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Girls beat up Iran cleric over dress code

Phys251

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Girls beat up Iran cleric over dress code - CNN.com

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Depends on the situation...sometimes a person deserves a punch in the head.
 
Does violence really help any message?

Really? You're talking about a culture that is extremely abusive to woman! So some old cleric comes along, someone who preaches and fully supports this oppression of women, get his ass beat by one is pretty much the definition of justice.
 
i always feel sorry my my fellows..........
 
Hate to say it, but I don't see these girls getting away with it.
 
Hopefully they will be able to get away with their lives.

May God bless them.
 
Its crap.... She was selling books and went for the sensational.

no sharon ,it is a real story ,you know much about teh middle east ,you must know how many runaways cross the border with horses every day here.......
 
no sharon ,it is a real story ,you know much about teh middle east ,you must know how many runaways cross the border with horses every day here.......

Her husband, Sayeed Mahmoody also wrote a book and produced a documentary..
 
Im scared for these girls with Irans track record of treating women....I hope they get out of this ok
 
why do u feel sympathy for these islamists regimes *

I don't paint with a broad brush.. There are bad husbands in the US and bad wives as well.

Betty Mahmoody wasn't a child.. She was 40 when she went to Iran..
 
Frankly, while I think they went about it the wrong way, I am secretly delighted at the girls' reaction. Who the feck does that old guy think he is - telling strangers that their dress is 'immodest'? Maybe if a few more bloody old bigots (of all religious persuasion) got their arses kicked from time to time, they might get a clue.

But the CNN article was a bit misleading in a couple of ways.

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Iranian women can be subjected to harsh punishment for small infractions of the country's Islamic dress code.
Girls beat up Iran cleric over dress code - CNN.com

The (doctored) photo above shows women wearing the burqa (a total head to toe covering - with only a slit for the eyes), whereas Iranian women habitually wear the chador which is a sort of hooded cloak which is open at the front but may be pulled closed if the wearer wishes (which is generally done in public places).

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Iranian women are not required by law to wear chadors. Many women do so for several reasons, religious piety, cultural tradition and respectability. However, other women also fulfill the government requirements by wearing a combination of a headscarf and a long overcoat which conceals her arms and legs. The overcoat is known by a French word, manteau. Some women wearing manteaux would also wear them for religious reasons.
Chador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
I think that sums up the whole issue pretty clearly. The cleric blames the women for the reactions they inspire in him. He will not, however, take responsibility and avert his eyes. His reaction is their fault. He's just a whiny little coward. That's what misogynists are. Chicken@#$% small men who can't handle not being more powerful than women.
 
Why? You think nothing is going to happen to them?

Well.. its seems to me that this guy thought he was a mutaween.. and he was over the line.. The girls were wearing abaya.. and historically Iranian women are quite fashionable.

Like this.

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or this

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I don't paint with a broad brush.. There are bad husbands in the US and bad wives as well.

Betty Mahmoody wasn't a child.. She was 40 when she went to Iran..

:shock:

but bad husbands are punished in the other countries ,sharon!
 
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