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JI7

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27. lack of education automatically does that as under the shah

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #26)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:29 PM

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Proposed Iraqi Law Would Allow Girls As Young As 9 To Marry [View all] FLPanhandle Feb 2016 OP

But, but, but 1939 Feb 2016 #1

That's what Islam does. Who can be surprised. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #2

Get them before the drones do. PeoViejo Feb 2016 #3

Omg .... polly7 Feb 2016 #4

"It also legalizes marital rape". Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #5

But who are we to criticize hifiguy Feb 2016 #14

Proposed Iraqi Law Would Force Girls As Young As 9 To Marry Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #6

You gave a much more accurate title. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #7

Because children that young don't 'choose' much... Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #8

Iraq used to be one of the most secular countries in the ME malaise Feb 2016 #9

Saddam was an asshole, but he kept Islam culture under strict control. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #11

It is one of history's weirder ironies that the only muslim majority countries hifiguy Feb 2016 #13

There are websites that show life in Iran before the Islamic revolution FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #15

misleading, education for women increased AFTER the revolution . women are more educated JI7 Feb 2016 #16

Have you even read the Human Right's reports on Women in Iran? FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #17

are you an apologist for the oppressive shah ? before the revolution women were NOT equal in JI7 Feb 2016 #18

Simple question: Yes or No? FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #19

i would say it's about the same . i would probably prefer to live there right now than under the JI7 Feb 2016 #20

Then you aren't female or you aren't well informed. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #22

i am informed about education in iran for women , i know iranian women personally JI7 Feb 2016 #24

LOL FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #29

i'm not a man , and i'm comparing iran under the islamic clerics to under the shah . iranian women JI7 Feb 2016 #30

.. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #38

It's possible to increase education for women and repress them at the same time, you know NickB79 Feb 2016 #33

well, yeah that was a problem during the shah also. both are shitty JI7 Feb 2016 #34

Islamic clerics "pushed for women to be equal"??? hifiguy Feb 2016 #21

Another apologist. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #23

in education JI7 Feb 2016 #25

And cloistered third-class citizens in all other ways, hifiguy Feb 2016 #26

lack of education automatically does that as under the shah JI7 Feb 2016 #27

You are kidding, aren't you? hifiguy Feb 2016 #31

they have more access to education now than before JI7 Feb 2016 #32

And it's clearly doing them no good at all NickB79 Feb 2016 #35

they all suck including the life under the shah JI7 Feb 2016 #40

That statement belongs in the "not even wrong" category. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #37

Ugh Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #10

Calling islam barbaric is an insult hifiguy Feb 2016 #12

This story is from 2014. Eugene Feb 2016 #28

Yes... Deuce Feb 2016 #41

Shhhhhhhhh... Scurrilous Feb 2016 #42

Yeah, this is a culture demanding democracy. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Feb 2016 #39

Saddam Hussein was a dictator, BUT Iraq was under secular law Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #43