Curious how this is so far from many people's thoughts. All responses about what women "should" do. Like they're Martians, or something.
Yes, there's a law. They are protesting the law. They want to change the law. http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/women-protesting-hijab-1979/ … Part of this: http://mystealthyfreedom.net/en/
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Religious decrees can be made but shld be able to be ignored. The Iranian law is for all women believers or not.
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You might think protesting unjust laws are pointless and you might be right but the alternative is accepting them.
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We live in a world where Saudi Arabia gets voted onto the UN's women's rights counsel. I just don't see how this protest does anything.
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So, women shouldn't protest forced veiling in Iran because it won't remove Saudi Arabia from the UN Women's Right's Counsel?
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This I won't respond to since I made no such claim or conclusion. I will tackle the other one though.
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Then what did you mean by the former tweet? Was it just a non-sequitur or do you see a connection between Saudi thing & Iranian protests?
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1/2 I'll be honest, I can't keep up with you. Though I definitely tried. I think the bigger problem is with the religion of Islam itself...
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Sorry. I've been told I do this. Absolutely the bigger problem is with the religion of Islam itself.
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I guess I'm just too cynical to believe anything will change considering the state of belief in the Muslim world. Must be a better way.
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What? What should they be doing instead?
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I'd be lying to you if I said I had anything to add to that conversation. But I don't think Nike selling an athletic hijab is the answer.
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Iranian women protesting don't want to wear one at all, athletic or not. If the law forces them, it might at least let them do sport.
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But I don't really think this is connected either. If Nike does or doesn't make one, it's unlikely to help women who don't want to wear one
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