Posted on 08/28/2006 6:47:48 PM PDT by blam
Teheran police order 64,000 women to cover up in the heat of summer
By David Blair
(Filed: 29/08/2006)
Police in Iran's capital, Teheran, have stopped almost 64,000 women and warned them against breaching strict Muslim dress codes in the last month alone.
The authorities have chosen the height of summer for a new crackdown to ensure that women cover their heads with veils and their bodies with long, heavy overcoats whenever they can be seen in public.
For years, Iran's police turned a blind eye when young women pushed the boundaries of the rules by wearing the flimsiest of veils, or displaying painted toenails in open sandals. But President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's deeply conservative regime is steadily reversing this trend.
Police in Teheran have been given orders to caution any woman they deem to be "badly veiled". Thousands are being stopped every day.
Mohammad Reza Alipour, from the capital's police force, said that 63,963 women had been given a warning in the last month, with some making a "written pledge to dress properly".
Observers say that Mr Ahmadinejad has ordered the new, hardline approach.
"We are certainly seeing a return to behaviour we haven't seen for 10 years," said Hadi Ghaemi, the Iran researcher for Human Rights Watch.
"Generally, the imposition of strict Islamic codes has been increasing under Ahmadinejad." The fate of women who police decide are "badly veiled" depends on the whims of the officers concerned. They may be released with a caution, or taken to a police station and bailed. Those with political connections are usually treated leniently. Others may be detained. "The person could end up in jail depending on their relationship with the authorities," said Mr Ghaemi.
The authorities have also begun confiscating satellite dishes from private apartment blocks, enforcing a ban which was largely ignored for years.
I don't know. The muzzie men seem to be able to buy all the American blondes they like.
Two words: Bikini wax.
***They can't kill them all...even some of the less lunatic-al muzzie dudes would start objecting to the offing of their squeezes....don't you think??***
Nah, that's why there are camels.
Sickness.
Islam teaches that girls start wearing the head scarf at puberty. This is the sign telling all men that this girl is "ready for sex". How else would they know?
Pul-ease! NOT even close!!!!
I've come to the conclusion that adherance to Islam causes massive depression, hence the ready supply of suicide volunteers...
Some of them have tried.
If we could just get these sick bastards to drink beer and go to Hooters,they would come around.
If not, exterminate the lot of them.
If they put a gun to my head and threatened to kill me if I didn't go to Hooters........
The next headline about Iran I am hoping to read should go something like this:
Teheran registers temperatures of 64,000 degrees F. following a nuclear strike by the USAF.
Not so sure. What's with the headscarfs and drab drapes they wear in the USA?
"What is it with Muslim males? Are they so insecure about their masculinity that they feel the need to keep their 'wimmin' out of sight?"
The reason I've heard that they keep the women under wraps is that the sight of a woman's body might cause them to think unholy thoughts which will lead to unholy actions.
If you think about it, muslim men are incapable of self control so they wrap the ladies up to prevent them from attacking the women. Of course, if the woman is raped, the men usually say that she caused it by how she was dressed.
Horny men incapable of controling themselves and their "little" genes.
What a bunch of pathetic pissants.
Why waste good beer?
I don't think they like that either...it is getting more tiresome by the day for them, IMO....especially here in the U.S. I think pretty soon a lot of them are going to tell husband Mo where to put the headgear and start living like other free American women.
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