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Urinals Removed from Tehran Shopping Malls for Being ‘Un-Islamic’
Iran International ^ | May 11, 2024 | staff

Posted on 05/11/2024 6:15:42 PM PDT by Morgana

Shopping malls in Tehran are removing urinals, branding them as "un-Islamic" and indicative of "Westoxification."

A fatwa by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says it is Makrooh (disliked but not sinful) to urinate while standing or on a hard surface, forcing men to use the pit latrines instead.

The move has sparked widespread discourse and critique on social media. One user expressed frustration, remarking, "This is ridiculous! If they'd spend more time worrying about the economy, the starving people, the water shortage, they wouldn't have to worry about how men urinate."

Another user sarcastically said, "I hope the level of your demands always remains this profoundly high, and that your minds never get bogged down with demands for trivial matters like city beautification, increased security, or economic improvements. Demands should only be for issues like hijab and the Islamic way of dressing, as these are what truly elevate people's quality of life."

The removal of urinals is just one example of how the Iranian regime continues to exert control over the minor details of the population's personal lives, from dress codes and family planning to restroom habits.


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and you thought it was only our government that had a backwards bureaucracy and did stupid shit.

Right now thousands of Persian men are pissed off...literally.

1 posted on 05/11/2024 6:15:42 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I can’t think of anything more Islamic than a urinal.


2 posted on 05/11/2024 6:17:49 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: HYPOCRACY

This is why they’re so backward.


3 posted on 05/11/2024 6:20:15 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana

and in the distance, the Iranian parliament could be heard shouting “death to urinals”.


4 posted on 05/11/2024 6:20:49 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: Morgana

Rumor has it that men have been urinating for quite awhile ...?


5 posted on 05/11/2024 6:22:08 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

And for most of our human history, they’ve done it wherever the urge came on.


6 posted on 05/11/2024 6:25:22 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana

“Urinals Removed from Tehran Shopping Malls”

Since when did Swedish women get the right to configure shopping malls in Iran?


7 posted on 05/11/2024 6:25:55 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Morgana

Remember, the Iranian people have the very government their parents and grand parents rioted for in 1978.

Enjoy!


8 posted on 05/11/2024 6:29:52 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Freest Republican; faithhopecharity; HYPOCRACY; Jamestown1630

You all still aren’t getting my first comment. Or maybe you missed it in the news

“$1.7 million public toilet officially opens in San Francisco’s Noe Valley “

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/san-francisco-noe-valley-expensive-toilet/3511302/

from the article:

“A $1.7 million toilet in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is now open.

It actually only cost the city around $300,000 after two companies donated materials and installation.

But the original $1.7 million dollar price tag sparked major backlash, and prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to pause that state funding.”

Point being?

when it comes to governments and toilets money always gets flushed down the drain.


9 posted on 05/11/2024 6:30:12 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

From The River to the Sea, I gotta Pee!


10 posted on 05/11/2024 6:30:45 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (What did Socialists use before candles? Electricity)
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To: faithhopecharity

Yes but sitting down...or standing on a soft surface?
Is there a command to that effect in the Koran perhaps?

Sir Richard Burton (the 19th century linguist, not the 20th century actor) was nearly “outed” for standing in a urinal.
He was in an Islamic country...I don’t recall if it was the search for source of the Nile or something else.


11 posted on 05/11/2024 6:31:39 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Jamestown1630

The Babylon Bee is going to have a field day with this story.


12 posted on 05/11/2024 6:31:39 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

You know there was an article about the Shah’s son, Prince what-ever-his-name-is.

I can’t help but wonder if after all is said and done he won’t be back on the throne in Tehran.


13 posted on 05/11/2024 6:32:56 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

It’s an old story, and it’s California’s problem.


14 posted on 05/11/2024 6:33:12 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BrexitBen

I bet, and I’m waiting for it.


15 posted on 05/11/2024 6:33:53 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

That story was posted April 17, 2024. What is old about it is that it took years and years to build the darn thing!


16 posted on 05/11/2024 6:35:21 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Because ‘being Islamic’ means you can pee wherever you want to?

I’m confused about this ‘Religion of Pee.’ *SMIRK*


17 posted on 05/11/2024 6:37:21 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Morgana

Just call ‘em footbaths.


18 posted on 05/11/2024 6:37:50 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Morgana

The urinals that **** me off are the ones that don’t flush.

I used to service those things how they stank from heavy use.


19 posted on 05/11/2024 6:39:56 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Morgana
then they would NEVER understand this...


20 posted on 05/11/2024 6:41:30 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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