Women-Life-Freedom Movement in Iran

[Leonardo17]

I found a very nice article on the control of the way women are supposed to be dressed in several oppressive middle-eastern societies. I suggest you read the full article but I will also make quotations:


 

   “In many Muslim majority countries, imposing barriers on women has been a way of informing the world what kind of policy and ideology the government believes in… The closest thing to the morality police of today to be found in early Islamic history is the “Muhtasib,” or observers…  The Muhtasib’s job was to make sure that traders were using correct measures and weights, paying taxes and maintaining hygienic conditions in their establishments… They were not known to target women, and they respected the beliefs of multiple faiths that existed at the time… The Quran does not stipulate that women shouldn’t drive, as in Saudi Arabia, or that women should be forced to wear conservative dress. While the Quran asks both men and women to dress modestly, it does not discriminate (…)
 
   What is important to note is that (Talking about several dictatorial regimes of the Middle-East) these patriarchal practices often are not limited to policing modest dressing for women and penalizing them brutally, but also in forcing them to remove their veil… Women’s rights and choices over their bodies need to be respected – by Muslim majority nations and the rest of the world.”

 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hijab-rules-n...41952.html