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  • may the young girls and women of this country and all other supressed muslim countries stand up and be brave god bless you all the free west is with you.

  • These women are only expressing their voices & to be arrested is just ridiculous. My guess is muslim men are afraid to give their women equal rights. They'd prefer silent women with cooking skills....but according to them they must "honor thy husband" what a load of shit...honor thy whore husband...while you women sit at home, your husbands seek "HAPPY ENDINGS". But that's another story...I applaud these women for taking that extra step further....

  • Before anyone says that Islam oppresses women....

    Of the 5 largest majority Muslim countries, 4 of them have had a female head of state and/or government.

    Of the 5 largest majority Christian countries, 2 of the them have had a female head of state and/or government

  • @TheDirtyPaki here in amerika.... hypocrites are so common because they are not Muslim, so unfortunately they think their lives are normality...

  • @TheDirtyPaki yeah, like Cleopatra for egypt, right? dont try to fool people with some number tricks, ur overall participation rate of women in politics is still close to zero, unlike in the western world

  • @semperFi4ever100

    Indonesia-Megawati Sukarnoputri

    Bangladesh- Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina

    Pakistan-Benazir Bhutto

    Turkey- Tansu Ciller

    There have been others two but these are the 4 largest ones.

    fyi....in my country the percentage of women in Parliament is 22.5%, in your congress it is less than 17%. Source: ipu.org

    Don't try to comment about something you know nothing about...you're just reinforcing the stereotype that Americans are stupid and ignorant.

  • @TheDirtyPaki right, lets have that discussion; just a quick check on the wikipedia entry on something called "female holders of political offices" tells me that in the US alone there have been 38 women in significant political positions yet, in all those countries u r citing taken together, there have been 24(again, in significant offices) not even that i wanna argue with u about islamic systems and women, but the koran clearly states women r second class humans and thats what i thinnk is wrong

  • @TheDirtyPaki Maybe....but in "Christian" countries (although I'm not really sure what that means) women can wear what they want and don't have to worry about being stoned to death.

  • @thatmagicworkstoo

    In which would you be stoned to death for wearing what?

    btw of the 56 majority Muslim countries, 4 of them have a dress code. Turkey and Tunisia have banned the veil and Saudi Arabia and Iran require it. Other than that women can wear whatever they want to in the remaining countries.

    don't act like you know shit when you don't.

  • @TheDirtyPaki I wasn't speaking specifically about Islamic dress code, just Islamic oppression of women in general. Also, being a "majority Muslim country" does not mean they are controlled by islamic law. I'm assuming you're a Muslim. Here's a piece of advice, straight from me to you. Get off of Youtube and start getting angry about Muslim women being treated as second class citizens under sharia law. Only the most barbaric of citizens could possibly adhere to such an awful system.

  • I missed the MAN's rights in the west !

  • @the burst of sunshine men are not soulless... these women are brave, i admit, but they are not going to get anywhere... what they are doing is wrong... they should be in jail... i am a woman myself, and i am quite happy and content with the laws of shariah, :) please note that the laws are here to protect us as women and to guard ourselves, not to humiliate us... these women are humiliating some.. :/

  • And the women were like, "I hate cooking!"

    And the men were like, "Shut up bitch, and make me a sandwhich! Extra Mayo!"

  • This is very sad, I wish men could be born as women, it would be open their eyes.

  • prophet Muhammed ordered us to protect to our women, to take care and to support them, to respect them. Prophet Muhammed (saws) "When a women has a bad quality you don't like, Don't be angry and make it up with a good quality she has."

    as a Muslim man and follower of sunnah, I vote for rights of women. May Allah guide ummah

  • Its funny the Zionist controlled AlJazeeraEnglish ware womans cant vote ore drive cars.

  • women are stupid, and are meant to be exploited since 100000 years ago. Protecting women will interfere with nature, and leads to imbalance of sexual selection, and gradual extinction of fittest individuals, who are often not physically appealing to the females.

  • @acid612

    Mmm, you continue to prove one fact to me: Men are souless. They deserve to die for the pain they have caused throughout history. We only need a couple of men to continue the existence of the human race anyway.

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  • @TheBurstofSunshine You do not understand the nature. You cannot say why a horse is born to be a horse. Women, all their life is devoted to find a sexual mate. In retrospect in history, men have done all the work: they fought in wars, they got food, they invented all the science, ... almost all scientists and leaders, and overwhelming number of great people were males. The equality of men and women is baseless from the very beginning, like the equality of horses and human

  • @acid612

    You continue to prove my point: Men = souless. Men start wars, it's men's job to finish the wars (while of course making everyone miserable, because they're souless). Men only strived so hard to "invent" science because they're attention whores, again that's beause they're souless. It's not only men who collect food, females do it too, and they do it out of the goodness of their hearts and for their children, because they're not souless like men. Please die now, thank you.

  • @TheBurstofSunshine Thanks for wishing me to die ! I never do so for you. I respect females, and, in my capacity, treat them all even better than male competitors. Women and men have different skills, and they complement each other in the society.

    One last comment, an important one: that men are soulless is a charade. Women Are Immoral. They are immoral in choosing their partners, they are immoral in treating their partners, and given circumstances, can be 1000 times worse than men as rulers.

  • @acid612

    You CONTINUE to keep proving my point: Men are souless. Take a look back through history. Take all the most horrible things women have done and they still can't compare to the amount of evil/pain one simple souless man can inflict. Women just have to realise that in order to protect the future, they must take action and murder male born babies as soon as they can. And you can't possibly have respect for females, you're obviously male and that means one thing.... YOU'RE SOULESS!!!!! XD

  • @TheBurstofSunshine Come on! lets cut these pointless discussions and be friends :D esmet chi boooood??? :D shomali nisti ke , akhe shomalia dokhtarash kheili zoreshon ziade loooooooooool

  • @acid612

    Men= Souless!!!!! loooooooooooooooooooooool

  • @TheBurstofSunshine Holy shit! Come on, are you gonna murder us all? We can be really nice to you, at least I can.

  • @acid612 i agree with some of your answers... but we, as women, our duty to the men i think is to care for them and take care of the children, elderly, and the sick. As well as to spread dawah. ;) but dont quote me on that... these are just my views. :)

  • @AleshiaABAX you are so sweet ! I wish you and all Iranian women all the best

  • @acid612 lol thanks, ;) im not Iranian, but thanks ;)

  • I admire the women of Iran for fighting for their rights.

  • another instance, a woman wanted to divorce her husband, so he decides to falsely accuse her of adultery, under the Zina Law a man is always believed over the women. Even if the woman is innocent of any crime, she ends up in jail anyway. The law does not protect woman at all.

  • most women in Iran do not have any rights..For instance Du'a Khalil Aswads age 17, she was stoned to death in an honor killing. Her crime was being seen with a man from another sect, they accused her of marrying him when, and later after they killed found out that she had not married outside her sect.

  • ffs is like selling ice to eskimos....if they wish to usher in a new age of liberty for all humankind maybe they shud be struggling for womens rights here in the uk etc

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  • @saxplayerale ...if women didnt exist the world would have fallen apart already, and you would be having sex with animals and other men..

  • make me an sandwitch then we can talk women rights

  • Not all the men are whores in Iran.

    My father is the best man whom I've never meet in my life.

    The real problem in Iran is the government.

  • @naziladegol

    is it the government?or the religious hierarchy [since 1979] that government may be afraid of?

  • TIME TO BAN ISLAM PERIOD! fuck islam, fuck muslim men, destroy them, beat the shit out of all of them. WE ALL NEED ANOTHER 21ST CENTURY CRUSADE AGAINST MUSLIM, BURNING ALL KORANS AND DESTROYING EVERY FUCKING MUSLIM COUNTRY OUT OF EXISTENCE. BAN THE NAME MUHAMMED, MAKE SURE YOU DRAW MUHAMMED WITH A GOAT'S BODY

  • @rodentgungfu a new crusade might be a bit overkill. nut if your gonna make one, make sure that you force the assholes(the brainwashed and insane men AND women AND kids) to eat pig. and let the pig be served to them with several quran's which should be used as dishes ;)

    oh and when your done, destroy all legion in general. hell, if you don't wanna, then i'll do it.

  • Iranian women seem to have more courage that Saudi women. All Muslim women need to find the courage to break from the traditions of Islam! All women are free and equal to men. This is the 21st century, not 7th century. Time to evolve. Your holy books are but myths. Look into your heart for the truth.

  • i am a muslim my self but hate the Islamic republic of Iran with all my heart..this is not a matter of Jews, Christians or any racism that ppl comment on here ,it has nothing to do with dat, this is purely a group of religious dictators that need to be assassinated..

  • ...well Educated innocent ppl who have no right of Humanity or speech, after the islamic regime revolution in1979, These new Dictator leaders have ruined and robbed every single civilian in iran,This country is loosing it's History as the new generation veiws the country on news, constantly outer muslims whom are not Iranians and not experienced the before and after living of the 1979 islamic republic revolution think iran is better off now than it has ever been,!?

  • What makes me upset is the fact Iran has extremely ..qualified women, unlike the Arab ,Afghani,Paki or other islamic country's around it, whom don't have access to the education,and this is constantly mistakend by the western mind, Iran was invaded by muslim Arabs for 600 yrs and couldn't change the phillosophy or the Parsi language,that's right its farsi now, coz the arabs couldnt pronounce "P", neway this country is being run by Arab Dictators, who run a country full of educated innocent ppl

  • Iranian women are standing in the front raw in figtheing agianst dictatorship and for their rights.

  • IN 2010, women have rights. I argue with this for the fact they are just sex objects. Due to the fact that they are fatter these days, I think we need to starve women forcefully, to end the reign of FEMINISM! HEIL HITLER!

  • That was the most stupid comment i ever heard.

  • If women are too weak to stop this they deserve to be second class citizens.

  • If some men are selfish enough to not stay in their child's life after getting the women pregnant, Then they deserve to be second class citizens.

  • becuse quran says that whoman is whorth as half a man!Lie lie!It is not true!

  • Do you KNOW that the FIRST FACIST political organisation in Britain was actually founded by a woman ? AND . "It was called the fascisti, then changed its name to the British Fascists/ BLACK SHIRT ?... it was founded... in 1923, by WHORE NAMED Miss Rotha Lintorn-Orman," ..THAT IS the "Feminine movement for you

  • I am not feminist I am homanist, I am against islam and USA opression, Israel politics are bad and Palestinian terorists are bad, so I am against of beating whoman, what cind of man kolut hit a woman?!?

  • ziviogaannj

    Have U heard about Operation Kratos ( SHOOT TO KILL INNOCENTS), that Invented in NAZI Israel?

    Ur Secular System allowed To shoot dead Jean Charles de Menezes in ln London underground tube, just BCOZ of Democratic legislated Law "shoot to kill " based on "suspicion Law" !

    In Islam there is NO suspicion law Quran 49:12(i.e U R Innocent till U Proved Guilty)

    If Your democracy does NOT safeguard my Basic Human rights " RIGHT TO LIVE"

    THEN FUCK YOUR DEMOCRACY

  • My democracy!?Best Democracy was in the start of Greek civilisation, best political movment in history is Greek movement Ostrakizm, today many west countries exsplote other, and Israel's politics today is much worse but islam politic is bad and ugly to and teachs to hate Jews and all non muslims, that are the bad sides of both, offcorse there are many good people on both sides that suffer this sodomic situation!

  • Best Democracy was in the start of Greek civilisation

    ziviogaannj

    Was NOt your Democracy allowed Hitler to be in Power?...Remeber that Hitler was democraticly ELECTED to power to do war CRIMES, in the same WAY FACIST COROATS SERBS AND NAZI GOYIM JEWS DO ELECT THEIR WAR CRIMINALS TO DO WAR CRIMES IN THEIR OWN NAMES.

    If Your democracy does NOT safeguard my Basic Human rights " RIGHT TO LIVE"

    THEN FUCK YOUR DEMOCRACY

  • Ur democracy means that PEOPLE have NO RIGHTS, PEOPLE's FATE is at Hand wishy washy mood of MAJORITY MOBs .

    That Brazilian guy Jean Charles de Menezes shot dead in London underground tube, is BCOZ of a Democratic Legislated Parliamentarian passed law "Shoot to kill" based on "suspicion law" !In Islam there is NO suspicion law Quran 49:012 i.e U R Innocent till U Proved to be Guilty

    IF ur democracy does NOT safeguard my basic Human RIGHT "RIGHT TO LIVE"

    Then F U C K your Democracy.

  • While Allah ordered all Muslims MALE and FEMALE To DIREACT Rule all our Own affairs DIRECTLY see Quran [42:38] and according to Quranic DEFINED HUMAN RIGHTS Principles.... ., We have AntiChrist Paul teaching to SUBMIT to ANY AUTHORITY AND WITHOUT QUESTIONING, simply beacuse these AUTHORITY be ROMAN Empire or Third Reich according to Paul all divine Ordained by GOD ROM 13:1-PLUS there is NO IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION FOR PEOPLE RIGHT TO HAVE DIRECT VOTE LET ALONE DIRECT RULE

  • @ammannojacku shut the fuck up you muslim shit! we will destroy your fucking QURAN and make sure your kind don't exist in the near future. MUHAMMED is a fucking mass murderer and child molestor GOAT FUCKER!

  • teachs to hate Jews and all non muslims, #

    ziviogaannj

    Why your politics teach to hate Australian Aborigines and non Zionists?

  • Not my!I am againts bad things, I just want to say that both sides have evil fractions,,Thats all!

  • and teachs to hate Jews ziviogaannj

    But as Shlomo sand said "  THERE IS NOTHING CALLED JEWISH PEOPLE !..HOW COME WE HATE SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST " ? !!!!

    Where is the Word " JEW" in the so called five books of Moses? did NOT exist, as Quran said..it is an INVENTION

  • @thehighcabal YOU'RE A TYPICAL IDIOTOIC MUSLIM. THE ONE DOESN'T EXIST AND IS A FUCKING LIE IS THE KORAN, THE ONLY THING IT'S GOOD FOR IS TOILET PAPER

  • What about Fascists Laws that allow Women them out of their Houses, banning men from seeing their BELOVED sons and doughter..

    HAVE U NOT HEARED ABOUT FATHERS FOR FOR JUSTICE?

    Y FATHERS IN UR FUCKING CUNTRIES FORBIDDEN MEN FROM SEEIING THEIR BELOVED CHILDREN..Y MOTHERS TAKE ALL CUSTADOY WHERE NO RIGHTS FOR FATHER TO SEE HIS OWN CHILDREN ?

    SHOULD MEN BE BEATEN FOR NOT PRAISING FEMIANISTS MOVEMENTS THAT ALLOWED NO RIGHTS FOR MEN TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN?

  • The feminist s movement that FOUNDED the FIRST FACIST political organisation in Britain , is the same feminist s movement that gave the full control custody authority of a divorced Mothers that strip out all NATURAL HUMAN RIGHTS For a Man to see and fathered his own children when divorced .

    BUT WHOSE TO BALME ?

    ...THE FEMINIST FACISTS MOVMENTS ?

    !!!!!!!!!!

  • The current system of family justice in the west is a grotesque obscenity that is untenable in its current form. We do not recognise the authority of these "secret courts " which are dominated by feminists lobbies that denay fatheres' rights . Whatever it takes, however long it takes and whatever the sacrifice, we will prevail and achieve the reforms that every child and family in the world desperately deserve and need."

  • you obviousle have never been to iran coz if you had u wodnt rather be in africa

  • Who gives a shit, Iran's women look like men anyway....

  • all you men would be wankers if thre were no women matter fact its us women that bought you wankers into the world. dont forget without your mothers you wouldnt exist and you wouldnt dare say those things to your mothers so why dis respect women that way. we mature faster we know better todays generation women are so much more successfull and respected than men!! oh and Iran is not a 3rd world country you dumb ASS

  • why dont you go grow a dick and while your at it get a life!! small balls mother fucker. its no wonder why you have so much hate towards women coz everytime a gurl has tried to suck your dick she be like "what the fuck you have 2 belly buttons" lol

  • for a womens rites supporter, you sure look fucking stupid with you comebacks. real mature, that shall get things done well. you little pussy.

  • your just bumbed coz a women is making you feel embarrassed!! i have plenty more comebacks!!! and you look like da stupid one buddy. your da one watching womens rights but if your so againts women why fuckn watch. oh wait thats right its coz you got no life

  • If my woman be acting mean i grab her up by the weave and smack her dirty ass.

  • And I would stop you from making a big mistake.

  • now i dont want to really be rude but what do you mean by women mature faster? just because a women's emotions mature faster does not mean there mind does, early emotions and a weak mind do not mix and what iv noticed from that is alot of women act more on emotions then they do common sense as opposed to men at a early age, now im not trying to say men are better but what i am saying is that men and women dont actually fully mature until they are done with puberty and nether matures faster.

  • im sorry but it is a proven fact that women mature faster than men! if you dont believe me go research for yourself. and no women dont act upon their emotions but even if we did its our emotions that lead us to common sense at the end of the day

  • i know its proven that women muter faster but like i said thats in emotion, how often do you see a teenage girl acting more mature then a teenage boy? if im correct its really never since they both still act like little kids. of course every one is also different in judgement, i know a girl that is considered muter for her age because of the way she acts but she still seems to do stupid things such as think she is the smartest person in the world and acts as is every one is dumb when she is.

  • Its men that bring children into the world too, stop being stupid. As if all the men were somehow immaculately conceived, jeez. Typical Doris mentality.

  • yea i guess you would know coz you must have pushed a baby out of your ass! im talking about giving birth not ejaculating you dumb ass

  • why cant women just stay put in their place. They can never do what theyre told, so stupid! They deserve what they get if they dont listen to men.

  • Something tells me this is a joke, to get people riled up. In case you're serious, let me point this out.

    Notice that the only countries where woman are considered inferior are 3rd world nations, with crappy economies. And those that treat woman like equals are superior.

  • *********Trashy ass bastards, afraid of Women, You won't say that in Brooklyn, New York, little muslim ass fucker FAGGOTTS********We Wil Kick Your Fucking ASS**********

  • yeaaah, except no ones afraid of women.. wait what are you doing on the computer? get the fuck back in the kitchen!

  • *********Little Muslim Faggots*****************

  • I don't think you are that smart either...

  • sometimes you gotta snatch a girl up by her weave to show her whos boss

  • The men of Iran are Whores! The Women need to burn their headress and beat the shit out of them! Misogyny and Genocide will end with a Civil War in Iran!

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  • @vpglobal if irans gonna burn then surely the so called west will burn 1st cos they be 1st in achieving high levels of population control robbery and divison etc - genocide and misogny etc are therefore much more prevelant in usa and europe uk etc

  • @vpglobal women cant do shit but cook, clean and FUUUCCK

  • @vpglobal

    Your father is a homosexual whore you piece of a Jew.

    Iranian woman are all the right God gave them so fuck of .

  • Islam is like a public toilet - you can piss in it, you can shit in it, you can wipe your ass in it, you can even masturbate in it - but eventually you have to leave because of the stomach wrenching stink of asshole, shit and piss.

    Allah is the asshole.

    Mohammed is the shit coming out of the asshole.

    The koran is the toilet paper you use to wipe the asshole.

    And Mecca is the worlds largest public toilet.

    So dont forget to keep your dirty muslim asshole clean.

  • Well said.

  • Glad u like it.

  • women for president of USA 2012

  • It makes me wanna vomit that this still exists....

  • you idot wemon can do a lot more than you fucking men the only difernce is that you men have a dick

  • and balls

  • Why is it that Iranian men say everything is great for women and Iranian women are frustrated by the extra restrictions put on them?

    I think the two need to talk. They aren't understanding each other.

  • nothing like a good old stoning to light up our spirits.

  • no wonder i was treated so badly by an Iranian man , it is in there psyche to treat women as second class they should be vetted before being accepted in to other countries , my heart go's out to these women and i think they are very brave keep, up with the protest sisters you are worth more than these Islamic, barbaric , so called men of Allah x

  • You're so foolish.

  • @angelmoon1959 bitch please

  • @Kendricksweet12 did you spell that all by your self ?

  • 'going to a same sex school has no effect on people dating' what about 10% of the population? 10% teens are out as homosexual and more are afraid to tell. i am a lesbian, that would just make the enviornment more emotionally satisfying...

  • and that social studies book aint doing nothing for you, better of without it.

  • What you need to do is stop getting so defensive. You keep bringing up irrelevant bullshit. That's why your country is constantly full of war. It's called being civilized. By the way, stop typing paragraphs, no one cares.

  • i happen not to care what you think so please dont waste my time?

    thank you

  • Iran is a source, transit, and destination for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude. Iran is a source, transit, and destination for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude. Iranian women are trafficked internally for the purpose of forced prostitution and for forced marriages to settle debts. Iranian children are trafficked internally and Afghan children are trafficked to Iran

  • yea and its ironic that your country was supporting this brutal state up untill 2006 the year ahmedineyad was elected, america didnt mind the rape, slavery, subjugation and murder of enocent women of chastity. it was only after they decided to acquire nuclear wepons you whernt so keen on them.

    i find it odd your presidents and diplomats prefere to mention irans nuclear intensions but ignore the human suffering that is happening all over iran.

  • on that note you are completely wrong, i have 2 childhood friends who are persian, and they were old enough to remember some things, obviously their parents told us alot. Ive known these people since around 1990

  • they both escaped the Iranian Islamic Regime in the 80s

  • could you stop saying "islamic" when you dont even know what it is, you're using my religion as a swear word of some sort and it offends me. iran is a shia nation and is fare revomed from islam so please choose your words carefully.

  • i only said it once, what else do you want me to call the country that calls themselves "The Islamic Republic of Iran"

    should I call it

    "The non-Islamic who thinks they are true Muslims Republic of Iran" everytime?

  • and china calls its self "democratic" and we both know its not a bed of roses. unless you can define it as islamic please dont.

  • actually i just learned in social studies in school today that iran isnt mostly shia. its over 50% persian religion, they tried to convert in the past but it didnt work. also womens rights were encouraged but failed. im an american age 13. i also learned in iran they dont hear anything positive about western countries in schools. i find that rude because we are NOT all like george bush. and i find the female/male seperation in schools and public wrong. im a girl

  • no one is accusing the entire American populous of being as thick as George bush, I on the one hand however accuse them of turning a blind eye to the suffering of the Arabs and the non Christians, the situation in Gaza is enough proof, I can only speak of a few handfuls of Americans who genuinely care about the well-being of our planet the rest I can only pity for their perverse ignorance and complacency.

    Iran has been Shia since well before the 18s Im not sure where u got ur facts from

  • i got my facts from a social studies book. and im non christian. im not atheistic either. im open minded and admire alot of religins...accept christian. ever since i was a child i disagreed strongly with christianity because of inequality issues

  • so you're saying that israel's crimes in gaza justify oppression in iran? you've probably never met an american, so that probably explain your hatred for them

  • first of all im not iranian, and secondly if iran "turns a blind eye" to the human rights violations of dafur and other countries they are guilty of what the west is guilty off, namely carelessness for humanity and disregard for everything good.

    before you go off labelling people as "hypocrities" its useful to know what their political view point is.

  • "9:66, Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected Faith after ye had accepted it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you, for that they are in sin"

    I guess punishment here is open for interpretation, but from recent experience, it can be as severe as that administered to the likes of Salman Rushdie. A nice death by beheading or stoning fatwa prescription that can cure any apostasy chances or apostacy plans or even thinking about escaping the cult. In short, Islam's for pussys.

  • I don't really understand what they are protesting against. How are they treated as second class citizins when they are being educated and work, drive, what is the problem? what do they mean with "being treated as second class citizins?"

  • aminastefanie they are 2nd class when they can be raped with impunity

    In Iran, this creates numerous problems in issues regarding rape. The punishment for rape is the death penalty.[107] However, in such cases, the act of sexual penetration must be attested by at least four male Muslim witnesses of good character. .. the principles are so rigorous in their search for evidence,they create the near impossibility of being able to reach a verdict that goes against the suspect in any manner.[10

  • Although i definitely agree that a more modern interpretation of the Shariah needs to be used in Iran for women pertaining to issues such as inheritance and certain other issues.

  • sbh02

    mainstream Jewish scholars have forbidden the death penalty to be used by Jews to prosecute criminals. This is almost 2000 years before Israel was founded, at the beginning of the common era. and im not going to act like the torah doesnt have plenty of fucked up shit about stoning people and so forth. its needs to be reinterpreted and understood.

  • if these women want the kind of 'rights' the west gives its women, let me remind people of the kind of discrimination women face (prositution, that is still increasing in the west, and irreverence) Not even once has a woman president been elected. islam tries to respect women as chaste human beings, but if they dont want that and want to get the "rights" of the west, then God take care of them.

  • I hate to tell you this but a woman is objectified one way in the west, and another way in the east. For I have found that men will often no matter the country or custom look at women in a prize and status kind of way. For the west may have the trophy wife you have the virgin wife. What is so different in objectifying women, for you are not valuing the personality the soul of the women.

  • if you think that shiasm is the problem in Iran, look at Saudi Arabia and see the women's rights there, the biggest ally of the US. the number of women in the Iranian work force is huge, out numbering men in places. and yes, they are more learned than many other women from other countries. the problem is the kind of democracy/freedom and values promoted by the west, and presented by the media. islam is a 'safe' religion, promoting a socially chaste system.

  • The iranian government is not the problem. They are only following what the qouran says.

    Islam is the problem!

  • fuck shariah

  • so many brave older women in Iran. They saw pre Islamic revolution and know that women's freedoms are necessary for a normal life.

  • its dispicable to see that these people have no respect for women. have they not realised that thier own mothers are from among women kind? how disgusting.

    and just for the record iran is not an islamic nation its shia and they will tell you that them selfs. so before you start blaming islam as many of you usely do know that these people are NOT adhering to shariah niether do they know what it even means.

  • TasklyahEmaani-

    persian women are being raped before executions for being immodest Under Sharia law, virgin girls are not allowed to be executed, for their purity might open up the doors of heaven to them. To avoid this, virgin girls, such as Atefeh, who are sentenced to death, are raped before execution to ensure their proper place in hell. Mr. Khatami was more than tolerant of this type of horror, violence, and inhumane treatment to which young Atefeh and countless others were subjected.

  • with all due respect you're ignorant if you claim islam is responsible for this. iran is a shia nation that follows thier so called ayatulahs who have no regard for purity and God.

    how on earth can you claim to be a muslim and then rape a women when it specifically mentions the harsh penalty for such perversion?

    they permit what islam itself has forbidden, they sanction the monsterous and ban the decent.

    i only answer for my religion and these people have nothing to do with it.

  • i never said Islam was responsible. im not too informed on the Quran, but no virgins allowed to be executed doesnt need to be translated as rape them before you execute them. its too bad they cant eradicate capital punishment, but stopping the rape of the condemned is a start..

  • if you never meant to attack my religion or slander it i suggest you dont say "shariah" as it is a part of islam, this is iranean law not islamic. so please realize what you're saying before you say it.

    (no insult intended)

  • sorry i wasnt trying to be insulting that was something i copiied and pasted from human rights watch

  • thank you for your honesty.

  • more proof of Iran using rape as a weapon

    A widely publicised case of torture carried out in Iranian prisons, was that of photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, mentioned above. She had been arrested while reportedly photographing protesting relatives of students held at Evin prison. Doctors examining her body determined that she died from a fractured skull and had been beaten, tortured, and raped.[65]

  • i have also strictly opposed the mass rapes going on in the Darfur since 2004 when I became aware

  • penis

  • whats wrong with u idiot iranian womans have more rights than any other countrs

  • the united states women have as many rights as men. the problem is i just learned in 7th grade social studies that in iran because of or stupid president and the stupid oil war schools are teaching children that us westerners are no good. it is wrong. it is not us that is no good. it is the government! i know what i say, as a 13 year old girl, will not change the oppinions of many. but hopefully barrack obama can help

  • ppl can change the government rite?! and most of us believe that obama is same shit just a little bit different in speech! aaand u r so young to underestand many thing just wait more and u can c what a crap country u live in baby!!

  • i know that i live in a crap country. all i am saying is it isnt all of the people that are bad. just the government. and propaganda doesn't help

  • ps: I find it quite hypocritical of you to condemn the gender separation of Iran but not mention anything about the western girl schools and nun institutions, I'm not in favour of women moving to the back of the bus however it is a FACT that separation of the sexes in places such as schools can improve concentration and decipline in academic environments.

    and just so you don't think I'm some sort of granny I'm actually a teenager myself, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to school.

  • i feel sorry cuz allt he girls and boys at school who would normally go out with eachother. but secretly ive always wanted to go to an all girls school (im a lesbian so thats why) its not that i hate the idea of school seperation. its that it seems as though they do that because boys are 'smarter/better' than girls which isnt true at all

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  • i didnt say i dont agree with same sex schools, as i have always wanted to go to one...but i think they way they htink seperation is better because guys are mre important bothers me. im sure the egotistical narsisistic thinking is not in all cases, but some...

  • its not just in iran, in most eastern nations boys are genrally prefered, its an ailment of society i guess.

    however having said that it IS a fact that same sex schools fare alot better than mixed sex schools. wether boys are better than girls is a different matter because in my opinion both are as good as each otherand play their own roles in society.

  • Iran doesn't separate males and females at school because they think the males are better. They do it because they think the two genders shouldn't associate with each other until marriage.

  • you are living in the dark ages,

    you ask most irainian who were brought up there pre 1979 and they would disagree with your stupid barbaric islam way of thinking towards women,

    keep your self and your thoughts in islam and away from the educated

  • Im not Muslim you closed-minded ignorant fool. I think its fine for girls and boys to talk and be friends with each other before marriage, but I don't think its such an issue that right now in Iran they aren't allowed to go to school together. That isnt oppression towards women if you hadnt noticed, because both the girls and boys are being treated equally. Furthermore women right now in the year 2009 have much more rights than pre-1979, you ignorant fool. And Iranian men respect women so much.

  • you are a deluded indoctrinated sheep (and that is insulting an animal )

    if you were to walk in their shoes for an hour you wouldn't cope

    get a sex change , go and live there for a year and come back and make a constructive comment .

  • People like you are always criticizing the treatment of women in Iran, but will never criticize it anywhere else. What you don't understand is that life in Iran for a women is better than most other places in the world: better than most places in Africa, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and our own region, Western Asia/Middle East.

  • women have a goo dlife, they are well provided well nortured physically but emotionally it is soffucating, the mentality the religion itself prevents them from having a voice what they actually want

  • 70% of university students in Iran are women, who will soon end up getting women representing an even higher proportion in the workforce and the educated elite. Already about half the active doctors, dentists, physicians, surgeons, and other medical experts, are women in Iran. We have many women in the parliament, and so far we have had two women acting as Vice Presidents, and many leading political parties. Right now there are women running for President as well.

  • Mahdavi-

    Q.What do you say to criticism that[Women's rights]are Western values being imposed on Iranian women?

    A."This is such a condescending statement against Muslim women in general.Are we saying Iranian women like to be beaten?That they dont like to have custody of their child? That they enjoy being stoned for adultery? Every woman, no matter from where, like life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness.I think it is demeaning to think that only Western women like these things"

    Azar Nafisi

  • Why are you posting this to me? Women's rights are not just Western values, and traditionally Iranian women have always had more rights than Western women!

  • What's important though, is that Iranian men treat women with so much respect. You talk about being treated badly by Iranian men, which is probably bull shit you just made up on the spot to attack Iran. The culture in Iran forces men to treat women with the utmost respect.

  • Terrorizing Persian virgins

    Both the mullah (religous cleric) as the interrogator knew full well that this also gave the interrogator permission to rape Nadereh. The interrogator got what he wanted and fulfilled his religious duty as well. Thousands of young women were executed in Iranian prisons (1), most of them were raped under Islamic law.

    Shukuh Jalalie

    -A list of 1,400 were collected and published by Iranian Political Prisoners Action Committee. Some were pregnant, many were under 17

  • I have many Muslim female friends who will married off in arranged marriages in the next few years. ALL of the women are terrified of their first real interactions with men. None of them have held hands, kissed, gone to the movies with a boy before. It is a very unnatural way for marriage to occur. To be introduced to a man who will be your husband and be "given" to him and your first encounter being fullblown intercourse. How terrifying.

  • But why are you only talking about the women? What about the men, or do you think they have no feelings either? Do you really think the men dont feel uncomfortable with this practice either? Because trust me, men feel just as uncomfortable as the women.

    And you dont know about the Muslim culture, so why comment? In Iran people do have boyfriends/girlfriends and have a relationship before they get married to a person. Not all Muslim societies are the same, understand that.

  • And btw, that's not even 'terrifying' in the first place. That isn't an oppressive practice, and girls aren't 'sold' to their husbands.

    My God, some of you western people can be so closed minded it's unbelievable.

  • I am speaking only of women's point of view because, as I said, my Muslim friends are all female. Thank you for jumping to conclusions however about my understanding of Islam, Iran, and Muslim beliefs. Spare me your speech about it not being "terrifying". I'm speaking only for the women I know who ARE in fact terrified of the entire process. At no time did I suggest women were "sold". The marriages are arranged however in an agreement beyond the immediate decision making control of the women.

  • Look, you're just plain ignorant. How do the women not have any say in this? It is the woman's choice as well. Where do you get your info from? Where are your Muslim friends from? Pakistan? Lebanon? As I said before, not all Muslim people are the same. We don't do marriages like that in Iran. Just because they do it in Pakistan, doesn't mean they happen in Iran.

    You don't even know what you're talking about.

  • the people have tried to change the government. but because republicans have more money and powwer for the last 21 elections they have cheated their way. first al gore won and then john carrey won. bush cheated with the voting machines. its a fact

  • I think you can judge a nation on how they treat their people.

  • Please sign the million signature campaign for women's rights in Iran.

  • i think no other nation should involve with their problems..