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In reply to the discussion: Proposed Iraqi Law Would Allow Girls As Young As 9 To Marry [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)43. Saddam Hussein was a dictator, BUT Iraq was under secular law
and had one of the best records on women's rights in the Middle East.
After the invasion, Laura Bush was gushing about how "now girls in Iraq will be able to go to school."
Uh, they had been going to school for YEARS.
I suppose she was counting on the fact that a lot of Americans don't know one Middle Eastern/Central Asian country from another.
For all their faults, the Iranian clerics did not keep girls out of school. If you've seen the movie "Kandahar," which is about Afghanistan under the Taliban, you may remember a scene in which some girls are being taken to Iran for schooling.
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misleading, education for women increased AFTER the revolution . women are more educated
JI7
Feb 2016
#16
are you an apologist for the oppressive shah ? before the revolution women were NOT equal in
JI7
Feb 2016
#18
i would say it's about the same . i would probably prefer to live there right now than under the
JI7
Feb 2016
#20
i'm not a man , and i'm comparing iran under the islamic clerics to under the shah . iranian women
JI7
Feb 2016
#30