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A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.
‘Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,’ Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Women in the Islamic Republic are required by law to cover from head to toe, but many, especially the young, ignore some of the more strict codes and wear tight coats and scarves pulled back that show much of the hair. ‘What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble?’ Sedighi asked during a prayer sermon Friday. ‘There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam’s moral codes.’
Seismologists have warned for at least two decades that it is likely the sprawling capital will be struck by a catastrophic quake in the near future.
Iran is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric’s unusual explanation for why the earth shakes follows a prediction by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12 million inhabitants should relocate.
Some experts have even suggested Iran should move its capital to a less seismically active location. Tehran straddles scores of fault lines, including one more than 50 miles (80 kilometres) long, though it has not suffered a major quake since 1830.
Phew! Glad that’s cleared up.
I thought it was all the fatties.
You ain’t gonna believe what causes tsunamis.
[Good one Bobbo! – ed.]
Why does the Left say that it is possible for us to make peace with people that are so delusional?
Correlates well with what our own Christian Taliban says is a reason for natural disasters.
I actually find this one less outrageous than a “pact with the devil”.
They cause an earthquake… in my pants!
Benjamin, as a devout Christian you have no room to talk about delusion.
re: Topic picture – Woohoo! Nice eyes!
Ha, ha. === BENJI, Benji, benji.
To pile on after Improbus==after years of dealing with the religitards in the USA, I agree you’d think the Left would understand the Muslims better.
Put it down to faith and dogma triumphing over experience and common sense.
Scantily clad Iranian women make my pants shrink.
If you visit Teheran, do not masturbate in your hotel room, lest the walls come a-tumblin’ down. LOL.
So now we know what the machine in Adam’s Earthquake Machine is.
Ha! at least he admits that the reason to oppress women is because the men can’t control themselves.
“Earthquakes Caused by Scantily Clad Women”
There’s a big crack in that logic.
Yeah, keep telling me I have to respect religious belief. I respect it as much as I respect flat earthers.
Nice to know there is a Westboro Baptist Mosque as well!
I also laugh at the Iranian president urging people to relocate…
Senior Iranian cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, has secretly made a deal with Satan to destroy Tehran and kill President Ahmadinejad. Blaming women for earthquakes is his cover.
Pass it on.
I think earthquakes are caused by violations of the Green religion.
All of the Iranian women I have met have been total babes.
But what is with these “Iranian clerics”?
Do they really believe that stuff?
Gee I wonder what it means that California is having all these earthquakes?
A stroll down Sunset blvd will give you the answer! Ha!
Yes, it is a modesty problem not a geological fault problem.
Finally an explanation for all those quakes in California. Good job girls!
#3 We just need to send Pat Roberston over to talk with them, he probably agrees with them.
#18. “All of the Iranian women I have met have been total babes. ”
ditto
OK cause no one else said it. Kind a gives a whole new meaning to rock your world. 22 agreed until they get a bit older, then it gets iffy some of the time.
It’s a bell curve of effects. Fully clad women: no effect. Fully nude women: no effect. “Scantily clad” women: disaster.
On the other hand, it’s not much of a stretch to think of how much disaster would be caused by scantily clad ayatollahs.
Buzz thanks for that mental picture, what did we ever do to you?
wait, did this Iranian Cleric actually mention the earthquake machines?
One of the main criticisms I have of Islam is its tendency to externalize guilt.
It’s such a convenient doctrine because there is always someone else to blame … usually women.
While not unique to Islam, it seems to have a particular problem with this issue.
This idea of externalized blame and guilt plays into why radical Muslims hate the west so much. As they see it, the west’s sinful culture is causing their culture to stray from submission to Allah.
Of course, the call to relocate is the beginning to prepare the country against the inevitable Israeli-pushed nuclear air strikes that will be carried out by their puppet, the US. Why the hell does the US let itself be an Israeli lapdog?
But at least its nice to see that earthquakes aren’t caused by gay folk any more.
Not that I have any great urge to defend Muslims, but doesn’t this story read like the Daily Mail cribbed it from The Onion without attribution?
As for why the US lets itself be an Israeli lapdog, SOMEbody’s got to do it…
# 29 Obvious1 said,
>> As for why the US lets itself be an Israeli lapdog, SOMEbody’s got to do it…
This is a common belief among Muslims — that Israel tell America exactly what to do.
Conversely they also believe that America tells Israel what to do.
For some reason, this seems to cause on cognitive dissonance whatsoever.