Sharia Alert from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Most of the concertgoers "were not aware of the satanic nature of the concert." Now they have been enlightened. From AP (thanks to all who sent this in):
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran arrested more than 200 music fans at an underground rock concert that one official called a "satanic" gathering and authorities accused the youths of breaking Islamic law.A witness said Sunday that police raided the concert as it was ending late Wednesday near the town of Karaj, some 30 miles west of the capital.
"Police detained the young people who had gathered to enjoy music in a private orchard," said the witness, who requested anonymity for fear of government retaliation.
The arrests come during a recent crack down on "immoral behavior" in Iran, where holding mixed parties or concerts without permission has been forbidden since the 1979 Revolution that brought hardline Shiite Muslim clerics to power.
Calls to authorities were not immediately returned on Sunday. But the public prosecutor in Karaj, Ali Farhadi, said Saturday about 230 people were arrested during the concert.
"Most of them were wealthy young people who were not aware of the satanic nature of the concert," Farhadi told state television. "A female singer, who was performing, and some rock and rap music bands were among the detained."
I better hide my Iron Maiden cd's then!!
How pathetic, Islam means total control!!
That's it! Broadcast "satanic" music into Iran 24/7! Talk about your weapons of mass destruction!
They cannot stand against our sonic might!
"We will, we will, rock you!" - Queen
When I was in Egypt, I knew a Saudi guy there. Seemingly devout Muslim, yet he worshipped heavy metal and was a huge Family Guy fan. Go figure.
I guess the west will be out rioting in the streets next "rage day" to protest against the profiling of music fans ...
This report indicates yet another dimension of weakness we can exploit.
Young men want sex, drugs and rock n roll - give the people what they want!
Rock and Roll ain't noise pollution.
Hey, Hey, my, my; rock and roll will never die.
You gotta fight, for your right, to party.
Start the broadcasts. Death by the dred G cord.
What would Ozzy do?
You mother, get up and get down with the sickness.
These fruit loops want to crack down on immoral behavior? Let them start with those dirty old mule-ahs running Iran. There's probably plenty of immoral behavior going on in the houses of these hypocrites who peddle Satan Khomeini's perverse ideas.
But in Iran, the behaviour going on behind closed doors isn't immoral, it's normal.
In perfect accordance with the edict of the moderate ayatollah Sistani: "All songs (al-ghinã’) are harãm."
tanstaafl,
Interesting that you quote Queen.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) was a Parsi, his ancestors were Zoroastrians who fled Iran to escape Islam. RIP Freddie!
The fervor of Iran's Morality Police and stepped-up Virtue campaigns tells me somethin's shakin'--the Islamic Republic is preparing to fulfill its Apocalyptic Destiny very shortly. Way bad news.
Yes, let's stop this satanic music. Then all off home for a bit of righteous honour killing........
/sarcasm off
ROCK ON!
How can they hate western music when old
armanidinnerjacket looks like a monkey (in both senses of the word).