As we know by now, summertime is when the air warms, the sun shines and the ladies wear less. I used to live on a coast and the time between May and October was always the highlight for me, the sights were truly wonderful to behold.
Not in Iran. Summertime means a crack-down on Western clothing, hairstyle and anything else deemed haram, or forbidden. This time the main object of their ire is gold chains, necklaces or anything we know as bling.
This is more of the same Islamic mindset which brought us the Ayatollah Kohmeine, leader of the 1979 iranian Islamic revolution saying "There is no humor in Islam"
From The Guardian June 14 by Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Necklace ban for men as Tehran's 'moral police' enforce dress code
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iranian men have been banned from wearing necklaces in the latest crackdown by the Islamic regime on "un-Islamic" clothing and haircuts.
Thousands of special forces have been deployed in Tehran's streets, participating in the regime's "moral security plan" in which loose-fitting headscarves, tight overcoats and shortened trousers that expose skin will not be tolerated for women, while men are warned against glamorous hairstyles and wearing a necklace.
The new plan comes shortly after the Iranian parliament proposed a bill to criminalise dog ownership, on the grounds that it "poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the west".
The Irna state news agency said the trend was aimed at combating "the western cultural invasion" with help from more than 70,000 trained forces, known as "moral police", who are sent out to the streets in the capital and other cities.
With the summer heat sweeping across the country, many people, especially the young, push the boundaries and run the risk of being fined, or even arrested, for wearing "bad hijab" clothing.
Women in particular are under more pressure because of the restriction on them to cover themselves from head to toe. Men are allowed to wear short-sleeved shirts, but not shorts.
(.)Last summer authorities in Tehran also released a list of approved hairstyles in an attempt to offer Islamic substitutes to "decadent" western cuts, such as the ponytail and the mullet.
What is it about the mullet which has people so upset? Maybe they watched the movie "Joe Dirt" too many times.
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Not in Iran. Summertime means a crack-down on Western clothing, hairstyle and anything else deemed haram, or forbidden. This time the main object of their ire is gold chains, necklaces or anything we know as bling.
This is more of the same Islamic mindset which brought us the Ayatollah Kohmeine, leader of the 1979 iranian Islamic revolution saying "There is no humor in Islam"
From The Guardian June 14 by Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Necklace ban for men as Tehran's 'moral police' enforce dress code
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iranian men have been banned from wearing necklaces in the latest crackdown by the Islamic regime on "un-Islamic" clothing and haircuts.
Thousands of special forces have been deployed in Tehran's streets, participating in the regime's "moral security plan" in which loose-fitting headscarves, tight overcoats and shortened trousers that expose skin will not be tolerated for women, while men are warned against glamorous hairstyles and wearing a necklace.
The new plan comes shortly after the Iranian parliament proposed a bill to criminalise dog ownership, on the grounds that it "poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the west".
The Irna state news agency said the trend was aimed at combating "the western cultural invasion" with help from more than 70,000 trained forces, known as "moral police", who are sent out to the streets in the capital and other cities.
With the summer heat sweeping across the country, many people, especially the young, push the boundaries and run the risk of being fined, or even arrested, for wearing "bad hijab" clothing.
Women in particular are under more pressure because of the restriction on them to cover themselves from head to toe. Men are allowed to wear short-sleeved shirts, but not shorts.
(.)Last summer authorities in Tehran also released a list of approved hairstyles in an attempt to offer Islamic substitutes to "decadent" western cuts, such as the ponytail and the mullet.
What is it about the mullet which has people so upset? Maybe they watched the movie "Joe Dirt" too many times.
Read it all
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