Iran's General Prosecutor, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei (say that 3 times fast), has come out imploring a return to the core values of Sharia Law that was implemented in 1979 that insists that Iranian women have their hair covered and that they wear burqa like loose clothing - and if those women don't, that the punishments that are designated for such infractions be implemented - public lashings and/or jail terms.
From the report at Reuters (via Breitbart):
Funny thing, the ladies of Code Pink who have so steadfastly stood by Iran so that the evil West and America wouldn't attack them over this silly nuclear weapons thing, haven't said a peep about the fact that the Iranians can bend a woman over in the public square and open up the skin of her back with a long whip for showing a litte too much of those seductive, devil-ray locks of hair. And now that I mention it, I don't recall a single Democrat female member of the U.S. Congress EVER coming out with a sternly worded message to the Iranians that they are infringing on the civil rights of women in that country.
Why is that? Is it that the enemy of Christianity and Judaism is their friend?
From the report at Reuters (via Breitbart):
Iran's prosecutor called on Sunday for tighter checks on women who fail to observe Islamic dress code in public, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Under Iran's Sharia law, imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. Violators can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment.
"Unfortunately the law ... which considers violation of the Islamic dress code as a punishable crime, has not been implemented in the country in the past 15 years," said general prosecutor Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei.
"Under the law, violators of public chastity should be punished by being sentenced to up to two months in jail or 74 lashes."
Strict dress codes were enforced in the years after the revolution but in recent years clamp downs have tended to last just weeks or months in summer, when women wear lighter clothing such as calf-length trousers and colored scarves.
Funny thing, the ladies of Code Pink who have so steadfastly stood by Iran so that the evil West and America wouldn't attack them over this silly nuclear weapons thing, haven't said a peep about the fact that the Iranians can bend a woman over in the public square and open up the skin of her back with a long whip for showing a litte too much of those seductive, devil-ray locks of hair. And now that I mention it, I don't recall a single Democrat female member of the U.S. Congress EVER coming out with a sternly worded message to the Iranians that they are infringing on the civil rights of women in that country.
Why is that? Is it that the enemy of Christianity and Judaism is their friend?
Iranian prosecutor urges Islamic dress checks
(Reuters) - Iran's prosecutor called on Sunday for tighter checks on women who fail to observe Islamic dress code in public, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Under Iran's Sharia law, imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. Violators can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment.
"Unfortunately the law ... which considers violation of the Islamic dress code as a punishable crime, has not been implemented in the country in the past 15 years," said general prosecutor Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei.
"Under the law, violators of public chastity should be punished by being sentenced to up to two months in jail or 74 lashes."
Strict dress codes were enforced in the years after the revolution but in recent years clamp downs have tended to last just weeks or months in summer, when women wear lighter clothing such as calf-length trousers and colored scarves.
Young women in urban areas often defy the limitations by wearing tight clothing and colorful headscarves that barely cover their hair. The codes are less commonly flouted in rural regions.
Enforcement of codes governing women's dress have become stricter since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office in 2005, promising a return to the values of the revolution.
The president's hardline supporters, who say Islamic attire helps protect women against the sex symbol status they have in the West, have pressed for tighter controls on "immoral behavior."
"It is up to the judge to decide whether to punish violators by only fining them," said Mohseni-Ejei.
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