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| Ahmadinejad wants 15-year-olds in Iran to vote |
| 2007-09-24 |
| President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said he wanted to restore the vote in Iran to young people aged 15 and upwards less than a year after parliament raised the minimum voting age to 18. “The government will soon present a bill to reduce the voting age from 18 to 15. It is a present to young people to mark the first day of the school year,” said Ahmadinejad, according to the IRNA agency. “When the voting age was 15, we saw how our young people acted with fervour and chose the right way for the independence and greatness of Iran,” he added, speaking on the day Iranian children traditionally return to school. Parliament in January voted to raise the minimum voting age to 18, despite the opposition of Ahmadinejad’s government which argued that young people were “the pillar of the revolution.” |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 OK, I'm officially and totally creeped out. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-09-24 16:04 |
| #8 Didn't the Ayatollah Khomeni lower the age of marriage for girls to 9, using the precedent of Mohammed and Aisha? Mohammed married Aisha when she was 6. He admitted to raping her when she was 9. "The Perfect Man." |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-24 09:50 |
| #7 That would be displaying Islamophobia |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-09-24 09:29 |
| #6 How about asking Dinner Jacket about this at Columbia? |
| Posted by: Throse Turkeyneck4039 2007-09-24 08:48 |
| #5 “It is not illegal for an adult male to 'thigh' or enjoy a young girl who is still in the age of weaning; meaning to place his penis between her thighs, and to kiss her.” - Ayatollah Khomeini |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-09-24 08:12 |
| #4 "A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual acts such as foreplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed. A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not committed a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man's four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl's sister." Fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-09-24 08:12 |
| #3 11? Didn't the Ayatollah Khomeni lower the age of marriage for girls to 9, using the precedent of Mohammed and Aisha? |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-09-24 08:10 |
| #2 Why not. 11 yo are allowed to (must?) marry and teen girls are hanged from cranes... Let them vote |
| Posted by: Throse Turkeyneck4039 2007-09-24 06:52 |
| #1 And are easily manipulated. Who would know better than Ahmadinutjob, who was involved in the no-kid-left-intact program during Iran/Iraq war in the capacity of counsellor (motivator/indoctrinator) to the soon-to-be-dismembered young Basij members. The plastic key they wore, I think, was his idea. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-24 05:05 |