Posted on 09/20/2012 11:54:52 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
An Iranian Muslim cleric was hospitalized for three days after begin kicked and beaten up by two girls, one of whom he warned was badly covered.
The incident in northern Iran was reported by the country's Mehr News Agency, whose outlook can be understood by the fact that it is owned by the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization.
The report was picked up first by Bloomberg News, which noted that the regime in Iran often sends out police to enforce strict Islamic dress codes, especially in the summer when women may be prone to wearing less covering.
The cleric, Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti, told Mehr he was on the way to a mosque when he admonished one of the girls.
She startled the cleric with her feminist reply, Cover your eyes. He stood his ground and repeated the warning, and the girl and her friend teamed up to promptly hurl insults at him and then followed up with a few kicks while pushing him.
I fell on my back on the floor, Beheshti said. I dont know what happened after that, all I could feel was the kicks of this woman who was insulting me and attacking me.
After recuperating for three days in the hospital, Beheshti said he was carrying out his religious responsibility by commanding right and forbidding wrong and that he would risk attacks by women, despite experiencing what he the worst day of my life.
Mehr told its readers that there have been previous attacks ...
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Iran has been at the tipping point of taking their country back for democracy several times, and we have never given them substantive support.
I have met Iranians of the Bahai Faith, gone to their clubs, eaten in their homes...IMO Iranian women as a rule are very educated, somewhat opinionated, not subservient at all. Their courtesy and hospitality for a stranger was beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. I also have to admit that Iranian women are some of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen... I had to keep on my guard, not to stare.
Remove the savagery of Islam, and I feel Iranians would be the most civilizing influence in the Middle East.
Can he identify them in a lineup?
Liberals always think this way WAY TOO LATE!!
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