Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
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Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#2And yet muslim people on facebook say that hijab is by free will..
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#3And yet muslim people on facebook say that hijab is by free will..
Well of course it's free will to avoid detention by morality police.
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#4And yet muslim people on facebook say that hijab is by free will..
Well of course it's free will to avoid detention by morality police.
Freedom of choosing what you wear doesn't mean freedom from consequences (to paraphrase the very popular, and idiotic, phrase about free speech that some people tend to use).
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#5And yet muslim people on facebook say that hijab is by free will..
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Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#6It's going in the right direction, finally, people are starting to stand up.
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#7I feel proud as a human to see these brave women standing up for their rights and wish them and their fellow countrypeople all of the success with no bloodshed. It's time we move out of the age of religious compulsion on all fronts.
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well of course it's free will to avoid detention by morality police.
Freedom of choosing what you wear doesn't mean freedom from consequences (to paraphrase the very popular, and idiotic, phrase about free speech that some people tend to use).
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#9It's going in the right direction, finally, people are starting to stand up.
I don't know about KZ policy[0], but in at least a couple of countries it's much easier to get asylum if one has reasons to fear for one's safety in one's home country.
[0] although it does seem similar to most countries', judging by the (commonly observed) fact that several of their international athletes started out competing under a different flag.
Re: Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
#10I hope they have good home insurance.