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| Iran president runs into trouble over neck ties |
| 2010-07-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has run into trouble with a conservative cleric over whether men are allowed to wear ties in the Islamic republic, the news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday. "I say to him that many religious dignitaries believe ties should not be worn," said Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, who is normally a close ally of the president, a fellow hardliner. "The supreme guide (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) himself has said in a fatwa (religious edict) that the wearing of ties or bowties is not permitted," Khatami said. In the latest such controversy, Ahmadinejad has gone on record as saying that no religious leader has banned the tie, which since the 1979 Islamic revolution has been regarded as a symbol of Western culture. But the tie has in past years been making a comeback in Iran, especially at events such as weddings and funerals. Khatami also criticized the president for saying it was not a problem for a man to shave his beard. "I call on Mr. Ahmadinejad not to take up complicated religious questions because this weakens the government," he said. In June, the Iranian president aroused the wrath of fellow hardliners and several top Shiite clerics for criticizing a police crackdown on improperly veiled women. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 ION TOPIX/NEWS KERALA > US CONCERNED OVER IRAN'S GROWING BALLISTIC MISSLE ARSENAL. and * COUNTERRORISM BLOG [long Artic] > IRAN'S GLOBAL TERROR REACH. * RTT NEWS > IRAN N-PROGRAM [Nucprogs] CAN AFFECT COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE MIDDLE EAST. ARTIC = Controversy oer Islamist Iran's NucProgs is about the Welfare + Future of the entire MIDDLE EAST, espec vee MIDEAST NUCLEAR, OTHER ARMS RACE, + ULTIMATELY THE WELFARE + FUTURE OF THE WORLD [read, THREAT from HIGHLY DECENTRALIZED, PERSON-CELL-GROUP LED NUKE-WMDS MILITANCY INCLUD "NUCLEAR TERRORISM"]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-14 23:49 |
| #4 Necktie Party! |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2010-07-14 11:56 |
| #3 I can think of something that oughtta be tied around Ahmadinejad's neck, bit it ain't no necktie . . . . . |
| Posted by: Mike 2010-07-14 08:20 |
| #2 In this case it is best if Nutjob wears a tie. It keeps his foreskin from popping up over his head. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-14 01:08 |
| #1 So the Ayatollah and I agree on something - neckties are bad. We also agree that shaving is bad (but my wife disagrees, so I shave.) Am I on my way to becoming a Muslim? Should I dig out my neckties and start wearing them to ward off the evil? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-07-14 00:39 |