While Muslim women all over the world forced to wear the hijab and subjected to violence if they do not, and courageous women in the Islamic Republic of Iran are taking off their hijabs as a sign of their resistance to the oppressive Sharia regime under which they live, women in the U.S. Thursday celebrated “World Hijab Day,” stemming from the false narrative that hijab-wearing women are harassed and persecuted in the West, and that they must stand in solidarity with them.
These are the women with whom Western feminists should be standing in solidarity. But they won’t.
“Iran Arrests 29 Women As Headscarf Protests Intensify,” Agence France-Presse, February 2, 2018:
Tehran, Iran: Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday.
Those arrested were accused of public order offences and referred to the state prosecutor’s office, the Fars, ILNA and Tasnim news agencies reported without elaborating.
Chief prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri had played down the escalating protests on Wednesday, saying they were “trivial” and “childish” moves possibly incited by foreigners.
He had been asked about a woman detained earlier this week for standing on a pillar box in a busy street without the mandatory headscarf.
Unprecedented images of at least 11 women protesting the same way had been widely shared on social media.
A prominent human rights lawyer told AFP on Tuesday that one of the detained women had her bail set at more than $100,000 (80,000 euros).
Montazeri said those flouting “hijab” rules — which require headscarves and modest clothing — must have been encouraged by outsiders.
But even religiously conservative Iranians have voiced support for the protests, with many saying that religious rules should be a personal choice.
At least two photos shared on Twitter on Wednesday showed women in traditional black chador robes, standing on pillar box with signs supporting freedom of choice for women….
John Hawk says
Western feminists oppose the male patriarchy, rape culture, and the oppression of women generally. They do this by railing against such injustices as sexist air conditioning rather than focusing on real, bake-in-the-cake subjugation enforced under Islamic law. Their approach is a bit like declaring war on warts and ignoring cancer.
mortimer says
Western feminists are DISGUSTING! They throw these brave women under the bus!
The Islamic veil is the ULTIMATE symbol of MISOGYNY and PATRIARCHY.
StellaSaidSo says
These brave women are the real feminists.
gravenimage says
Yes.
LB says
Western feminists of today are only feminists in name, while in reality being a far-left, man-hating, anti-white, anti-Trump hate group. None of them actually care about women’s rights. Here’s a funny story as proof of that: couple of days ago Formula 1 announced that they are firing their famous “grid-girls” (beautiful models that are kind of like F1 cheerleaders) in order to avoid any potential bogus sexual harassment charges against them, courtesy of the #MeToo movement.
So basically, feminists caused other women to lose their jobs, and it is feared that other big sports industries like the NFL and NBA will follow suit and fire their cheerleaders as well. Oh the irony! The fired grid-girls have took to social networks and slammed feminists hard! Read their responses here:
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/02/01/formula-1-grid-girls-slam-feminists-put-work/
LB says
I should mention that “in order to avoid any potential bogus sexual harassment charges” is not the F1’s formal reason for it, that’s just my (and anyone with a brain) take on it. The official reason is that feminists complained that the grid-girls are objectifying and insulting women, and F1–being the caring women’s right’s champions that they are–kindly obliged.
Garfield says
But somehow these liberal women feel free to insult and disparage the appearances of women they disagree with, like Cher saying Sarah Sanders should stop dressing lke a “sister wife”. So a grid girl in a mini skirt is bad AND a conservatively dressed woman at work is bad?
Horrendous hypocrisy!!!
I am for ACTUAL freedoms for women. Mine to stay home and homeschool and keep the house nice and treat my man like a king, and for grid girls to strut around looking pretty! Freedom not hate.
These crazed feminists would rather support abusive dictatorships than free Americans. Feminists seem to want to infantilize, shame and control women….gee that’s what Islam does. How bizarre…
Carolyne says
The young woman who stood up in public without covering her head is, iMO, equivalent to the young man in China some years ago who challenged a tank at Tiananmen Square in China. I don’t recall if we ever learned what happened to him either. These young women who are challenging the Mullahs are very brave.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Let them go to thé land of nudes, the evil united states. They Will not be allowed to corrupt public. idiots !!
Billy Chickens says
So they must stay in the land of what must be shadows and darkness underneath their clothing – only to be beheaded in the public square, their blood spurting over the cheering crowd who are muslim idiots of evil iran!! Islam is for idiots because they hate their own women.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Billy chickens, it is mithraist christians Who imitate the Satan (holy spirit) that are idiots and too barbaric appearing half-naked líke group of monkeys
gravenimage says
Notice that Ibrahim itace muhammed believes that women who eschew Hijabs are “corrupt public”, but that “marrying” little girls and raping women and using them as sex slaves is perfectly “chaste”.
Muslim “values” in action….*Ugh*.
mortimer says
Ibrahim, remember the words of Jesus :
“WHOEVER BLASPHEMES THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN IN THIS WORLD OR THE NEXT.” Is that what you are doing?
Carol (the 1st) says
Maybe Ibrahim can inform us if this recent post has any truth to it?:
In 1272, the Arabic Islamic Muslims invented the condom, using a goat’s lower intestine. In 1873, the British refined the idea by taking the intestine out of the goat first.
Carolyne says
While most religions at one time or another have banned women exposing their hair and some still do only Islam has the power of the law behind it in this barbaric practice.
Yes, Ibrahim, the US is the land of the free and what a woman chooses to wear or not wear is no one else’s business. Why are you afraid of women’s hair? How silly. How would you react to a real threat? Run and hide?
Carol (the 1st) says
Maybe if these fellows had free-ranging birds with all the attendant love, competition, and passions we would REALLY see some haywire stuff! Sometimes we don’t know when we’re well off.Maybe we should just let them be.
John Hawk says
Well, Ibrahim, welcome! I’m sure events in Raqqa still weigh heavily on you. But fear not, ISIS boy, the rotten corpse known as the Ummah can find another spot for you. In Afghanistan perhaps?
gravenimage says
He’s sad because it’s harder for him to get sex slaves now.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
But churchmen get sex little girls and boys in the evil united states Who they need not crucify their hands and legs before penetrating. Can they still do that to symbolise the practice of churchmen of old ?
Joy D. Brower says
Ibrahim, you’re an idiot – plain & simple!! Keep your muzzie beliefs to yourself, because exposing them on this site only makes “the infidel” ridicule and disrespect you! WhIch, IMHO,is not altogether undeserved…
Carolyne says
Or even get sex at all voluntarily from a woman. .Maybe he needs to turn to young boys as his prophet did.
Walter Sieruk says
The harsh brutal oppression of girls and women in this tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran has ,many times, becomes even worse the forcing females to wear hijab against their will . As this following example reveals.
That heinously cruel and murderous Islamic tyranny of Iran is very brutal and vicious to the Iranian people. Especially regarding females. Both girls and women. For example a teenage girl in Iran was talking to her boyfriend on the phone and then the Islamic state “police” walked over to her and shot her dead. They did that wicked and malicious thing to her because she was talking to her boyfriend and they also didn’t like her clothing. [1] That was a clear cut case of murder and vicious Islamic madness by Iran’s Islamic state “ police”, who call themselves the “Revolutionary Guards”, they got away with their hideous and malice –filled evil because the mullahs as well as other villains in power in that tyrannical Islamic regime
[1] A TIME TO BETRAY by Reza Kahlili page 240
utis says
So much for the argument that wearing hijab is a free choice. And so much for the pussy hats who bitch about female freedom when the target is a paper tiger.
Can we trade those Iranians for a bunch of Pink Hats? 1 for 1, 5 for 1, whatever gets the pinkies over to real oppression of women and saves real feminists.
Guy Forester says
I suggest that the pink hat “ladies” and their male supporters go to Iran and have a “women’s march for freedom.” While wearing their hats. Outside of the supreme ayatollah’s house.
Carolyne says
For a long time I thought those pink hats were pig hats.
Cheer Bear Girl says
Privileged Western Feminists wouldn’t know oppression if it slapped them in the face. The Iranian women are fighting for real freedoms.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
cheer bear girl, you mean freedom to become beast and ugly filthy like Satan (holy spirit)? To hell with it together with holy spirit the leader in burning hellfire
gravenimage says
Note that Ibrahim itace muhammed doesn’t think raping women and children sends you to hell, but daring to take off the slave rag does. Very telling.
Carolyne says
Ibrahim, did you take your meds today? Your mental illness is back.
Carolyne says
Ibrahim, did you take your meds today? Your mental illness is back.
Carolyne says
Sorry, don’t know how that happened, but maybe Ibrahim will get the treatment.he obviously so badly needs.
gravenimage says
Islamic Republic of Iran arrests 29 women for appearing in public without hijab
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Terrible–but this is what I feared.
Guy Forester says
Did anyone really expect anything different from this band of thugs.
MFritz says
There won’t be a revolution. The majority support this system of oppression. And the Western countries look but don’t support the protests.
Those brave men and women will all disappear, most of them tortured, raped and killed. Or in prison for long terms, which in a shithole country such as Iran basically means the same. Especially for the women.
And “our” women? Those fighting for freedom and equality of women – in Western society. Oh, they celebrate “Hijab Day”. Because they’re sooo tolerant…