Narges Hosseini is an actual feminist. Where are the feminists of the West speaking up for her right not to wear the hijab? Linda Sarsour? Anyone?
Women such as Narges Hosseini and Vida Movahed deserve the wholehearted support of all free people. That they do not receive it from the supposedly feminist Left reveals the self-serving hypocrisy of Western feminists.
“Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison,” Center for Human Rights in Iran, February 6, 2018:
Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 years, including “encouraging immorality or prostitution.”
“Ms. Hosseini did not even appear in court to express remorse for her action. She said she objects to the forced hijab and considers it her legal right to express her protest,” Hosseini’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 5, 2018.
Hosseini, 32, has been in detention since January 29, 2018. She was unable to pay the $135,000 USD bail set by the judge presiding over her case.
She was arrested on January 29, 2018, for posting a photo on social media of herself standing on a bench holding her white headscarf like a flag on Tehran’s Revolution’s Street.
All women in Iran are required to cover their hair and bodies in public.
Vida Movahed was the first woman to be arrested after she did the same thing in late December 2017 in Tehran. The act of removing your headscarf in public and waving it like a flag has become a symbol for the “Girls of Revolution Street” movement, which advocates choice over compulsion for women’s clothing.
“Ms. Hosseini is being held in difficult circumstances in Gharchak Prison [south of Tehran] but she is not prepared to say she is sorry,” Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer, told CHRI. “She believes she’s innocent.”
Hosseini is facing the charges of, “openly committing a harām [sinful] act” and “violating public prudency” under Article 638 and “encouraging immorality or prostitution” under Article 639.
According to Article 639 of Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, “The following individuals shall be sentenced to one year to 10 years’ imprisonment… A – Anyone who establishes or directs a place of immorality or prostitution. B – Anyone who facilitates or encourages people to commit immorality or prostitution.”
Article 638 states, “Anyone in public places and roads who openly commits a harām [sinful] act, in addition to the punishment provided for the act, shall be sentenced to two months’ imprisonment or up to 74 lashes; and if they commit an act that is not punishable but violates public prudency, they shall only be sentenced to 10 days to two months’ imprisonment or up to 74 lashes.”
Hosseini’s lawyer also rejected a senior judicial official’s claim that her client is a drug addict….
Andy says
Why is it that Islam always forces people if they don’t want to do something, Where Judeo-Christian belief is choice to choose. God gave us a free will. We all have that right but in Islam you don’t???
We should all have a prayer for that brave young lady. That she come out of this alright.
Lydia Church says
Yes, where is all the global rallying for her and those like her????
All I hear is… crickets.
roger woodhouse says
You may well ask ‘where are the feminsts’?They dare not pronounce on such a tricky issue as they fear being labled ‘racists’.They are trapped by the one thing they have all supported namely ‘Political correctness’.There is not one of them who dares to speak out on this.So the bandwaggon continues rollong.
john says
Allah the chauvinist PIG. Figures.
Sue says
Could someone set up a Go Fund
Me page for this brave young woman?
roberta says
Im glad to read she is still living. Still standing up for her God given rights is a bonus.
CRUSADER says
This occurring as the White Wednesdays and the Stealthy Freedom movements are increasing….
with the book by Masih Alinejad “Wind in my Hair” about to come out in bookstores….later this year.
Indiana Tom says
Narges Hosseini is an actual feminist. Where are the feminists of the West speaking up for her right not to wear the hijab? Linda Sarsour? Anyone?
Yeah, I keep telling my pro-feminist daughter that Western Feminism is a joke and the group supporting Linda Sarsour destroys their credibility. She just gets mad at me.
I love Iranian Feminism.
gravenimage says
+1
Amnon says
How ironic; loreal employed a hijab wearing model, mow redundant, this woman is on inspiration.
Will says
The useless western feminists are busy knitting Pusey-hats to mock Western misogyny …. Western feminism has morphed into neurotic femininity with a feral hatred of white western males …… Pathetic really ……
Champ says
They are so depraved and off the deep end and completely focused on control–it’s their highest imperative.
gravenimage says
So true, Champ.
terry says
Yep. “Empowerment” = enslavement…
gravenimage says
Woman arrested for removing hijab refuses to repent despite facing 10 years in prison
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My God, Narges Hosseini is a brave woman.
Champ says
Yes–she’s very brave, Graven.
Michael Copeland says
Seconded.
tim gallagher says
Extraordinary courage by this woman. It would take such bravery to display this type of courage as one tiny individual ( or part of a small group) up against a huge, repressive state machinery. Whenever I see reports of courage like this I think back to that most courageous person that I can remember, the man standing in front of the tank in China in Tianamen (not sure how to spell it) Square. Just crazy courage. Good luck to Narges Hosseini, a true heroine.
PriklyPete says
The very latest to show this extraordinary courage are the Bundy’s and the Hammonds against a tyrannical government within the USA, of course you wouldn’t understand.
Older Canadian says
And again our great western feminists snd leaders are silent.
Justin trudeau the self proclaimed feminists where is your voice. You are running around the world preaching your supposedly equality ethics. Oh sorry forgot when it comes to Iran you are silent as it might interfere with your economic trade with them. Dirty money is more important than any female’s life.
CRUSADER says
Sour Sister, Linda “the bug” Sarsour is such a fake!
The apostate feminists are far more feminist that the bug can ever be.
There is a growing number of ordinary Muslim citizens in the West who are currently braving death threats and even official punishment in dissenting from Islamic orthodoxy and calling for the reform of Islam. These individuals are not clergymen but “ordinary” Muslims, generally educated, well read, and preoccupied with the crisis of Islam.
Among them are:
Samia Labidi (France), Afshin Ellian (Netherlands),
Maajid Nawaz (UK), Ehsan Jami (Netherlands),
Naser Khader (Denmark), Seyran Ateş (Germany),
Yunis Qandil (Germany), Bassam Tibi (Germany),
Raheel Raza (Canada), Zuhdi Jasser (U.S.), Nonie Darwish (U.S.),
Wafa Sultan (U.S.), Saleem Ahmed (U.S.), Ibn Warraq (U.S.),
Asra Nomani (U.S.), Irshad Manji (U.S.) …. and ….
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (U.S.)
http://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/08/who-is-gagging-islams-liberals/
Who is Gagging Islam’s Liberals?
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Older Canadian says
Well in canada it is our liberal prime minister trudeau with M-103. In ontario it is also the liberal government via their human rights tribunal. Muslims who want freedom are ignored or belitted, for anyone else a gag is preferable vs a huge fine and/or jail time. This is done under diversity and tolerance.
Ziba Delavar says
My soul shatters to see western feminists and governments putting Islam and hijab on pedestal given that they do not have to suffer one second under this cruel and barbaric ideology. I have one question which I would like to put here but my question is to western feminists, governments and people on the left.
What would you do if in America or anywhere in the west there was a law in the 21st century which imposed death penalty for leaving Christianity? I wish there was one feminist, one member of the elite be it in the media, academia, entertainment or government who could answer this one question.
Eric jones says
This is an important challenge to Sharia itself. I hope the so called human rights community and feminist rise to the defense of the Iranian women. During the 50’s and 60’s women in Turkey did not wear the hijab. May God these women.
Eric
Eric jones says
This is an important challenge to Sharia itself. I hope the so called human rights community and feminist rise to the defense of the Iranian women. During the 50’s and 60’s women in Turkey did not wear the hijab. May God help these women.
Eric
underbed cat says
There are no human rights in islamic sharia based countries…..or tolerance or justice especially for woman.
Canada may soon join or slip under the yoke of sharia….and many who fled sharia will find it once again, Trudeau continues to submit to something such as sharia and listen to the professionals of Islam steer him into delusion if m-103 passes so we will need a northern wall.
The woman defying sharia in islamic countries are at risk.
Z says
God bless that woman
CRUSADER says
Nonie Darwish ~
important concise speech about Islam ideology
at The Conservative Forum 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ6SbdpwZxw
With spontaneity and persistence, Nonie Darwish — who lived the first thirty years of her life under the forced yoke of a police state — thanked America for freeing her from the Islamic ideology that enslaves women dictated by the Qur’an. Explaining the differences between Islam and America to Forum attendees, Nonie Darwish stated that Judeo-Christian culture is completely different as regards the relationship between men and women. Under sharia law, women have very few rights. One example: in a sharia court of law if there are two witnesses and one is a man and one is a woman, the man will always prevail. Sharia law is the divine law of Islam. Sharia supersedes all others — forbidding freedom of speech, religion, and gender equality.
abu taleb says
Bravo, Narges Hosseini. You are the real hero
abu taleb says
> Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 years, including “encouraging immorality or prostitution.”
And yet, Iran is supporting prostitution by allowing mut’a marriage which is based on Quran and hadiths.
Muslims will say anything to achieve their purposes, including lying, slander and double standard
gravenimage says
So true.
al uzza bint-allaha says
as long as islam holds reign in iran, the iranians will be the tools of their arab masters.
Z says
If history has taught me anything, it’s that if you want to make a change, you have to risk your life.
al uzza bint-allaha says
before life risking, change comes with a change in one’s convictions. if iranians realize islam has brought them nothing good and everything miserable, then they have a chance at change. if not, it’s the same old rotting tooth, patched over and over again.
I’m saying this as an eye witness of an anti-communist revolt back in my youth, which changed the social and political system of my old country overnight. people knew what the problem was, and eventually got rid of it by force.
if that isn’t high speed change, i don’t know what else is.
Z says
The Iranian government isn’t enforcing Islam because it brings “good” they enforce it because it makes them powerful
underbed cat says
The left needs an education on islam. Not the the fantasy islam.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
https://www.rt.com/news/418167-libyan-children-execution-game/
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/07/linda-sarsour-to-chuck-schumer-tired-of-white-men-negotiating-on-the-backs-of-people-of-color/
Brian says
Lord please watch over this very brave woman.
Karen says
Thank you for that lovely prayer Brian, amen to that.
Karen says
I’m absolutely humbled by Ms. Hosseini. She is one of the few to counteract the global effort to whitewash the oppression behind the hijab. This year, for the first time in the several years I’ve followed World Hijab Day, several Muslims in the US spoke out against the wearing of the hijab. I’m convinced it is due to the inspiration provided by Ms. Hosseini and other brave Iranian women. They are bright spots in a dismal flood of lies and deception. I so hope and pray that Ms. Hosseini, and all Iranian woman involved with the recent protests, will be released from prison soon.
Relic says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G18RSD6PPRA
Georg says
Western women who align with Sarsour et al. and don’t go off the handle supporting this woman are sheer scum.
Sarah says
“Narges Hosseini is an actual feminist.” No, Mr. Spencer, she’s far more than that.
It is easy to be a true feminist – just as it is easy to be one of these intersectional faux-feminists that we see today (such as the entire cabinet of Sweden’s government). Just like it’s easy for me to sit here and bash away at my keyboard, announcing my opinions on these topics. It’s too bloody easy.
This woman is a goddamned hero. She is defiantly brave, overwhelmingly courageous. She is astonishing in her determination.
She is a better woman than I am. She is a braver, more courageous, more principled human being than the vast majority of us.
How many of us would risk 10 years in a hellish Iranian prison where there is no such thing as human rights, where she is guaranteed to be tortured, interrogated and raped – should she be sentenced for what she has done – in order to stand up for literally ANY of our beliefs, no matter what they may be?
She is a lioness. She is amazing. She makes me proud to be a woman and to be a human being. Buggar bloody feminism, she is a principled, strong, courageous and brave member of our species. If any Iranian deserves asylum in the West – it is this woman. And hell, despite not knowing her from a bar of soap, I would genuinely offer her a room in my home, if it came down to it, for what she has done.
It is no mean feat for her to stand up and have this stance, in Iran of all places.
Susette says
Spot on, Sarah….Thank you!
MFritz says
She knows that they won’t let her live anyway, even if she submits and accepts their “justice”.
MFritz says
10 years in prison? Where do you think she will be in 2 years in prison? There are many reports about rape, torture and the conditions in Iranian Jails. And she’s not a petty criminal but a political prisoner. AND a young woman.
And have you read about the many disappearences of protesters? Do you think these people will simply “re-appear”?
AP says
I have great respect for this woman. A true Braveheart!
Laura says
The poor brave girl will be subjected to the usual ‘virginity’ testing, sexual assault, denied medical care, and then she will probably be found to have died, mysteriously, in her sleep.
Manny says
Of all the Muslim ethnicities, the Iranian people (not the mullahs) are the most likable. Perhaps there is a chance that Islam collapses in Iran.
Susette says
I am a Western feminist liberal and I abhor the hijab, Linda Sarsour and the Western feminists and men that don’t stand against Islam’s oppression of women. We must champion that ALL muslim women in every nation make their own choice to wear a hijab or not, and not be commanded by islamic theocracies or “tradition” or “culture”.
This is a brave Iranian woman, and she has far more courage than the hijabi Linda Sarsour and her ilk.