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Iranian TV Host Accused of Hypocrisy
By: Kerry Date: July 27, 2017, 6:10 pm
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I don't know what to make of this story. The woman's
"hypocrisy" doesn't annoy me that much.
HTML http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-tv-host-islamic-dress-code-azadeh-namdari-conservative-muslim-drinking-beer-no-hijab-a7860731.html
An Iranian state television presenter has sparked outrage after
footage emerged of her drinking beer without wearing a hijab
while on holiday in Switzerland.
The consumption of alcohol in Islam is prohibited and alcohol
has been banned in Iran since the establishment of Islamic
Republic government in 1979.
Islamic dress codes are strictly enforced by 'morality police'
in the country and women’s hair and body must be covered in
public. Wearing the hijab, a head covering worn in public by
Muslim women, is compulsory.
Azadeh Namdari, who is also a presenter and actress, has
actively endorsed wearing the hijab. Hard-line conservative
Iranian newspaper Vatan-e Emruz published a photo of her in a
full hijab in 2014 under the headline: “Thank God, I wear the
veil”.
The TV presenter has also been a keen proponent of the black
chador which is a large piece of cloth that covers women from
head to toe and leaves only the face exposed. It has been
extolled by conservatives for offering women the best
protection.
There was no shortage of people attacking her on social media,
and I can understand their reaction and frustration. Maybe I'm
wrong, but I see her as doing what many if not most people do,
"go along to get along." She probably doesn't really think
drinking beer is so bad and probably doesn't believe what she's
said about wearing the hijab. She's living in a repressive
regime. We could call her a hypocrite; but I think the story
shows us how oppression works.
The presenter has now sought to explain herself in a two-minute
video posted on the Young Journalists’ Club (YJC) news agency
site under the headline: "Azadeh Namdari's reaction to the
publication of scandalous photos in cyberspace".
Ms Namdari said she had been sitting alongside members of her
family and "maharem" - close relatives who a woman is not
required to wear a hijab among – in a park. She claimed her
scarf had fallen abruptly and the clip was immediately recorded
by a random person. She did not mention the bottles of beer in
the video or seek to explain them.
But her explanation has prompted yet further criticism and
people have branded her a “liar” and accused her of attempting
to pull the wool over Iranian's eyes.
In Iran, women who do not wear a hijab or are seen to be wearing
a 'bad hijab' by allowing some of their hair to show face
punishments spanning from fines to imprisonment.
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Of course, she's lying. It would have more sense to say only
that she was with close relatives since the hijab isn't required
then, so why add the detail that hers fell off? The other
woman at the table also isn't wearing a hijab. Did she also
lose hers momentarily at the same precise instant?
Her story also contradicts itself when she says a random person
took the picture. If she was in a private setting with her
family, there wouldn't be any random person. She was in a
park, so according to the strict standards of Iran's morality
police, she should have had her head covered.
Those bottles look like beer to me. Why deny it then? Thank
goodness she kept quiet about the beer.
I think most people in Iran don't support the strict guidelines
the government imposes and most enjoy moments of relaxation when
they don't have to obey them. Should we call it hypocrisy?
Yes, but the hypocrisy is the result of living in such a
repressive regime. If this woman wanted to be a television
host, she couldn't come out and say she was in favor of
allowing people to drink beer or that she was tired of wearing
the hijab.
You could argue that she could have done more good if she had
honestly and courageously attacked values she doesn't agree
with; but could she? Or would she have been silenced
immediately? I don't have the answer on that.
This photo has stirred people up and gotten them to thinking.
When they hear men and women saying on radio or television how
important it is to wear the hijab, how serious are they? Most
Iranians already know that they do not live a country where
people are free to say what they honestly think. They know that
much of it is bogus; and I think this scandal erodes what little
faith some have in their government and in what they hear and
read.
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Re: Iranian TV Host Accused of Hypocrisy
By: guest6 Date: July 28, 2017, 3:12 am
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[Quote]An Iranian state television presenter has sparked outrage
after footage emerged of her drinking beer without wearing a
hijab while on holiday in Switzerland.[/Quote]
They need to be even more outraged with the hypocrisy of the men
especially the religious leaders who impose and enforce those
laws against women.
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Re: Iranian TV Host Accused of Hypocrisy
By: Kerry Date: July 28, 2017, 6:14 am
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[quote author=Heartsong link=topic=1250.msg15657#msg15657
date=1501229531]
They need to be even more outraged with the hypocrisy of the men
especially the religious leaders who impose and enforce those
laws against women.
[/quote]Men who think they will feel more manly by oppressing
women, even beating and raping them in the name of religion and
morality, are not very manly if you ask me.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSeWf3KGMsA
Speaking of hypocrisy: I just found this weird case in
Indonesia too where a Saudi cleric who went on "shariah patrols"
to enforce his ideas about morality found himself in the middle
of a sexting scandal.
HTML http://jakartaglobe.id/news/fpi-leader-rizieqs-alleged-involvement-porn-scandal-odd-conspiracy/
Jakarta Police earlier said sufficient evidence was collected to
name Rizieq a suspect in the case, however lawyers representing
Rizieq said any investigation into a pornography case allegedly
involving the leader should be terminated due to "invalid
evidence," implying the police obtained material illegally
through unauthorized wiretapping.
Usman emphasized that the pornography case was the least
relevant or appropriate charges that could be filed against
Rizieq.
"Even though the police obtained evidence from unknown sources,
the chat itself is a personal domain that did no harm to public
interests," he said.
Usman said pursuing criminal charges against Rizieq relative to
the pornography law could potentially breach the cleric's
personal liberty and freedom of expression as outlined in the
International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to
which Indonesia is a member.
"Of course, it does not mean we can also tolerate when the FPI
uses their force to make other citizens comply with their
ideology in the form of sweeping or any form of violence. It is
the same with the hate speech that Rizieq has conducted on many
occasions," Usman said.
In recent months, FPI members reportedly threatened and abused
netizens for posting damaging opinions about the firebrand
cleric on social media, including a case of a 15-year-old
student in East Jakarta who was beaten by Rizieq followers.
Of course, supporters rushed to defend him no matter if he was
innocent or guilty.
Meanwhile, Ian Wilson, a lecturer in politics and security
studies and a research fellow at Murdoch University’s Asia
Research Center in Perth, Australia, said the allegations
against Rizieq are seen by serious FPI members as an odd
conspiracy against their sacred religious leader.
Wilson, well known for his research on the political economy of
gangs, political violence and organized crime in Indonesia, said
FPI followers believe that law enforcement officials are bending
existing law to criminalize their leader.
"[FPI members] cannot believe it is possible that [Rizieq] could
have done and said the things he has been accused of doing,"
Wilson said. "Many of his believers strongly feel that he is of
a high moral fiber."
"The main issue here I think is the basis in which the
[authorities] are trying to pursue [...] Rizieq," he added.
"And I think it is ironic on one level that [the authorities]
are using a law that in fact the FPI and the other very
conservative groups pushed very hard to have enacted – the porn
law," he said.
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Re: Iranian TV Host Accused of Hypocrisy
By: paralambano Date: July 28, 2017, 10:39 am
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Both of these stories just go to show that the truth will emerge
anyway, somewhere, somehow when people are repressed and for the
oppressors as well since repression is not man's "natural"
state. It's just a matter of time before implosion. A house of
cards.
para . . . .
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Re: Iranian TV Host Accused of Hypocrisy
By: HOLLAND Date: July 28, 2017, 3:18 pm
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^^^In a certain sense, the Iranian TV host is acting with
hypocrisy, but she is reflecting what is going on in Islam.
Mentally, many in Islam are leaving that faith. They've had
enough of it. They have not verbally renounced Islam but they
are subverting it from within.
This subversion takes many forms. The mass migration of Syrians
out of Syria and into Europe is indicating the loss of faith
that they have in Islam. If you're a believer you do not
emigrate to Dar al'Harb. You only do so if you've become tired
of the oppression and continued hostility. For these people,
they have ceased to believe that Paradise is to be found under
the shadow of swords . . .
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