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Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric

category international | gender and sexuality | other press author Tuesday April 20, 2010 13:23author by TalliBean Report this post to the editors

Just when you thought thinks couldn't get any worse: now women are blamed for earthquakes!

A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

Iran is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric's unusual explanation for why the earth shakes follows a prediction by the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12 million inhabitants should relocate.



"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Women in the Islamic Republic are required by law to cover from head to toe, but many, especially the young, ignore some of the more strict codes and wear tight coats and scarves pulled back that show much of the hair. "What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble?" Sedighi asked during a prayer sermon last week. "There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam's moral codes."

Related Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/19/women-blame-earthquakes-iran-cleric

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   Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code     Talibean    Wed Apr 28, 2010 23:41 
   Story well substantiated     Minstrel Boy    Thu Apr 29, 2010 18:09 


 
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