As more women forgo the hijab, Iran's government pushes back

If they don't like the law can't they just vote to change it?

If they don't like the law can't they just vote to change it?

I am amazed at this incredulous question here. Where in the world does the person who wrote this question think these people are living in?

Voting won't remove the Q'uran.

For observant Muslim women, the head covering is a sign of piety before God and modesty in front of men outside their families.

But for observant Muslim men, there is no requirement for piety before God or modesty in front of women outside their families. This is pure discrimination against women to keep them in line, as second class citizens to men who are the first class citizens in Iran.

Time Iran and others took women seriously and treated them as equals in life and deed and not just in words.

If they don't like the law can't they just vote to change it?

Funny story about that...

Khamenei claimed women refusing to wear the hijab are being manipulated. “They are unaware of who is behind this policy of removing and fighting hijab,” Khamenei said. “The enemy’s spies and the enemy’s spy agencies are pursuing this matter. If they know about this, they will definitely not take part in this.”

Have you ever heard such nonsense? This is beyond crazy, even for him.

Iran has finally gone too far and pissed off half their population.

I've had several Iranian female students in my university classes. None of them wore head coverings. All of them were some of the most curious, proficient students I've ever encountered.

Best of luck to them in their home country.

It's a law written by men, of course. Imagine a law written by women telling a man what he can or can't wear! There would be a huge backlash. Oh, hang on......

It is the Q'uran written by men.

In the Quran it’s only recommended to cover hair and body contour, to please Allah or to have more own safety from any potential male offenders outside of family or marriage. Personally I think it has to be put in that historical context, when attractive women were massively attacked or viewed as an easy target and possession item. In addition, it is meant to ensure that men concentrate more on religious issues than being attracted by nice women all day long. That’s also why women use another mosque entry, or sit behind the men or on second floor, so that they can’t be seen. Anyway, there isn’t any strict duty of wearing a hijab or chador written in the Quran. Those are only modern ‘fashion’ items or clothes, maybe not even known those 1400 years ago. The clergy should respect the Quran a bit more and let the women decide themselves on what item they want to wear to cover beauty or if they don’t want to wear such items and instead take the challenge fully and potentially might become a victim if not wearing such things.

If they don't like the law can't they just vote to change it?

Breathtaking naivety.

This White woman,I know is converting too Islam,before this she was not Ill modest,before this she wore rump shakers,she going full Islam,I see her almost everyday,I will probably see her today,she all in

I would really like to see Iran attempt to return to it's pre-Islamic revolutionary self. Of course the theocratic regime keeps trying to shift blame to external enemies for their own corruption.

Because Iran is a democracy, despite all the insistence to the contrary (see the University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies Iranian studies if you have any doubts about that) if the majority decide that the headscarf should be as optional for Islamic Iranians as it is for nonIslamic Iranians, between the directly elected legislators and legislative executive branch, and the directly elected judicial branch oversight committee, it'll happen.

But if it's just among the children of those who gained riches and power under the dictatorship, which the mention of the specific neighborhoods in Tehran suggests, probably not.

Especially given that Iran is well on its way to becoming the industrial, scientific, and economic hub of the ME (that triad tends to lead to being the cultural and fashion hubs too)

Because Iran is a democracy, despite all the insistence to the contrary (see the University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies Iranian studies if you have any doubts about that) i

Looks like a disgraceful program the university is running there. The Press Freedom Index doesn't lie.

Good for the women in Iran. Now for the Saudi, Yemeni, UAE, Jordanian, and Indonesian women.

Iran makes their own laws.

RichardPearce

Because Iran is a democracy, despite all the insistence to the contrary...

OK, so who votes for the Supreme Leader, who has power over the armed forces, judicial system, state television and other key governmental organisations?

Iran is NOT a democracy. It's a theocracy.

2020 the "Supreme" part of the title 'we' insist on using is like "right honorable" for MPs in the UK and Canada.

The directly elected Assembly as a group picks the person to fill the role, but to use the Americanism, that person 'serves at the pleasure' of the Assembly and the Assembly can simply announce he's no longer filling the role, someone else is.

RichardPearce

The directly elected Assembly as a group picks the person to fill the role

But that directly elected Expert Assembly is vetted by the Guardian Council (half of whose members are selected by the Supreme Leader) and also by the Supreme Leader. Can't you see a flaw in a system that the Supreme Leader vets members of the Expert Assembly who appoint him.

Iran is NOT a democracy. It's a theocracy.

RichardPearce

The directly elected Assembly as a group picks the person to fill the role

And just to demonstrate how undemocratic this is: Iran has had only two Supreme Leaders since it became a theocracy in 1979. The current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has held the position since 1989, 34 years.

Disgraceful disregard to the women. Many have been killed.

Disgraceful disregard to the women. Many have been killed.

No they have not.

In the UK, and US where laws required the wearing of masks---there are penalties for breaking the law.

RKL

   Disgraceful disregard to the women. Many have been killed.

> No they have not.

> In the UK, and US where laws required the wearing of masks---there are penalties for breaking the law.

Guess you don't read the news.

"The outcry quickly spread to other cities throughout Iran. According to human rights activists, at least 520 people have been killed in 26 provinces during five months of protests triggered by Mahsa's death, including 60 women. IranWire was able to verify the identities of 28 of the women victims."

Feb 24, 2023

https://iranwire.com/en/women/114163-they-shot-me-sister-the-women-victims-of-iran-protest-crackdown/

Sad.