Monday July 18, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Welcome to summer in Iran.

The summertime is excruciatingly hot in Iran. And every summer the Chastity Police come out.

The Chastity Police are the division of the Iranian police charged with policing modesty. Any woman who is not dressed appropriately, who does not have her head and face covered appropriately, is arrested or fined. There are 70,000 police at work in these modesty squads.

It doesn't stop there. Next comes nail polish. If any polish peeps out of sandals, that wearer, too, is fined or arrested. Truly, a head to toe search.

But the mandate of the Chastity Police is not limited to women.
The Chastity Police also patrol clothing stores and barber shops.

They check to make sure that all haircuts conform to Islamic law. No shorts for men. No ponytails for men, no mullet for men - that is a haircut with short sides and a long back. Barbers are presented with a booklet detailing permitted haircuts and there are posters with the same information.

And then Iranian leadership tells the world how free they are, how there is no more perfect society in the world.

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