Wednesday, February 15, 2012


Persian Letters

Prophet's Daughter Herself Would Have Been Disqualified

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Safahatekhali asks how Iran's election vetters would have ruled had Fatimah applied to run in the June presidential election:

Yesterday, when I was going to visit a friend, I saw some men in black who were dressing the city in black on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Fatimah Zahra [the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad]. I also saw motorcycles and cars that were carrying pictures of their favorite candidates and campaigning for them.

I told myself: "You who care so much for Fatimah Zahra and mourn her death these days: If she were alive now and had registered her candidacy for the presidential vote, you would have disqualified her and told her, 'Sit at home, woman, and cook.'" [Editor's note: All of the roughly 40 women who registered candidacies for the June 12 presidential vote were disqualified by the Guardians Council.]
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by: Aydin from: turkey
June 02, 2009 08:55
Persian letters? hmmmm Well, for you Iran is just Persian. Now I understand why minority issues are ignored by Radio Farda and RFE/RL.

by: Jay from: us
June 04, 2009 13:54
great blog. I love the homour and insight.

by: Timo Haapanen from: Finland
June 08, 2009 11:05
An excellent remark by Safahatekhali, oh how I love these letters...

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