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Dead Iranian President was a religious fascist who caused appalling human rights abuses – what happens next?
20 May 2024 19:39 GMT
… fascist who caused appalling human rights abuses.
His nickname … Enforcement of Iran’s “hijab and chastity law” sharply … participating in decades of human rights violations, including the … Iran, imprisonment of prominent human rights lawyers and executions of …
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How 'Butcher of Tehran' oversaw the massacre of thousands in Iran: Ebrahim Raisi imposed brutal hijab crackdown and fervently moved country towards building nuclear arsenal
20 May 2024 08:04 GMT
… of being a defender of human rights and of people's … over allegedly not wearing a hijab, or headscarf, to the liking … its closed-door trials of human rights activists and those with Western … that traces its lineage to Islam's Prophet Muhammad, marked …
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Barbara Kay: Radical Islam’s western fangirls
19 May 2024 10:48 GMT
… women start their journey to Islam after attending pro-Hamas rallies … advent of social media, radical Islam had its western fangirls. … . Today’s uptick in Islam flirtation should persuade us that … of Islam, or at least its best-known symbols, like the hijab …
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Muslims pressurise for removal of hijab and burqa ban
19 May 2024 07:11 GMT
… College in Chembur banned the hijab and burqa in 2023. … with the National and State Human Rights Commission. Despite this pressure, … as the burqa, naqab, hijab, billa and cap, is … , National News Tags education, hijab burqa controversy, national, religious …
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‘Keep it outside classroom’: tough lessons for hijab-wearing Hong Kong graduate seeking work as kindergarten teacher
19 May 2024 04:43 GMT
… she tried to explain that Islam required women to cover … they were open to hiring hijab-wearing teachers before agreeing … Muslim teachers from wearing a hijab, but some staff voluntarily … discrimination based on wearing a hijab during recruitment. It did …
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European Court of Human Rights allows ban on all “visible symbols of belief” in classrooms
17 May 2024 10:10 GMT
… said the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
An educational centre … of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Muslim families said. … not wanting to wear a veil.
The European Court concludes … europe
- European Court of Human Rights allows ban on all “ …
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Cleric Urges Iranian Women to Question ‘Flaws’ in Western Women's Rights
15 May 2024 20:36 GMT
A high-ranking Iranian has claimed Western views of women’s rights are “flawed” urging Iranian women to question the very rights they are fighting for amid an ongoing uprising.
Hashem Hosseini Bushehri, Secretary of the Supreme Council of Seminaries said …
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Return of the Hijab Issue to the Political Agenda in Iran
17 May 2024 16:15 GMT
… established the Headquarters for Hijab and Chastity, headed by … comprising the Headquarters for Hijab and Chastity. With regard … to promote noncompliance with the hijab, nudism, immorality, and … out of enmity toward Islam. The absolute majority cooperates …
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Iranian Minister Justifies Mandatory Hijab by Citing Ancient Carvings
17 May 2024 10:59 GMT
… years before the founding of Islam.
The Islamic Republic’s … Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, made the hijab mandatory for women as one … women refusing to wear the hijab. Since then, videos have … the hijab.
While there has long been opposition to the mandated veil …
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Why deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was known as ‘The Butcher of Tehran’: An insight into the brutal past of a dictator
20 May 2024 16:39 GMT
… brutal crackdown on the anti-Hijab protests, more than 500 … condemned to death for deserting Islam. Others were spared the … and a continued legacy of human rights violations
In November 2019, … prices, Raisi oversaw a human rights crackdown while serving as the …