Posted on 02/21/2007 6:55:54 AM PST by 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".
Actually there was (still is) an island like that. It was the Isle of Lesbos, where the term Lesbian came from.
BTW, even Wonder Woman wears a burkini on Paradise Island.
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.
Apparently, you were not the only one to think so.
Yes, but she fills it out just perfectly. ;-)
Yep, I, myself, have taken to calling Sharia "Jim Crow II"...
the infowarrior
Well who's going to take out the trash, mow the lawn or change the oil in their cars?
You sound more like Igor than a gay guy
"That was part of a really funny joke I had sent out about Democrats."
I'm in a car and my girlfriend is driving - she turns the wrong way down a one-way street. "Dear God, You've got to go the other way!" I yell. "I'm not from Lesbania!" She replies.
In other news, Bill Clinton has reportedly been seen booking a flight to the West Azerbaijan province of Iran...
That turned out to be A Bridge Too Far...
CA....
Hey, maybe WE could have an island for militant gays only with a one way ticket...
There's gotta be a Helen Thomas joke here somewhere...
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