"Using immoral computer games, storing obscene photos ... and the presence of
women wearing improper hijab were among the reasons why they have been closed
down."
"Our people want their women to be able to go in the streets with respect and
want their dignity to be protected, Our people want the society to be morally
clean."
Only prob - "Our people" means the Mullahs. In their 'clean society' concepts are not easily upgraded to the New Millenial standards of free choice. The Mullahs clean society is a medievel society that sometimes considers concepts like shame and honor so dear (note these dear concepts often reside between the legs of their daughters, sisters, nieces and girl cousins).
In an illegitimate theocratic regime like Iran's, their particular brand of Sha Ria law, alas, is as unpopular as any law, tradition or time honored practice that by design tends to crush the human spirit. And when spirit crushing is in demand - break out the secret police.
Newly appointed Police Chief Brigadier-General Ahmad Reza Radan is no stranger to crisis or extremis. As a young Revo Guard commander in the Iran Iraq war he's dealt with the human spirit and young people too.
Using 1000's of "Besiji's" - essentially teenage boys - many volunteered by their families to fight at the front as a Martyr's Battalion - Radan saw 1st hand the very creative use of human wave attacks when the Armies of the Ayatollah drove the Iraqis out of Iran and began payback counteroffensives that beseiged Basra for nearly six years.
Despite the utmost in faith, tons of plastic keys to the gates of paradise and some of the very first duct tape Red China built - multi groups of boys bound together tended to have the same horrific failed effect when pitted against entrenched tanks, mustard gas and fixed machine gun kill zones.
Even faithful Guard NCO's might suffer a slip of faith now and then. The waste of lives for gains measured in yards totally depressed a younger comrade who openly asked why Allah would allow such carnage among faithful children armed only with a plastic key and unlimited faith in Ayatollah Khomeini. Radan's answer was quite esoteric: "How do you know Allah doesn't require these measures?"
Recently at one of the regimes fake showcase "Police Fairs" Radan was available for questions by concerned citizens about Police crackdowns on music, dress codes and essentially unIslamic activity. One of the reporters of ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency) was brave enough (this source has since disappeared) to quiz the General about a conversation betwixt cops and a girl which he had recorded a few days ago. Here are some parts of the conversation. (The girl is arrested in her car with her date.)
Police officer: Allah has sent me to arrest you and prevent a crime.
Girl: What are you talking about? What crime?
Police officer: You have sat together at this unusual time, inside a dark car, in a deserted area of the city.
Girl: Is it our CRIME? Allah has sent you for this?
Police officer: yeah, Allah knows if I wasn't here on time what a scandal could happen to your family.
Girl: It is not deserted here. There are many people there in the park and so may cars pass by here.
Police officer: I don’t know. I just know Allah has sent me…
ISNA then asked Radan about the admittedly unIslamic concepts of civil rights and if cops should treat people like this. Radan's answering question was quite esoteric
"How do you know that officer was not sent by Allah?"
Great post! I am praying that Israel will lead the way into Iran...they are the most oppressive society on earth...well, maybe tied with Saudi Arabia. I enjoyed reading your post!
ReplyDeleteWow, pretty scary stuff. Anytime someone uses "clean" in that way it makes me cringe at the bad historical associations. Using the inscrutability of Allah's will as a defense is certainly novel and a pretty slippery justification for lots of civil rights abuses.
ReplyDeleteThe world needs more contact with hotties!
ReplyDeleteOk so maybe I just need more time :)
Miss you over at TDR GSGF ^^
(ps. great posts as always)
Those darn kids and their Internets. It's the work of the devil.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. A woman 'offends' you? Well, just kill her. That'll restore honor to her family.
It's hard to wrap my brain around such neanderthal thinking in today's world.
They themselves have no honor, so it is inevitable that they would put this price of honor upon the female of the sexes.
ReplyDelete"I just know Allah has sent me." Does Allah sign their paychecks as well? Is it because we are "infidels" that we don't receive orders from that Allah fella?
Gee, maybe they have it right? If our God and Allah are the same, perhaps we need better receivers so there are no more mix ups.
I am getting so sick and tired of allowing ignorance of this kind to exist.
Wonderflea writ sister!!!
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Yihudi01: "I am praying that Israel will lead the way into Iran."
We're all a bunch of wimps that we have to wait on the already beseiged and overwhelmed Israel. By that I do not mean Israel could not handle it, just that this should not be Israels problem to deal with alone. It is tempting however, as Israel and the Jewish people have been scapegoats for just about everything since the beginning of time; why change a tactic that has been successful for so long? Why reinvent the wheel?
While Israel is at it, how about it does something about all this "global warming" it is responsible for.
You know that guy that had the animal planet(?) show that was stuck in the chest by a manta ray or something? That was the Jewish people too. My car doesn't seem to get as good a gas mileage as it used to; me thinks it's them again.
My butt hurts...look what you people have done to me...I can't find my hat...what about that toe nail I forgot to clip the other day; is Israel gonna let me get back to that now? My eyes are brown and that's not fair...
You gotta admit ... that was a pretty good comeback by Radan ... almost Yoda-like.
ReplyDeleteAllah loves putting the thumb down on the human spirit,the fun stuff! The image is most appropriate and telling...
ReplyDeletehttp://demediacraticnation.blogspot.com/2007/12/highly-confident-friday-sermon-from.html
ReplyDeletewhat tools!..bet the Libs still defend them eh!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas...
ReplyDeleteIt is true the many young Iranians are not happy with the oppressive Mullah state. But it's probably not religious oppression that is going to cause another revolution, it's economics. Nearly every other Iranian between the ages of 25 and 29 is unemployed. Since 70% of the population is under 30, that is a sizable number of the 70 million Iranians.
ReplyDeleteI must have missed that last comment about the cop being sent by Allah. Oh brother.
ReplyDeleteGreat article my friend.
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas.
Debbie Hamilton
Right Truth
This just proves that arabists and their apologists who explain Islamic fundamentalist behavior as a reaction to western atrocities and oppression, are dead wrong. Great post, girlfriend!
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. "Police fairs" . . . don't they sound like just so much fun?
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