
Causing tremors
“We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers.”
This is, of course, a completely unprovable assertion. Because even if every Iranian heeded the addled and apparently sex-obsessed Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi and did his or her best to cut out the extracurricular activities and immodest dress, human nature being what it is and religious standards being what they are, there would always be more to do. Human beings are imperfect. Every religious person in every religious tradition can always examine himself and find some way he could be more observant, more religious. And so even if this crazy man were listened to, Iran would still have earthquakes — and that would not make anyone think, Maybe Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi is nuts. Instead, they would just think, What we need now to fix this problem is even more Islam.
“Extramarital sex fuels earthquakes, warns Iran cleric,” from AFP, April 17 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
A SENIOR Iranian cleric has claimed that dolled-up women incite extramarital sex, causing more earthquakes in Iran, a country that straddles several fault lines, newspapers reported today.
“Many women who dress inappropriately … cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes,” Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi told worshippers at overnight prayers in Tehran.
“Calamities are the result of people’s deeds,” he was quoted as saying by reformist Aftab-e Yazd newspaper.
“We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers.”
The Islamic dress code is mandatory in Iran, which has been under clerical rule for more than three decades.
Every post-pubescent woman regardless of her religion or nationality must cover her hair and bodily contours in public. Offenders face punishment and fine….