[Red State] Iran's navy does not have a very good track record. The Islamic Republic makes a lot of noise about its abilities, but in the end, it has stayed out of a hot war. Unmanned drones and their proxies like the Houthis are Iran’s best bet for keeping its navy from ending up on the ocean floor. Sometimes, Iran’s ships don’t need an enemy to end up sinking. In the past few years, Iran has seen three vessels sink due to accidents.
In January 2018, an Iranian destroyer named the Damavand (apparently, Iran names its destroyers after mountains) struck a breakwater in the Caspian Sea, rolled to starboard, and sank. The Damavand was launched in 2015.
In June 2021, another Iranian Naval warship named the Kharg caught fire and, 20 hours later, sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman.
On Monday, Iran’s most "advanced" warship, the destroyer Sahand (named, yes, for a mountain), was in dock for "repairs." Someone must have left a door open because the ship took on water and, according to Iranian news mouthpieces, "lost its balance." It slowly filled with seawater and rolled. The Sahand lost its balance and rolled to port, sinking into the silty muck.
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I read someplace that the Iranians kept adding 'stuff' to the vessel's superstructure and apparently didn't take into account the effect on the vessel's buoyancy.
That and 'leaving the door open' (kind of like dropping a cigarette in the ammo storage compartment) might signal a failure in human cognition.
That and not keeping your dock areas dredged of 'silty muck' might make for a painful recovery.
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When political/religious reliability are more important than competence. Welcome to DEI.
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[KavkazUzel] Wearing the niqab is a custom, not an obligation for Muslim women, the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria stated after the idea of banning niqabs was supported by the Muslim administrations of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, a temporary ban on wearing niqabs has been introduced in Dagestan; it is in effect until a new theological conclusion, the republic's muftiate announced on July 3. The following day, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Karachay-Cherkessia also introduced a temporary ban on wearing niqabs in the republic.
The fatwa of the Dagestan Muftiate on the ban on the niqab is not mandatory, it will be followed only by those for whom the muftiate is an authority, and this is far from all residents of the republic, religious scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated. The opinions of experts on whether the fatwa of the Dagestan Muftiate will be implemented are collected by the "Caucasian Knot" in the reference " Fatwa on the ban on the niqab - a law or a recommendation? "
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria published its position regarding wearing niqabs today on its Telegram channel, citing the opinions of Islamic scholars.
"The majority of scholars believe that the awrah (awrah or awrat is the part of the body that Muslims are obliged to cover in front of other people. - Ed. "Caucasian Knot") of a free woman is her entire body, except for her face and hands. Wearing a niqab by a woman is not an obligatory Shariah prescription. All Egyptian Fatwa Houses adhere to this opinion. As for the niqab, in many societies wearing it is a custom, and not a Shariah obligation. The clothes that people wear are often more associated with folk customs and traditions, and not with religious prescriptions," the publication says.
The Muftiate publication provides examples of such opinions. "The Hanafi scholar al-Quduri notes in Mukhtasar al-Quduri: "The entire body of a free woman is awrah except her face, hands and feet" (p. 26)... The Maliki scholar Imam ad-Dardir writes in Ash-Sharh al-Kabir: "The entire body of a free woman is awrah in front of a stranger except her face and hands" (vol. 1, p. 214).
Imam ad-Dasuqi explains in Hashiya ala ash-Sharh al-Kabir: "It is disgraceful for a woman to cover her face with a niqab, as this is considered excessive, unless this is the custom in their country (locality). “Because this is not required by the great Sunnah” (vol. 1, p. 218). The Shafi’i scholar Sheikh-ul-Islam Zakariya al-Ansari notes in “Asna al-Matalib”: “The awrah of a free woman in prayer and in front of a stranger includes the entire body, except for the face and hands” (vol. 1, p. 174),” the publication says.
In the "Documents of Organizations" section of the "Caucasian Knot" an " Explanation from the Fatwa Department of the Muftiate of Dagestan regarding the ban on niqabs " was published.
Let us recall that wearing the niqab and burqa in modern conditions causes practical harm to Muslims and threatens discord in interreligious and interethnic relations, the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus stated on July 3.
On July 1, the Mufti of Dagestan, Akhmad-Afandi Abdullayev, announced a fatwa banning the niqab. This happened after the head of the region, Sergei Melikov, spoke out against wearing niqabs following attacks by militants in Derbent and Makhachkala. The Dagestan Muslim Spiritual Directorate, as a religious organization, can issue a fatwa banning the niqab, but this is only a recommendation, and violators of it face a maximum of censure, Islamic scholars noted.
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[Regnum] In Dagestan, a court extended the detention of the former head of the Sergokalinsky district, Magomed Omarov, by 72 hours. This was reported by the Supreme Court of the republic.
The decision to extend Omarov's detention was made by the Kirov District Court.
The former head of the Sergokalinsky district was detained under Part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (legalization or laundering of funds or other property acquired as a result of committing a crime, in an especially large amount by an organized group), TASS wrote, citing a source.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 23, Omarov was detained and interrogated due to the possible involvement of his sons in the terrorist attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala; searches were conducted at his place of residence. It later became known that among the militants eliminated by the special services was Omarov's 31-year-old son Osman.
On June 25, it became known that Omarov had been detained in a case of petty hooliganism. On July 5, he was released after 10 days of administrative arrest.
However, on July 6, Omarov was detained on suspicion of committing economic crimes, and a criminal case was opened against him.
[GEO.TV] Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow for Israel to keep fighting until it achieves its war objectives, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
He added that the deal must prohibit weapons smuggling to Hamas via the Gaza-Egypt border and should not allow for thousands of armed fighters to return to northern Gaza. Israel will maximise the number of live hostages returned, Netanyahu said in a statement.
[GEO.TV] A top Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian fighters were ready to discuss a hostage deal and an end to the Gaza war without a "complete and permanent ceasefire".
The apparent easing of the Hamas position comes amid renewed mediation efforts by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to tempt the rivals into talks to halt nine months of war and secure a deal to release hostages held by Hamas and prisoners detained by Israel.
"Hamas had previously required that Israel agree to a complete and permanent ceasefire," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"This step was by-passed, as the mediators pledged that as long as the prisoner negotiations continued, the ceasefire would continue," he added.
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Hamas' SOP is to kill the hostages and hide the bodies - to exchange for live terrorists. That's why they refuse providing the list of life hostages.
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[Regnum] With the help and participation of the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, 20 Russian children returned home from a refugee camp in northeastern Syria on July 7. This was reported by the press service of the ombudsman.
“A Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft carrying 20 children landed at the Chkalovsky airfield,” the press service reported.
According to experts, they managed to return children aged 5 to 15 years to Russia, including seven girls and 13 boys.
"The children will undergo a medical examination and social rehabilitation in one of the Moscow centers. After that, they will meet with their relatives, with whom they will live under guardianship," explained Maria Lvova-Belova.
The Ombudsman added that the return of Russian children from the Middle East region will continue. Thus, specialists took blood samples from a group of children in refugee camps to conduct molecular genetic DNA studies to confirm their relationship with Russian citizens.
In total, with the assistance of Maria Lvova-Belova, 566 children were returned to Russia from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, three children and their mother returned to Russia from Ukraine, Lvova-Belova reported on June 7 on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
In Russia, the process of adoption of children by foreigners may be completely stopped. This is the conclusion reached by the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights.
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