Iran Oks 'Nazi' social fabrics

[Mott1]

http://www.nypost.com/commentary/68850.htm

Looking for another source to verify this, but it seems like old Ahmadinejad is at it again.

Just to highlight a few quotes in the article:

The law mandates the government to make sure that all Iranians wear "standard Islamic garments" designed to remove ethnic and class distinctions reflected in clothing, and to eliminate "the influence of the infidel" on the way Iranians, especially the young, dress.

It also envisages separate dress codes for religious minorities, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians, who will have to adopt distinct color schemes to make them identifiable in public. The new codes would enable Muslims to instantly recognize non-Muslims so that they can avoid shaking hands with them by mistake, and thus becoming najis" (unclean).

According to Ahmadinejad, the new Islamic uniforms will establish "visual equality" for Iranians as they prepare for the return of the Hidden Imam

And we are going to allow this nut case to have nukes?

What is already labeled "the Islamic clothes revolution" will not be limited to Iran. Tehran has already sent a team to Lebanon to inform the Hezbollah of the new law and train cadres to impose it on Lebanese Shiites.

And just in time! Hezbollah militants can now look flashy in their new duds while launching their rockets.

"Our aim is to make sure that every Muslim, wherever he or she happens to be on this earth, is a living and walking symbol of Islam," says Pourhardani.

...Right.

 

[Chieftess]

I think I read that somewhere - might've been made up. Not sure, though.

EDIT: Googling a quote from the article is nice.

179 referrences. Atleast two on the first page dispute the claim. One of those is the #1 entry.

 

[Alpine Trooper]

A similiar story appeared in the Globe and Mail about a month ago and was completely false.

 

[Mott1]

I think I read that somewhere - might've been made up. Not sure, though.

EDIT: Googling a quote from the article is nice.

179 referrences. Atleast two on the first page dispute the claim. One of those is the #1 entry.

Iran seems to deny this, however they only deny the bill passed for separate dress codes for religious minorities. However their was a motion for it.

Mr. Kermanian said the subject of "what to do with religious minorities" came up during debates leading up to the passing of the dress code law.

"It is possible that some ideas might have been thrown around," he said.

"But to the best of my knowledge the final version of the law does not demand any identifying marks by the religious minority groups."

Ali Reza Nourizadeh, an Iranian commentator on political affairs in London, suggested that the requirements for badges or insignia for religious minorities was part of a "secondary motion" introduced in parliament, addressing the changes specific to the attire of people of various religious backgrounds.

Mr. Nourizadeh said that motion was very minor and was far from being passed into law.

Although, there are those who believe that this bill was passed:

"In any case, there is no way that they could have forced Iranian Jews to wear this," he added. "The Iranian people would never stand for it." However, Mr. Kermanian added that Jews in Iran still face widespread, systematic discrimination.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, acknowledged that he did not have any independent confirmation of the requirement for Jews to wear badges, but said he still believes it was passed.

"We know that the national uniform law was passed and that certain colours were selected for Jews and other minorities," he said.

"[But] if the Iranian government is going to pass such a law then they are not likely to be forthcoming about what they are doing."

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/...84a95-622e-4830-9a57-ed004fe805ec&k=31543&p=2

 

[amadeus]

Old article.

 

[Shaihulud]

Its fake, and the paper who first published it has apologised for it.

 

[Sidhe]

What sells newspapers, Iran is the Evil stories, it's hardly a suprise that sooner or later they'd run out of ideas and someone would start making it up. Personally without giving the man a chance to speak for himself how are we supposed to know anything about what he thinks? All we get are edited sound bites? If we are portraying him correctly, he's never said anything worth listening to in his life, which begs the question how the hell did he get into government, if all he spouts is fundementalist propaganda? It's not like ordinary Iranians are all religous nuts right? Personally I think there is a deliberate campaign to paint Iran as the most evill government on Earth by certain medias, in a we are so right stylee. If this doesn't take the cake though. Personally I think the mans a fool for saying certain things, but since I have nothing else he has said to judge him on how can I make an informed decision, and in fact how can anyone? Except maybe the Iranians who are living in the country and they aren't exactly talking now are they The only positive thing I've seen about Iran was the BBC report from Iran whre they gott to talk to governement officials who tried to explain there position, I don't agree with their style of government, I mean Democracy when you only have religous leaders to vote for is hardly true democracy, but it is theirs and I respect their right to decide for themselves, I also respected there simple and starightforward answers to honest questions, if they don't like their governement I'm sure they'll kick off, like most countries do when they need revolution. I mean Blair and Bush are hardly popularity kings in their own country now are they. Anyone getting the impression that War mongers are going out of fashion? Let's hope so eh?

 

[shahreevar]

to sidhe:

i should add that most iranians dont like their governmet, but since it takes a super bloody revolutuin to get rid of them, and since the memories of the last revolution, and those of the iran-iraq war are still fresh, it will take some time. light shall overcome darkness eventually.

 

[amadeus]

What sells newspapers, Iran is the Evil stories, it's hardly a suprise that sooner or later they'd run out of ideas and someone would start making it up. Personally without giving the man a chance to speak for himself how are we supposed to know anything about what he thinks?

I agree, we should put him on TV every day to show the world what a freakazoid this goober really is.

All we get are edited sound bites? If we are portraying him correctly, he's never said anything worth listening to in his life, which begs the question how the hell did he get into government, if all he spouts is fundementalist propaganda?

How do you think he got there? The "vote" of the average Iranian doesn't matter, it's all in the hands of the Ayatollah.

I don't agree with their style of government, I mean Democracy when you only have religous leaders to vote for is hardly true democracy, but it is theirs and I respect their right to decide for themselves, I also respected there simple and starightforward answers to honest questions,

for cultural relativism.