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| Sharia vs soccer in Iran |
| 2009-01-27 |
| TEHRAN, Iran -- The first mixed soccer game -- females vs. males -- since the 1979 Islamic revolution led to swift punishment Monday, as an Iranian soccer club said it had suspended three officials involved and handed out fines of up to $5,000. adult females vs. young males Iran's strict Islamic rules ban any physical contact between unrelated men and women, and Iranian women are even banned from attending soccer games when male teams play. The officials -- a coach and two managers -- first denied the game took place, but video clips on cell phones of the game somehow cell phones aren't banned were used as evidence against them, the Vatan-e-Emrooz daily newspaper reported. but Allah is merciful and no one was executed According to the Esteghlal soccer club, Mohammad Khorramgah, the club's technical manager, was suspended for a year and fined 50 million rials ($5,000) for the Jan. 20 game. The only woman among the suspended -- Saeedeh Pournader, head coach of the female team -- also got a year's suspension. Mostafa Ardestani, head coach of the youth team, got a six-month suspension and a 20 million rial ($2,000) fine. A prominent Iranian soccer player and manager of the club's soccer academy, Ali Reza Mansourian, got a written rebuke and a fine of 50 million rials, the club said. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #1 OTOH, the good news for IRAN + RADICAL ISLAM/ISLMAIST SHARIA is that in JAPAN, THERE'S REPOR A PETITION OUT TO ALLOW JAPANESE TO LEGALLY "MARRY" CARTOONS = ANIME!? Read, SAILOR MOON + GHOST IN THE SHELL + ...@etc. AT least when 10-year old INDIAN GIRLS marry FROGS as per their local Community's or Region's religious-cultural beliefs, AT LEAST THE FROGS = KERMIT IS ACTUALLY ALIVE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-27 21:31 |