In a surprise, hard-liners take on Ahmadinejad for being too lax on 'improper' veiling
Los Angeles Times
18-Jun-2010 (2 comments)

Hard-line clerics are gearing up for a fight over how to reverse the trend of "badly veiled women" whose loose or self-styled interpretations of Islamic dress have been deemed improper by authorities.
Their target, believe it or not, is none other than President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ultraconservative firebrand.
In a televised interview last week, Ahmadinejad suggested a "cultural campaign" against unsatisfactory veiling rather than the humiliating, unpopular and high-profile police crackdown currently underway.
His comments came weeks after law enforcement agencies stepped up efforts to curb what many within the regime see as a growing threat to the ruling ideology. Babylon & Beyond reported on morality police stopping cars and shutting down stores that sell clothing considered immodest.
But the gray-bearded, self-appointed guardians of public morality struck back during Friday prayers. Guardian Council chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told worshipers during his sermon that to stay silent on the issue of improper hijab, or veil, amounts to a mortal sin, likening gals with hair peeking out from under their scarves to hardened criminals.

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Shifteh Ansari

Yeah, right! Just a ploy to distract people

by Shifteh Ansari on

Mahmoud is being his own populist self.  He is scared shitless about his ever-decreasing popularity and legitimacy among the masses because of elections fraud and his mismanagement of the country.  If he appears as the "good cop" and talks about the harsh and inhumane treatment of people (which he himself suggested, not-so-incidentally!) he thinks he can win some points with people internally and deflect attention from the mess he has made of Iran's foreign affairs.  Dream on moron!


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Irani Irani

"Good cop, Bad cop" is exactly right

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This is also a recurring theme among the "hardline" IRi supporters on this website, that Ahmadinejad is a "savior of the people" against the clerics. "Yeah, right." says it perfectly, Shifteh.