15,
March 2019 Iranian saint sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes
An
Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was sentenced to
38 years in prison and 148 lashes. Her crime? Defending women’s right to remove
their head scarves. Why do Iran’s male dominated theocratic leaders feel so
threatened by a women’s right to remove their hijab’s? Wearing a head scarf or
a suffocating burka has nothing to do with Islam. The founder of Islam only
advised Muslim women to dress modestly to avoid undue attention. Arch enemies,
Iran and Saudi Arabia, have much in common when it comes to their appalling
attitude to independent minded women who put their lives on the line in a
determined effort to resist “stone age” insufferable demands imposed by their
male dominated rulers.
Human
rights lawyer, Nasrin
Sotoudeh, was charged with “colluding against the system” and “insulting” the
thin skinned supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nasrin had already been convicted, of
“stoking “corruption and prostitution” stemming from her defense of women
choosing to remove the Muslim head scarf and a few years earlier of “activities
against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.” There are no
such restrictions on males who can choose to be bare headed and are not obliged
to adhere to any dress code. I urge readers to express solidarity with Nasrin
by emailing Gholamali Khoshroo, Permanent Mission of the
Islamic Republic of Iran at ran@un.int or tweet at
@Iran_UN and demand Nasrin Sotoudeh’s immediate
release.
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