Rigid dress codes are vital to islamofascism and the brainwashing of islam's zombie butchers
Iran clerics criticise president over Islamic codes
Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:14 PM IST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian conservatives have called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to reverse his decision to let women into sports stadiums, saying it was against Islamic values, newspapers reported on Thursday.
Ahmadinejad promised a return to the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution when he was elected last year, prompting many in the establishment to expect rigorous enforcement of Islamic dress and other social codes.
But he has been more moderate on social issues than many expected, including saying dress codes should not be imposed by force and, this week, that women should be allowed into sports stadiums for the first time since the revolution.
"Women's presence at such places is un-Islamic...The concerns will be removed by cancelling the decree," Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani said in a message published by the Tosea newspaper.
His comments were echoed by at least five other senior clerics, newspapers reported. The clerics included Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, a staunch proponent of strict Islamic codes who some see as a mentor of Ahmadinejad.
Mesbah-Yazdi said it was his religious duty to voice his criticism. "Now, you are free to fulfil your religious duty (or ignore it)," he said in a message to Ahmadinejad published by the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper.
Some 120 parliamentarians also urged the president in a letter to review his decision, the Kayhan newspaper said.
Analysts said Ahmadinejad had to tread carefully in trying to honour his hardcore backers' beliefs without risking unrest if hard-won freedoms enjoyed under former reformist President Mohammad Khatami were curtailed.
"Ahmadinejad has so far failed to pursue a radical agenda and appears in no mood to carry it out," said a political analyst who asked not to be named.
"He cannot afford unrest in the country, which faces global pressure on its atomic plans."
Western nations, fearing Iran plans to produce nuclear arms, have threatened to press for international sanctions if it does not heed calls to stop uranium enrichment work.
The United States has not ruled out military action, but Iran has said it will not halt its nuclear work, which it says is only aimed at generating electricity.
Last week, Ahmadinejad also said an annual summer campaign on women's dress codes this year should be carried out without force. The code requires women to cover their heads and bodies.
The hardline Ya-Lesarat weekly called on religious people to hold a rally on Friday to condemn "social corruption", including violations of the dress code.
link: http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-27T190533Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-246693-1.xml&archived=False
Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:14 PM IST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian conservatives have called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to reverse his decision to let women into sports stadiums, saying it was against Islamic values, newspapers reported on Thursday.
Ahmadinejad promised a return to the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution when he was elected last year, prompting many in the establishment to expect rigorous enforcement of Islamic dress and other social codes.
But he has been more moderate on social issues than many expected, including saying dress codes should not be imposed by force and, this week, that women should be allowed into sports stadiums for the first time since the revolution.
"Women's presence at such places is un-Islamic...The concerns will be removed by cancelling the decree," Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani said in a message published by the Tosea newspaper.
His comments were echoed by at least five other senior clerics, newspapers reported. The clerics included Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, a staunch proponent of strict Islamic codes who some see as a mentor of Ahmadinejad.
Mesbah-Yazdi said it was his religious duty to voice his criticism. "Now, you are free to fulfil your religious duty (or ignore it)," he said in a message to Ahmadinejad published by the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper.
Some 120 parliamentarians also urged the president in a letter to review his decision, the Kayhan newspaper said.
Analysts said Ahmadinejad had to tread carefully in trying to honour his hardcore backers' beliefs without risking unrest if hard-won freedoms enjoyed under former reformist President Mohammad Khatami were curtailed.
"Ahmadinejad has so far failed to pursue a radical agenda and appears in no mood to carry it out," said a political analyst who asked not to be named.
"He cannot afford unrest in the country, which faces global pressure on its atomic plans."
Western nations, fearing Iran plans to produce nuclear arms, have threatened to press for international sanctions if it does not heed calls to stop uranium enrichment work.
The United States has not ruled out military action, but Iran has said it will not halt its nuclear work, which it says is only aimed at generating electricity.
Last week, Ahmadinejad also said an annual summer campaign on women's dress codes this year should be carried out without force. The code requires women to cover their heads and bodies.
The hardline Ya-Lesarat weekly called on religious people to hold a rally on Friday to condemn "social corruption", including violations of the dress code.
link: http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-27T190533Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-246693-1.xml&archived=False
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