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| New Moralisation Drive Begins |
| 2006-04-18 |
| Tehran, 18 April (AKI) - Tehran's police chief has announced a new crackdown against any woman not respecting the strict Islamic dress code. "We will not allow women to show a lack of respect towards society as a whole by not fully respecting the dress rules and by refusing to wear the hijab," said General Morteza Talaii. He added that as of 22 April police would show zero tolerance "towards those who represent a threat to the Islamic culture and morals". "The police must defend citizens' rights and it is the right of a citizen believer not to have to endure vulgar scenes which wound his religious sensibility," Talaii added. "We will not only target those who don't respect the Islamic moral code but anyone who encourages young people to disobedience," he said. Daily newspapers close to the most fundamentalist segment of the Iranian leadership have been talking about a Western cultural offensive which, in their view, "is more dangerous than a possibile military attack". |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Nah, DMFD...Baywatch. Their turbans would pop so quickly, they'd think they'd been bombed in Tehran. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-04-18 23:49 |
| #6 Want to improve morality in a culture? Ban Islam. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-04-18 22:44 |
| #5 Time to dub Buffy and Xena into Farsi. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-04-18 19:02 |
| #4 What will the punishment be? Gang-rape or some sort of mutilation? |
| Posted by: Sping Gling1984 2006-04-18 18:27 |
| #3 "His" religious sensibility? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-04-18 12:05 |
| #2 "...endure vulgar scenes which wound his religious sensibility..." Like an ankle. Or a wrist. Or an eyebrow. Vulgarity beyond belief-created by Allah. How do Muslims square that these "vulgar" parts of humans were created by Allah? Is he the creator of vulgarity? I thought he was perfect? Must be that they're ashamed of Allah's creations. Guess they coulda done a better job themselves. |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-04-18 09:55 |
| #1 38 But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. 39 Thus shall he do in the most strongholds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-04-18 09:27 |