Iran to create women-only island

afp ^ | 02/21/07

[presidio9]

Iran is seeking to create a paradise for female tourists by turning an island on a northwestern lake into male-free zone, the press reported on Wednesday.

All public transport, restaurants and facilities on the island -- on the gigantic Oroumiyeh lake close to the Turkish border -- will be staffed only by women, officials said.

"The island of Arezou (Wish), one of the 102 islands in the Oroumiyeh Lake, will be equipped especially for women," a municipal official in the West Azerbaijan province, identified only as Aghai, was quoted as saying by the Tehran Emrouz newspaper.

"There will be no men on the island," he said. "It will also boost tourism in the area."

"The construction of hotels, small restaurants and medical centres under the management of women is one of the specifications for this island, which is the first such in the country," Aghai said.

The initiative has even been cleared by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's provincial representative, who declared that a women-only island is not against Islamic sharia law, the official said.

Iran's Islamic codes strictly prohibit exposure of unveiled women to men.

Iran has already partitioned parts of its southern and northern beaches as women-only zones where women can legally remove their headscarves and overcoats in freedom.

In some cities, there are also special "women parks".

[cblue55]

How thoughtful of those people :)

[twonie]

SEND HILDABEAST!!!QUICK!! AND LEAVE HER THERE.

[stm]

We should do the same in this country for gays. Only we leave them there. It could be a gay roach motel. Gays check in but they don't check out.

[AU72]

"Isla de Mujeres"

[Nick Thimmesch]

Here they are:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/digger48/Funny/MissGhom.jpg

[presidio9]

[BluH2o]

Now that's the kind of island where Marines would love to pull an amphibious assault.
They're probably lining up as I type this ... ;)

[ChuckShick]

Rosie Island

Oh wait, they said women. Nevermind.

[rockinqsranch]

Why do I know somebody will post something about "Sirens"?

[andy58-in-nh]

"Welcome to Burqa Beach Resort and Spa - we hope you enjoy your stay!

[JimRed]

She was a stunner...

[Screamname]

More evidence that muslims men are nothing but repressed homosexuals. "Ewww, ith that a woman? Eewww! get it AWAY from me!.. cover that woman up! I hate competition! Oooh thend them to an island! Ewww, they had thex! Ewww. Let`th thtone them! If I have to look at one more woman I could jutht KILL mythelf!"

[blam]

[antiRepublicrat]

Sounds familiar...

"Separate but equal."

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Will anyone caught enjoying a box lunch be stoned immediately?

[Screamname]

They keep making movies nowdays on old TV shows. WHEN are they going to do one of that? By God, the greatest TV show ever made in the history of creation.

[snowrip]

SEND HILDABEAST!!!QUICK!! AND LEAVE HER THERE.

She's about as far from being a woman as you can get.

[Dustbunny]

Are those all women?

Some of those legs look like they belong to men!

[snowrip]

In some cities, there are also special "women parks"

This sounds like something out of "Planet Of The Apes"... Come and see the humans!

[domenad]

I'm there, dude.

[AD from SpringBay]

Separate but equal? Not a word from the NOW gang - must mean its ok.

[FreeAtlanta]

This is what spy satellites with high resolution cameras are for.

[FastCoyote]

The island of Lesbania!

[Mr. Jeeves]

Iran is seeking to create a paradise for female tourists by turning an island on a northwestern lake into a male-free zone...

This wildly funny non-sequitur renders the article ridiculous. A paradise for female tourists would be liberally stocked with handsome young Iranian men, eager to do anything to get a visa. ;)

[reagan_fanatic]

They're letting the Smurfs stay there too?

[quantim]

Maybe it is a re-education camp in disguise rather than a tourist beacon.

[andy58-in-nh]

They're letting the Smurfs stay there too?

Yes, and as long as they keep their hands to themselves... they'll get to keep their hands.

By the way, do you think this one's Ginger or Mary Ann?

[sauropod]

I thought that already existed. It's called "The View."

[July 4th]

By the way, do you think this one's Ginger or Mary Ann?

Michael Jackson.

[Paleo Conservative]

What about a bridge to that island?

[stm]

Black ghosts!!!

[SampleMan]

Iran is seeking to create a paradise for female tourists by turning an island on a northwestern lake into male-free zone,

Truthfully, if you're a woman in a muslim country, that island would be paradise. No gang rapes, no honor killings, no beatings if the veil slips or a burkha rides up over the ankle. Yep, pure paradise.

[andy58-in-nh]

By the way, do you think this one's Ginger or Mary Ann?

Michael Jackson.

It was the glove that gave it away, right? And, given Michael's recent appearance, thanks be unto Allah for the veil....

[NonValueAdded]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust the shower facilities offered upon arrival.

[silverleaf]

LOL! And after swimming we'll head down to do a little skeet shooting- but with infidels instead of skeet! PULL!

[presidio9]

I'm guessing that Muslim women rarely shave their legs. Nobody is going to see them anyway.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

What show is that?

[Malacoda]

Is that Michael Jackson??

[Old Professer]

"In some cities, there are also special "women parks"."

No leashes, too?

[presidio9]

[A. Patriot]

Two gators were sitting at the side of the swamp

Actually there was (still is) an island like that. It was the Isle of Lesbos, where the term Lesbian came from.

Lesbos

[presidio9]

BTW, even Wonder Woman wears a burkini on Paradise Island.

[A. Patriot]

Strike the "Two gators were sitting at the side of the swamp" and add:"The island of Lesbania!"

That was part of a really funny joke I had sent out about Democrats.

[andy58-in-nh]

Is that Michael Jackson??

Apparently, you were not the only one to think so.

[reagan_fanatic]

BTW, even Wonder Woman wears a burkini on Paradise Island

Yea, but she's the only one you wouldn't mind seeing in a burkini.

[andy58-in-nh]

BTW, even Wonder Woman wears a burkini on Paradise Island.

Yes, but she fills it out just perfectly. ;-)

[infowarrior]

Sounds familiar... "Separate but equal."

Yep, I, myself, have taken to calling Sharia "Jim Crow II"...

the infowarrior

[subterfuge]

Well who's going to take out the trash, mow the lawn or change the oil in their cars?

[ConservatismNow]

You sound more like Igor than a gay guy