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| Iran Protesters Demand Respect for the Veil, Chastity |
| 2014-07-13 |
| [An Nahar] Several hundred people demonstrated in Iran's capital on Saturday to demand that state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? boost "the culture of the veil and chastity" in its programming. Protesters denounced the presence of "badly veiled" women in soap operas and said women wearing the traditional full-body chador were often depicted as poor and uncultivated. Under Islamic law in force in Iran since the 1979 revolution, women must wear loose clothing and a hijab, a veil covering the hair and neck. A police "morality" unit is responsible for enforcing the law, and can impose fines or even arrest those who defy it. But recent years have seen many women wear a thin veil that hardly covers the hair, tight clothing or coats reaching mid-thigh instead of the long coat or chador. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Lobbying pressure from Big Chador |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-07-13 14:53 |
| #1 And we'll stone you to death if you don't. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-13 14:47 |