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April 24, 2007

The Catmeat Cover-Up Crack-Down

Iran arrests 300 ‘insufficiently veiled’ women
Ahmadinejad cracks down after dress code was loosened over the years

With the arrival of spring, Iranian police have launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting nearly 300 women, some for wearing too tight an overcoat or letting too much hair peek out from under their veil, authorities said Monday.


In light of this encouraging news from that beacon of Middle Eastern freedom and Islamic rationality, Hugh Hewitt's interview with Frank Gaffney ( of the PBS suppressed "Islam vs. Islamists") couldn't be more timely.

Unfortunately, I think the only ones who'd give a hoot are those of us who already do. Those of us advocating a single sheet of toilet paper, on the other hand, could care less about the subtle distinction between crap and shiite.

UPDATE: Oh, I am loving these quotes!


... "Mr President, I wonder if what the police, supervised by your interior ministry, are doing to women stems from a misunderstanding?" asked Masih Alinejad, a columnist in the Etemad Melli daily.

"Or are people's major problems of injustice and poverty have been resolved?" he asked.

Alinejad recalled that Ahmadinejad asked during his 2005 electoral campaign whether the problem "in our country was two strands of women's hair or fighting poverty, creating jobs and implementing justice?"

Two-thirds of Iran's 70-million population is under 30 and the official unemployment rate stands at about 11 percent. Economists have warned against rising inflation, estimated to hit 24 percent in the current Iranian year.

Even the hardline daily Kayhan said that "being badly-veiled is not the only vice" in the country.

"There are major vices such as going to bed hungry, being deprived of higher education, unemployment and the inability of a large number of people to provide for their basic needs," it said.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 24, 2007 10:08 AM

Comments

What about Shinola?

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at April 24, 2007 11:01 AM