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Iran: Top cleric says women without veils must die |
2007-12-20 |
(AKI) - A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the hijab or Muslim headscarf, should die. "Women who do not respect the hijab and their husbands deserve to die," said Hassani, who leads Friday prayers in the city of Urumieh, in Iranian Azerbaijan. "I do not understand how these women who do not respect the hijab, 28 years after the birth of the Islamic Republic, are still alive," he said. "These women and their husbands and their fathers must die," said Hassani, who is the representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in eastern Azerbaijan. Hassani's statements came after two Kurdish feminists in Iran were accused of being members of an armed rebel group and of carrying out subversive activities threatening the security of the state. It is believed that his statements and the arrests could spark a fresh crackdown on women who do not repect the Islamic dress code in Iran. Thousands of women in Iran have already been warned this year for their "un-Islamic dress" such as wearing tight, short coats and skimpy headscarves. |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 It's a matter of scale. Not enough to make a population dent, but enough to scare the rest in line. |
Posted by: ed 2007-12-20 16:57 |
#10 Nah, been killing women or centuries now, it just makes them more insane,(Less gene pool available) |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-12-20 16:05 |
#9 Seems to me that if they start killing their own women than their problems are well on the way to being solved. |
Posted by: crosspatch 2007-12-20 12:28 |
#8 can't be. no gays in iRan. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-12-20 11:08 |
#7 Clerics with beards and their wives and fathers must die. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-20 10:33 |
#6 Iran's Fred Phelps? (They seem to have a lot of them.) |
Posted by: Glenmore 2007-12-20 07:21 |
#5 Actually the headline understates the insanity. It should have said, Cleric says Women without veils and their husbands and fathers should die. |
Posted by: mhw 2007-12-20 04:55 |
#4 Coming soon to a country near you! |
Posted by: gorb 2007-12-20 02:45 |
#3 RAFSANJANI > accuses/criticizes the US-West of wilfully hampering and obtructing Iran's attempts at national development. Also, RUSSIA > now desiring to help LIBYA as per NUCLEAR ENERGY DEV, + IRAN > NIE, IAEA REPORTS are what induced Russia to help Iran, i.e. send nuke fuel to Iran for its Busheshr nucplant. IRAN ALSO WANTS THE USA TO CHANGE ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-20 01:01 |
#2 Condemnation by Western feminist organizations in 3...2...1.... (chirp chirp) |
Posted by: Scott R 2007-12-20 00:30 |
#1 skimpy headscarves???? |
Posted by: Gromort Trotsky5960 2007-12-20 00:05 |