Posted on 07/11/2018 8:58:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Authorities in Iran arrested four girls and women last week for posting videos of themselves dancing on Instagram. Only one of the girls, 17-year-old gymnast Maedeh Hojabri, has been identified. State TV in Iran aired her “confession” on Friday.
Instagram is one of the few Western social media sites not heavily blocked in Iran, and Hojabri posted about 300 photos and videos before her account was temporarily shut down. Her account appears to be back up as of this morning. Hojabri posted a new video just hours ago addressing her critics.
Hojabri, who reportedly has often spoken about gymnastics and parkour in her videos, was not wearing a hijab in the videos that got her into trouble, which is required by law for women in the authoritarian country.
As The Guardian reports, not much is known about Hojabri, but she’s become the face of a resistance movement against modesty laws for women in the Islamic country. A hashtag of her name, #مائده_هژیری, has emerged. Another, which roughly translates to #dancing_isn’t_a_crime, has also become popular. Logically, most people reportedly suspect her “confession” on Friday was made under pressure from Iranian authorities.
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Some of the videos of Hojabri are still available online on both Instagram and Twitter and show her doing nothing that would be considered scandalous to even conservative American audiences
Women in Iran have posted protest videos of themselves dancing on Instagram, and other protests against the country’s hijab laws have erupted in recent months. The hijab has been mandatory in Iran ever since the revolution in 1979.
As the BBC notes, six Iranian girls were given sentences of a year in prison and 91 lashes after they were convicted in 2014 of positing videos of themselves dancing to the Pharrell Williams song “Happy.”
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I think Michael Jackson was trying very hard to look like a young Elizabeth Taylor. This young lady is trying to imitate Michael Jackson and (fortunately) looks more like Elizabeth Taylor!
Sentenced to four years in prison and 80 lashes per BBC...
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Considering they string up homosexuals, I’m surprised they let her off so easy.
Maybe... How ‘bout we agree that this is probably not her best photo and remand the decision back to a lower court for reconsideration. I would need more evidence.
bkmk
Her dancing is traditional Middle Eastern Beladi folk dance moves. Known in the West as ‘belly dancing.’ Within the context of her Persian culture it is about as salacious and lascivious as square dancing or contra-dance or any version of the hula. On the other hand, her expression indicates that she is enjoying herself entirely too much to suit the Mullahs.
I understand it is a cultural thing but it doesn’t change the fact that her dancing is salacious and lascivious.
Square dancing, on the other hand, is...square.
LOL! Definitely willing to suspend judgement and review any new evidence brought before the court!
If square dancing is all the dancing a community allows, young adults will square dance for all it’s worth!
80 lashes! On that fair skin? A virtual death sentence. Effing animals.
Just....dayum.
I read somewhere that it’s done in increments. 4 years and 80 lashes = 5 lashes every 3 months. But still. Barbaric.
Love it.
That's due to the fact that they are born into and raised in the way of the Rapist/Child Molesting Goat Humping False Profit of the Ragheads and therefore don't know the options most of the rest of the World are at least aware exists.
The exception being the few that find out via the Net or manage to escape the grip of the Rapist/Child Molesting Goat Humping False Profit.
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