, a good band, and about 250 âjust familyâ there. About 2 hours into the party, my friend heard shouts of âScarves! Manteaus! The religious police are here!â The women ran for their manteaus. The band disappeared. The men went to the door to bribe the two religious police at the door. After about five minutes, they were successful and the two bearded guards of Islam left. 45 minutes later, however, the religious police were back. This time it was a different group with about 20 18-year old representatives of the religious police charging in with guns and rifles ready. These guys did not want to be bribed; they wanted to make arrests. This blog is written by a foreigner (American?) visiting Iran, who tries to remain nameless for good reason. Read a few articles and be thankful (if) you live in a free society. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #3 The mutawas (religious "police" in Arabic, not sure about Farsi) took their money - and 5 will get you 10, squealed on them. Perfectly rounds out the hypocrisy. When you're 18, in the badass mutawa squad, and have no prospects of losing your virginity for at least another 5 years, working out your hormonal rage on those who don't share any of your personal demons apparently relieves the tension. Shitforbrains asshats. The Iranians deserve better lives - and they'll have them when enough have been dealt with like this. In the meantime, this is truly a sad situation. |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-4 5:53:51 PM |
| #2 These are the kids of the Iranians who fought the SAVAK and the Shah for the very same reasons. Looks like they are in line for another revolution. |
| Posted by: TJ 2003-8-4 2:24:20 PM |
| #1 Didn't work for booze and it won't work for beards and manteaus. |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-8-4 2:04:24 PM |