From Iran Focus-News
Women who violate Iran’s strict Islamic dress code will be flogged immediately, prosecutor’s offices in provincial centres announced on Tuesday.
In the central Iranian city of Shahin-Shahr, the prosecutor’s office posted huge notices on billboards and shop windows warning women that dress code violators will appear before an Islamic judge immediately after arrest to receive a sentence, usually 100 lashes in public. The prosecutor will be demanding maximum penalties, the notice warned.
“Individuals whose state of attire and make-up is against religious laws in public will be prosecuted without having to first wait in a queue and will be sentenced to flogging and finesâ€Â, the statement said.
“Scarves which do not cover the hair and neckâ€Â, “tight overcoats or coats that finish above the knees and whose sleeves cover to a point higher than the wristâ€Â, “tight trousers which do not cover the calf of the legâ€Â, and “women’s make-up†are all forbidden, according to the statement, which added that failure to adhere to the dress code would be dealt with accordingly.
Women whose scarves do not properly cover up their hair will face between 10 days to 10 months in prison, the statement added.
Jimmy Carter could not be reached for comment. Which is just as well, really, because he just woulda blamed Bush and the Israelis, anyway.
(h/t Peligro Bastardo)
Personally, I’ve always found the ankle much sexier than the calf. So even if they adhere to the very letter of the code, they’ll still be turning me on. Damned bunch of Delilahs.
Well, sure. But what about American city ordinances that prohibit all-nude dancing in strip clubs? Are we really any better than the Iranians, Jeff? WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF THE FEMALE BODY?
Over to you, Jill!
I hate to damn them all, but at a burka fetishist they’re responsible for me not attaining my faith’s true potential, hence a solid 19 virgin count payoff on death. Dirty harlots.
Also , I think we need to put the sheep in burkas. It may be America’s fault, but we still hear stories.
Jesus, Allah, get over it…
Just remember, as you read this, the feminist mantra: “We’re not any better than they are”. And by “we”, feminists mean “men”.
As long as a single woman in Amerikkka is raped or abused, we are an evil patriarchy. Therefore, we are just as bad as they are and deserve to be hated and punished.
Everyone knows that they are just a bunch of silly sluts who tempt honest men into justifiable gang rape…so why waste one’s time on trying to change their respected cultural norms?
After all, what is more important in the here and now; working to destroy such ancient traditional norms or working to stop the real abuser of womyn everywhere….Bush?
Think of the children!
This&That
I think Jesus is ok with blue jeans and t-shirts on the ladies, Jill. It’s Allah that wants the women clothed triple layer and with packing tape for good measure.
Good thing. There’s nothing worse than having to wait in a pesky line for an hour or more just to get whipped bloody.
The humor of Jill’s comment went over at least one head.
You joke, but that’s an actual criminal defense in Australia. Probably won’t work, but it’s been around for awhile.
Krugman, Herbert, and Frank Rich are going to be all over this in their columns this week. I just know it. I can fucking feel it.
yum, cankles.
TW: amount. Oh yeah.
Women who violate Iran’s strict Islamic dress code will be flogged immediately,
I’m sure there’ll be a few kinky little Persian kittens breaking the laws specifically for the flogging. Fatima’s been naughty…very very naughty…and she needs to be taught a lesson. Rarr! The only problem with the burqa is you can’t make out the thong.
Does anyone else remember a few months back, right before the elections, a bunch of Iranian women were out protesting without covering up? And in the pictures, you could see the cops watching them, not doing anything about it?
Well, there’s the whole stoning thing for adultry, which the mullahs defend and carry out on a regular basis. Stoning for women, that is.
Not to be confused with the pot post, of course.
But then, they are the ‘other’ and who are we to judge?
I’d hate to go to one of their Hooters! Think a bacon cheeseburger would taste the same being served by a babe wearing an orange tent?
Dude, stoning and adultry go together sooo well. Just put on some Portishead and some candles, and then go to town.
You need a cold shower, my friend. And you’re pushing the PW nuttiness envelope a BIT far.
Where is Hollywood Sean Penn and his colorful Code Pink outfit when Liberal Democrat Leftists need them to go over to Iran and have a chat with the Mullah’s about the back-to-the barbarian evil Americans? Sean could even share International Totalitarian Solidarity passing around his famous red cup filled to the brim with Kennedy Kool-aid while artistic photographers capture the essence of his ever so humble humanity.
At the very least, my burqa fetish undermines the purpose of such a garment, thus helping to liberate the muslim gal.
Personally, I think flogging is too good for these miserable sluts.
COVER UP WHORES OF ALLAH OR YOU SHALL BE SMITED.
TW “Policy”- I’m certain the policy of many feminist groups will change drastically when they hear of this injustice.
Amier Taheri: In 1981, Abol-Hassan Bani-Sadr, the first president of the Islamic Republic, announced that “scientific research had shown that women’s hair emitted rays that drove men insane.” To protect the public, the new Islamist [Iranian]regime passed a law in 1982 making the hijab mandatory for females aged above six, regardless of religious faith.
What’s wrong with Ray-Ban glasses and lobotomies?
Yeah, let’s allow these folks an atomic weapon…
“scientific research had shown that women’s hair emitted rays that drove men insane.â€Â
On the legs, yes. Jesus, Cindy, take a bic to Crawford next time.
Sure, you can teach Hair-Insane-Ray Theory in the schools, but not Intelligent Design. Because of all the science.
Damn ‘c’, I had no idea the hijab was such a recent (in the last 40 years) addition. Thanks for that important bit of information.
Now I’d like to see further research on the Muslim men who believe that “scientific research had shown that women’s hair emitted rays that drove men insane.†I think study in this area would provide ample evidence of an appallingly low IQ and educational level coupled with an exceedingly high capacity for superstitious nonsense.
So how about we start a competing rumor. Something along the lines of: “scientific research has shown that wearing a hijab significantly decreases breast size.” Or “research has shown that wearing a turban causes profound impotence and sterility.”
If ignorance got them into this mess, maybe additional ignorance can get them out.
Jill, did you get your deities confused?
TW: too, Too bad it wasn’t TWO.
Hmmm.
Does anybody else think that a amateur semi-nude porno website featuring attractive women flashing in public, while wearing burkhas, would conquer the muslim world?
There’s got to be some sort of fetish involved here.
Yeah, but who are we to judge? All cultures have their norms, right? Maybe those women like covering their bodies from head to cankle in 100+ degree weather. And you know, who the hell wants to wear make up anyway?
I know of a few mullahs, Iranain prosecutors, and judges I’d like to see publicly lashed by Iranian women clad in thong bikinis and fuck-me heels, fresh from their Brazilian waxes done by male aestheticians, and trust me, absolutely no kink is involved. (Well, okay. The Brazilian wax is pretty hot. And who can resist a good fuck-me heel?)
The misogynistic bastards.
Well, we’re hardly in a position to criticize the Iranian mullahs because we’re no better than they are. Really, people–no one culture is better than any other culture. I have it on good authority. The topic was a study module in my Sociology class. I think it was Sociology; it might have been Poli Sci. Or Anthropology. (English? Art? Gender Studies? Math?)
Anyway, the class covered how evil, Caucasian imperialists have always made it hell on earth for poor little brown people–poor, little, disavantaged brown people who were much more civilized, in their own small way, than the greedy, social parasites of the West.
And don’t give me that crap about Americans saving the free world from the Nazis–that’s a complete lie. We were just as bad as they were. Look, Americans once beat their women for not wearing–oh, shit–I can’t remember off-hand, but it was something. We beat them for not wearing something. (It was at a demonstration against the Trilateral Commission, I think.) An exact citation isn’t at the tip of my tongue right now, but I read the article myself. It was written by a guy from MIT named Chump–? Chom-something. I was sleeping with the professor and got a B+ in the class, so I know.
Caning women raw for having the wrong hem line is, like, a really terrible thing, but we’re in no position to criticize. American fashion designers have been dictating women’s hem lines for decades and nobody says a fucking word.
Sometimes I hate being an American.
Sending Code Pink over there is a stroke of brilliance. The confusion wrought by the mullahs trying to decide if they are really women or not could be the straw to break the camels back.
And one thing that has me puzzled about cultural relatavism or whatever: if no culture is better than another, how can we improve ours?
BLT in CO,
Great idea you have there about helping Muslim women, but we aren’t addressing the more serious problem, which is: western men aren’t driven into a lustful craze by their women’s elbows.
Can you know how much that hurts? Insensitive louts.
I just hope that if I ever have to be whipped, they let ME wear a Burka. What are they, about 6 inches thick?
TW: hes – Second time I’ve gotten this, and the second time I’ve thought: “That’s not a word except in government schools”.
So they’ve forbidden “women’s make-up”, eh? At least they didn’t prohibit men’s make-up. I be everyone in Iran is breathing a huge sigh of relief over that.
I wonder if the next “Boobs Not Bombs” festival from Berkeley could be transplanted to Teheran next year. Trouble with that is that we would be rooting for the Mullahs in that little conflict.
Just consider the money to be made:
Girls Gone Wild – Teheran Edition!: Come with the Girls Gone Wild team as we jet off to exotic Middle Eastern Locales and spy what really is going on beneath the burkha! It’s a non-stop festival of sneaky fingers, glimpses of toe-rings, and that ever-alluring flash of ankle flesh that only the GGW team can bring to you! As a bonus feature, you’ll go behind the scenes of the prosecutor’s office, when we see what really happens when the canes get whipped out! It’s a scene of debauchery that will make you crave for more!
Just $19.95 plus shipping and handling. Plain brown wrapper included for those of you who think that even a little flesh is too much.
Bah. Every well-respected study on the topic I’ve ever read indicates the rays reach full potency by age 4. Their law, while scientifically sound and wholly necessary, is useless.
Positively hair-rays-ing.
It IS hair-raising to think that, anywhere on earth, a seven-year-old girl’s hair is considered sexually enticing by law of the land.
But, we corrupt our girls with Barbie dolls, which is far worse than requiring head scarves. It’s scary to think how low we’d sink, were it not for the NYT leading the way on humanitarian women’s issues. Also, Madonna.
Uh, maybe I’m lacking in imagination, but is it possible to receive a public flogging while maintaining the dress code? When the guys watching the public flogging are jacking off while they watch, does that mean that the prosecutor can be brought up on charges of trafficking in lewd acts?
…just curious, ya know…
cathy
I think these people deserve nuclear weapons. As many as they can build! No, even better…let’s just give them a ship load or two.