Friday, October 12, 2007

Iran police warn 122,000 over unIslamic dress

Iran continues to be one of the most repressive Islamic regimes, a difficult feat in a world of repressive Islamic regimes. This article doesn't mention all those arrested or beaten for "unIslamic" dress.
FROM JIHADWATCH.ORG:
October 11, 2007
Iran police warn 122,000 over unIslamic dress
Here's a glimpse of what life will be like in Europe in a few decades. From Reuters and khaleejtimes.com. (thanks to Kemaste):
TEHERAN - Iranian police have warned 122,000 people, mostly women, about flouting strict Islamic dress codes since April and nearly 7,000 of those attended classes on respecting the rules, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Such crackdowns, on the women as well as on men deemed to have haircuts considered too Westernised, are an annual event and usually last a few weeks. But this year’s measures have been longer and more severe than in recent years.
Some government critics see the crackdown as part of broader measures to quash dissent in the media and other areas. Others see it as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s efforts to revive values from the early days after the 1979 revolution.
“Since the beginning of the crackdown from Ordibehesht (the Iranian month that started in April), 122,000 people have been given a warning for improper dress and 6,947 of them have taken part in guidance classes,” the daily Jomhuri-ye Islami reported.
Some women, particularly in cities during the hot summer months, test the boundaries of the dress codes requiring a woman’s hair to be covered and the shape of her body to disguised by a loose coat by wearing skimpier outfits.