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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 02:50 PM
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Guys, it's simple. I support a bonfire of women's headscarves in Tehran, but...
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...I also realize that, for many Muslim women, wearing a hijab or an abaya is a statement of identity, modesty, and religious devotion. When the revolution passes, let them keep their scarves and wear them as their conscience dictates. I'm certain that a lot of them support Mousavi in this period of civil unrest, too.

As for the rest of the women in Iran, let them attend the bonfires, and bare their heads to the world as a sign of their disobedience to tyranny and oppression. It is their right.
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