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This is an open call for violence, but Tabatabei-Nejad is unlikely to face any criticism from his fellow ayatollahs for it. As far as they’re concerned, violence against women who don’t wear hijab is justified. After all, the Qur’an says to beat women “from whom you fear disobedience” (4:34) and that women should veil themselves so that they are not molested (33:59), suggesting that if they don’t wear the veil, they’re fair game for molestation.
“Make Life Unsafe For Bad-Hijabs, Ayatollahs Urge Iranian Police,” Radio Farda, October 4, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The two Friday Prayer Imams’ calls to “make the surroundings unsafe” for women who do not observe the hijab have triggered adverse reactions on Iranian social media.
Isfahan’s Friday Prayer Imam, Yousef Tabatabei-Nejad, who has a long history of calling for a crackdown on women presumed to be “bad-hijab,” once again urged Iran’s security and intelligence agents to make the “surroundings unsafe” for citizens with “loose hijab.”
Tabatabaei-Nejad, a black-turbaned cleric officially recognized as Ayatollah, is the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Isfahan, central Iran. He is also a member of the influential Assembly of Experts.
At a meeting with the intelligence and military officials on Friday, October 2, the 76-year-old Ayatollah regretfully said that some women deliberately “remove their hijab,” and the law enforcement forces should have “more authority” to deal with them.
Tabatabai-Nejad also demanded the establishment of “special branches” in courts to exclusively investigate “moral abnormality cases.”
The elderly Ayatollah, who carries the title of Sayyid (claiming to be direct descendent of Prophet Mohammad), is notorious for his belief in restricting women’s rights.
In 2016, he insisted that women’s cycling is considered “villainy” and crime as grave as drug offenses.
Echoing his colleague in Isfahan, Abolqassem Yaqoubi (Abolghasem Yaghoubi), the representative of Khamenei in the city of Bojnourd, also said in his last Friday prayer sermons, “Bad hijab is a dangerous virus, and the NAJA (Persian acronym for the Police Force) should make the life of bad hijab unsafe.”
Also notorious for his extremist comments, the white-turbaned cleric argued in July, “Modern scientists have discovered that pork contains a vitamin – a kind of microbe – that weakens the zeal of people who overeat pork. Their zeal fades, like these Westerners who, as you can see— there is no difference between men and women among them. They do not adhere to what is divinely permitted and forbidden. They pursue alcohol, gambling, pork, and all other forbidden things.”…
“Make Life Unsafe For Bad-Hijabs, Ayatollahs Urge Iranian Police,” Radio Farda, October 4, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The two Friday Prayer Imams’ calls to “make the surroundings unsafe” for women who do not observe the hijab have triggered adverse reactions on Iranian social media.
Isfahan’s Friday Prayer Imam, Yousef Tabatabei-Nejad, who has a long history of calling for a crackdown on women presumed to be “bad-hijab,” once again urged Iran’s security and intelligence agents to make the “surroundings unsafe” for citizens with “loose hijab.”
Tabatabaei-Nejad, a black-turbaned cleric officially recognized as Ayatollah, is the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Isfahan, central Iran. He is also a member of the influential Assembly of Experts.
At a meeting with the intelligence and military officials on Friday, October 2, the 76-year-old Ayatollah regretfully said that some women deliberately “remove their hijab,” and the law enforcement forces should have “more authority” to deal with them.
Tabatabai-Nejad also demanded the establishment of “special branches” in courts to exclusively investigate “moral abnormality cases.”
The elderly Ayatollah, who carries the title of Sayyid (claiming to be direct descendent of Prophet Mohammad), is notorious for his belief in restricting women’s rights.
In 2016, he insisted that women’s cycling is considered “villainy” and crime as grave as drug offenses.
Echoing his colleague in Isfahan, Abolqassem Yaqoubi (Abolghasem Yaghoubi), the representative of Khamenei in the city of Bojnourd, also said in his last Friday prayer sermons, “Bad hijab is a dangerous virus, and the NAJA (Persian acronym for the Police Force) should make the life of bad hijab unsafe.”
Also notorious for his extremist comments, the white-turbaned cleric argued in July, “Modern scientists have discovered that pork contains a vitamin – a kind of microbe – that weakens the zeal of people who overeat pork. Their zeal fades, like these Westerners who, as you can see— there is no difference between men and women among them. They do not adhere to what is divinely permitted and forbidden. They pursue alcohol, gambling, pork, and all other forbidden things.”…
