Posted on 04/17/2010 4:59:44 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
TEHRAN: A senior Iranian cleric has claimed that dolled-up women incite extramarital sex, causing more earthquakes in Iran, a country that straddles several fault lines, newspapers reported on Saturday.
"Many women who dress inappropriately ... cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi told worshippers at Tehran Friday prayer.
"Calamities are the result of people's deeds," he was quoted as saying by reformist Aftab-e Yazd newspaper. "We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers."
The Islamic dress code is mandatory in Iran, which has been under clerical rule for more than three decades.
Every post-pubescent woman regardless of her religion or nationality must cover her hair and bodily contours in public. Offenders face punishment and fine.
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This will be entertaining!
So there is some truth that I can make the earth move?
the religion of piece.
This discriminates agains dolled-up women, how about dolled-up men ?
Only when done with fat chicks.
Kidding!
All the time I thought it was due to global warming.
Hmmm. Makes about as much sense as man-caused global warming.
And these are the idiots we are having such a hard time defeating....LORD! are we ever messed up or what?
Ayatollah Iman Idiot, is more like it.
Sorry. I'm sticking with Jesus.
Make’s as much sense as melting icebergs causing Volcano’s to erupt.
Who do I need to do it with to get rid of Iran altogether?
these folks really do get entirely too caught up with what folks are doing with their naughty bits. and in entirely too much detail.
This guy sounds as though he may have gone to the same schools and had the same “perfessors” as Algore.
Dolled up women cause Global warming or are they caused by global warming?
LOL!
exactly..friggin unbelievable..except when you think who is in the WH and congress.
It’s too hot for a burqa ... tomorrow I’ll go to Walmart in my bathing suit.
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