Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
* Blogging politics
In a posting called “the religious government and pants strings," the writer of the blog entitled “Taboot-e Andishe” [Coffin of Thought] references and old Persian proverb which says, “religion is like pants strings [it can be tightened or loosened to fit any size]. He believes that this is a much more apt description of religion in government affairs than the kind of religion average people deal with everyday. He examines Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon who, he says, support the Shiite militant movement while wearing revealing clothes. He compares Hezbollah’s approach to Hejab with that of the Islamic Republic, and offers an analysis accompanied by a few posted pictures:
“…if Islam, particularly Shiite Islam, requires women to wear Hejab and emphasizes that bad Hejab should be dealt with in the way that the Islamic Republic deals with it, then to what brand of Shiite Islam do those women and girls belong, who dressed in alluring, sexy clothes, waving Hezbollah’s flag happily in the streets of Beirut?
Why is it that there is only freedom in Lebanon? Why should there not be the same freedoms in the Islamic Republic—the creator and spiritual father of Hezbollah? Why is it that under Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon one can come out wearing sexy clothes or don a religious garb?
….the religious state, particularly of the Shiite variety found in the Islamic Republic, forces young men and women to accept Hejab and tightens the [proverbial] pants strings to give greater freedom…Hezbollah, however, knows that if it starts talking about Hejab in Lebanon, it will lose a lot of its supporters. “
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
http://tabuot.blogfa.com/post-789.aspx
In his weblog “Rooz-negar” [Diary], Arash posts an item entitled, “is Ahmadinejad’s son about to set?” He mentions that Ahmadinejad’s government calls its critics “subversives,” who create problems for the government. Then he talks about a critic who, until last month, was a member of the president’s cabinet and the Interior Minister:
“…recent comments by the former Interior Minister [Mostafa Pour Mohammadi], who served in office until about a month ago, has provided the space for some to suggest that there is a “new front of critics of the government inside the cabinet…”
In an interview, the Interior Minister said the reason for his departure was disagreements with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Among the ministers, there is no one who would disagree with Ahmadinejad,” the Interior Minister said.
Given that he is the 13th ranking official or cabinet member to leave the government in the three years that Ahmadinejad has been in power, his comments have had widespread impact.
Earlier, Attaollah Mohajerani, the Islamic Guidance Minister during Mohammad Khatami’s administration, wrote an opinion piece published on the electronic version of the London-based Arabic language daily Asharq Alawsat, saying Ahmadinejad’s sun is about to set…”
Thursday, June 19, 2008
http://sigarchi02.blogsky.com/?PostID=78
Blogging social issues
In his weblog “Hejab,” Yaser Mirdamadi notes the current political conditions governing [Iranian] society and tries, in a way, to analyze the behavior of people, which is unique to totalitarian societies.
“My sense of it is: in totalitarian societies people are bunched into two groups-- “mean to an end” or “enemies.” Once they have no use for you, they turn you into an enemy. Now that they have no use for Saeed Emami Mohre’I, they have labeled him an agent of Israel….
“I feel sorry for those people who, with all seriousness and sincerity, serve a totalitarian system. But, when it comes to protecting its interests, instead of thanking them, the system throws them into the fire like a dirty handkerchief. If only a god could save us.”
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
http://mirdamadi.malakut.org/wednesday|2008,jun,18|14;28;45.php
In his weblog “Azad-nevis” [Freedom Writer] Homayoun believes that the Islamic Republic and the values it holds dear will come undone like the Soviet Union. And those values will become fodder for jokes, because:
“…I believe these kinds of governments, based on a particular ideology, in the end produce one-dimensional people who are useless when faced with unpredictable situations, and the decisions they make actually get them in to trouble.
“Think about it. This guy who screwed up in Zanjan University was also a religion teacher [a reference to a university official who told a student that she would not get expelled in exchange for sexual favors]. He has become such an extremist in his zeal to advance his career that he has lost touch with normal life…
You know, these people in the Islamic Republic have put so much thought into training suicide bombers and grenade throwers. Even now that there is no more war, or the need to encourage martyrdom, these master suicide bombers keep obsessing on how to throw the next grenade or which tank to throw themselves under. These people live in their own world and issue orders left and right: ‘beat these people up; arrest those people; everyone is our enemy.’ But as soon as they come out of their shell, it becomes obvious they don’t even know the basic rules of life.”
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
http://freelanceronline.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post_18.html
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