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Kamis, 25 April 2013
Rabu, 24 April 2013
Deported for Being Too Handsome
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”
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Photographer, actor and poet Omar Borkan Al Gala from Dubai was one of the men kicked out of Saudi Arabia because he is ridiculously good looking. Saudi Arabian men feared that these men will steal their wives' hearts if they let them stay in the country ;) According to Arabic language Elaph newspaper, the UAE nationals were taking part in a heritage event in the capital Riyadh on Sunday when they were thrown out by Saudi’s religious police.
TV Emirates reported recently that three United Arab Emirates nationals were deported from Saudi Arabia for the crime of being “too handsome.”
This is certainly an uncommon criminal accusation, but one that we can relate to (some of our writers are banned in 26 countries for the opposite reason).
The three men were manning a booth representing the UAE at a cultural event in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh when the Saudi Mutaween (“religious police”) stormed the UAE booth and carried the men off, with women in the crowd presumably fainting left and right due to their sheer handsomeness.
Apparently, the Mutaween feared that women attending the event were likely to “fall in love” with the three men, prompting the arrest and forced deportation.
We can only assume that Brad Pitt is banned entirely from entering the country and that his face is covered by mosaic in all of his films in the Middle Eastern nation.
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TV Emirates reported recently that three United Arab Emirates nationals were deported from Saudi Arabia for the crime of being “too handsome.”
This is certainly an uncommon criminal accusation, but one that we can relate to (some of our writers are banned in 26 countries for the opposite reason).
The three men were manning a booth representing the UAE at a cultural event in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh when the Saudi Mutaween (“religious police”) stormed the UAE booth and carried the men off, with women in the crowd presumably fainting left and right due to their sheer handsomeness.
Apparently, the Mutaween feared that women attending the event were likely to “fall in love” with the three men, prompting the arrest and forced deportation.
We can only assume that Brad Pitt is banned entirely from entering the country and that his face is covered by mosaic in all of his films in the Middle Eastern nation.
Senin, 15 April 2013
The World's Most Provocative Tourism Adverts
Tunisia defends 'provocative adverts' to woo tourists
Tunisia's advertising agency says it wanted to be provocative in its campaign to attract tourists
Tunisia has defended a controversial advertising campaign to attract tourists who deserted the country after its revolution in January.
It includes billboards in London of a woman getting a massage, next to the words: "They say that in Tunisia some people receive heavy-handed treatment."
At least 200 people were killed during the Tunisian uprising which began in December.
It led to the collapse of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's regime.
Tourism is crucial to Tunisia's economy. With a population of little more than 10 million people, the industry provides about 400,000 jobs and is worth about $2.5bn (£1.5bn) to the economy.
'Nothing but ruins'
Syrine Cherif, whose advertising agency Memac Ogilvy came up with the campaign for the Tunisian Tourism Board, said it was intended to create a "buzz" among potential tourists in the UK and other countries.
"The idea was to be provocative to address possible fears around the issue of the Arab spring," she told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Other advertisements show ancient Roman ruins next to the words: "They say Tunisia is nothing but ruins."
She denied the campaign showed insensitivity towards Tunisians who had been jailed, tortured or killed during Mr Ben Ali's rule of 23 years.
"This unfair treatment was done by people who were in the dictatorship and now the dictatorship has gone. It's over. Today it's a new Tunisia," she said.
"The campaign is for foreigners, not targeting Tunisian people," she added.
Tunisia was the first country to be hit by the popular uprisings which have swept across North Africa and the Middle East.
Mr Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia in January after losing the support of the military.
His trial in absentia, for charges ranging from conspiring against the state to drug trafficking, starts on Monday.
Tunisia has defended a controversial advertising campaign to attract tourists who deserted the country after its revolution in January.
It includes billboards in London of a woman getting a massage, next to the words: "They say that in Tunisia some people receive heavy-handed treatment."
At least 200 people were killed during the Tunisian uprising which began in December.
It led to the collapse of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's regime.
Tourism is crucial to Tunisia's economy. With a population of little more than 10 million people, the industry provides about 400,000 jobs and is worth about $2.5bn (£1.5bn) to the economy.
'Nothing but ruins'
Syrine Cherif, whose advertising agency Memac Ogilvy came up with the campaign for the Tunisian Tourism Board, said it was intended to create a "buzz" among potential tourists in the UK and other countries.
"The idea was to be provocative to address possible fears around the issue of the Arab spring," she told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Other advertisements show ancient Roman ruins next to the words: "They say Tunisia is nothing but ruins."
She denied the campaign showed insensitivity towards Tunisians who had been jailed, tortured or killed during Mr Ben Ali's rule of 23 years.
"This unfair treatment was done by people who were in the dictatorship and now the dictatorship has gone. It's over. Today it's a new Tunisia," she said.
"The campaign is for foreigners, not targeting Tunisian people," she added.
Tunisia was the first country to be hit by the popular uprisings which have swept across North Africa and the Middle East.
Mr Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia in January after losing the support of the military.
His trial in absentia, for charges ranging from conspiring against the state to drug trafficking, starts on Monday.
The Devil On Earth - Mysterious Horned Man
7 Horned Man
Man with horns initially hard to believe, but many cases in different parts of the world. Some people, mostly elderly grow horns on their heads, even in other parts.
There are at least seven people grow horns. Mostly in China. Health experts are still investigating the growth of horns on the head man. Who are the people with horns on their heads? Here's his review.
1. Yuan Fan
A grandfather named Yuan Fan of City Ziyuan, southern China, the talk of the medical world. He has a strange horn measuring seven centimeters. The man is 84 years tells horns on his head began to grow from five years ago until now. "I tried to cut it but it continues to grow. I can not change, the greater," he said
Fortunately it can not grow horns over seven inches. The doctors in China do not know what happened to him.
2. Ma Zhong Nan
In 2007 my grandfather from China named Ma Zhong Nan became one of the horns in the world. From head 93 year old man was sticking a small object like a horn. Previous Nan middle comb my hair and was wounded in the head. At first he did not care about the little wound but over time a hard substance coming out of her head.
Nan has a horn with a length of 10 centimeters. He had tried to go to the doctor, but the medics said could not be helped.
3. Granny Zhao
Still in 2007 the China Yang Cheng reported seeing a grandmother to travel from the city of Zhanjiang. How surprised that women 95 years it has horns on his forehead.
Curved horns like the pumpkin stem up to 15 centimeters in length. My grandmother was named Zhao said the mole, but in fact it grows longer.
4. Saleh Talib
Yemeni Saleh Talib admitted horns growing from his dream. Men's 102 years felt there was something strange in the head. Turns out he has a horn and when she woke up little by little dream come true. He was considered a gift from God.
Despite claims uncomfortable, Saleh refused the gift of God is removed, according to doctors from hospitals, horn man is due to a layer of hard skin on the head. Horn has now been over 12 centimeters.
5. Abdul Razak
Maybe this man most have horns on the head even under their lips. Abdul Razak is a retired police officer from the City Narasimharajapura, India, has been living with some horns on the back of his head, for over 20 years.
Actually this man was born to normal despite aneg growth in her head. But after retirement, antlers begin to grow.
In 2008, a horn Razak, like long fingers, a doctor from the local hospital said the case is very rare. Sometimes it happens because of the fat in the skin.
6. Unicorn Lady
O An unnamed woman allegedly from Russia has horns out of his head. Horn length is up to 17 centimeters. Many people call Women Unicorn.
Initially she had a lump. For some reason it can not be cured lumps out circular horn.
7. Zang Ruifang
Zhan horrendous world Ruifang from China because it has a horn on the left forehead. This is similar to horns goat horns. About six inches in length and can grow again.
101-year-old woman was also felt his right brow horns would grow anyway. Note the black dots on his right forehead. When fully grown the Ruifang became the first woman with animal horn perfectly
Man with horns initially hard to believe, but many cases in different parts of the world. Some people, mostly elderly grow horns on their heads, even in other parts.
There are at least seven people grow horns. Mostly in China. Health experts are still investigating the growth of horns on the head man. Who are the people with horns on their heads? Here's his review.
A grandfather named Yuan Fan of City Ziyuan, southern China, the talk of the medical world. He has a strange horn measuring seven centimeters. The man is 84 years tells horns on his head began to grow from five years ago until now. "I tried to cut it but it continues to grow. I can not change, the greater," he said
Fortunately it can not grow horns over seven inches. The doctors in China do not know what happened to him.
In 2007 my grandfather from China named Ma Zhong Nan became one of the horns in the world. From head 93 year old man was sticking a small object like a horn. Previous Nan middle comb my hair and was wounded in the head. At first he did not care about the little wound but over time a hard substance coming out of her head.
Nan has a horn with a length of 10 centimeters. He had tried to go to the doctor, but the medics said could not be helped.
Still in 2007 the China Yang Cheng reported seeing a grandmother to travel from the city of Zhanjiang. How surprised that women 95 years it has horns on his forehead.
Curved horns like the pumpkin stem up to 15 centimeters in length. My grandmother was named Zhao said the mole, but in fact it grows longer.
Yemeni Saleh Talib admitted horns growing from his dream. Men's 102 years felt there was something strange in the head. Turns out he has a horn and when she woke up little by little dream come true. He was considered a gift from God.
Despite claims uncomfortable, Saleh refused the gift of God is removed, according to doctors from hospitals, horn man is due to a layer of hard skin on the head. Horn has now been over 12 centimeters.
Maybe this man most have horns on the head even under their lips. Abdul Razak is a retired police officer from the City Narasimharajapura, India, has been living with some horns on the back of his head, for over 20 years.
Actually this man was born to normal despite aneg growth in her head. But after retirement, antlers begin to grow.
In 2008, a horn Razak, like long fingers, a doctor from the local hospital said the case is very rare. Sometimes it happens because of the fat in the skin.
O An unnamed woman allegedly from Russia has horns out of his head. Horn length is up to 17 centimeters. Many people call Women Unicorn.
Initially she had a lump. For some reason it can not be cured lumps out circular horn.
Zhan horrendous world Ruifang from China because it has a horn on the left forehead. This is similar to horns goat horns. About six inches in length and can grow again.
101-year-old woman was also felt his right brow horns would grow anyway. Note the black dots on his right forehead. When fully grown the Ruifang became the first woman with animal horn perfectly
Sabtu, 13 April 2013
The World's Longest Bus Route
Birmingham to Kashmir by bus
Plans have been announced to launch a bus service between Birmingham and Mirpur in Pakistan, known as "Little Birmingham".
It promises to be Britain’s longest bus route – all the way from Birmingham to Kashmir almost 4,000 miles away.
Plans have been drawn up for a bus service between the West Midlands and Mirpur, nicknamed “Little Birmingham” because of close historical and family ties between the two cities.
The Mirpur region’s transport chief Tahir Khokher says the route will span seven countries including Iran and Pakistan – and include stopovers in Quetta, near the Afghan border, and the Iranian capital Tehran.
Tickets for the 12-day trip are expected to cost £130, a saving of around £450 on the average air fare.
Birmingham is home to the world’s largest population of Kashmiri expatriates, many having emigrated from Mirpur in the 1960s after being displaced by the building of a dam.
Mr Khokher says he hoped the service would strengthen ties and tourism between the two cities. “We are proposing to run four luxury buses once a fortnight,” he said. “The Kashmir government will also set up a swift counter system to hasten the visa process for those who don’t have a British passport.”
The plans were welcomed last night by by Khalid Mahmood, a Birmingham Labour MP whose family originates from Mirpur. “It’s a great idea that will bring the two cities closer together and be a real life experience, particularly for younger people,” he said.
His views were echoed by Mohammed Nazam, a city councillor, who said earlier generations often made the trip from Britain to Pakistan by road. “In the 1970s and 1980s people would drive a van from the UK to Kashmir and it would take about 10 or 12 days of hard driving, day and night,” he said. “Even in those days it was a real adventure. But the world isn’t as safe a place as it used to be.”
Mr Khokher dismissed security concerns, particularly those surrounding the volatile city of Quetta, where top Taliban commanders are believed to be in hiding. “I don’t feel it will be a problem,” he said. “The government is responsible for security.
“Barring one or two instances in Quetta, the overall situation is good to go.”
It promises to be Britain’s longest bus route – all the way from Birmingham to Kashmir almost 4,000 miles away.
Plans have been drawn up for a bus service between the West Midlands and Mirpur, nicknamed “Little Birmingham” because of close historical and family ties between the two cities.
The Mirpur region’s transport chief Tahir Khokher says the route will span seven countries including Iran and Pakistan – and include stopovers in Quetta, near the Afghan border, and the Iranian capital Tehran.
Tickets for the 12-day trip are expected to cost £130, a saving of around £450 on the average air fare.
Birmingham is home to the world’s largest population of Kashmiri expatriates, many having emigrated from Mirpur in the 1960s after being displaced by the building of a dam.
Mr Khokher says he hoped the service would strengthen ties and tourism between the two cities. “We are proposing to run four luxury buses once a fortnight,” he said. “The Kashmir government will also set up a swift counter system to hasten the visa process for those who don’t have a British passport.”
The plans were welcomed last night by by Khalid Mahmood, a Birmingham Labour MP whose family originates from Mirpur. “It’s a great idea that will bring the two cities closer together and be a real life experience, particularly for younger people,” he said.
His views were echoed by Mohammed Nazam, a city councillor, who said earlier generations often made the trip from Britain to Pakistan by road. “In the 1970s and 1980s people would drive a van from the UK to Kashmir and it would take about 10 or 12 days of hard driving, day and night,” he said. “Even in those days it was a real adventure. But the world isn’t as safe a place as it used to be.”
Mr Khokher dismissed security concerns, particularly those surrounding the volatile city of Quetta, where top Taliban commanders are believed to be in hiding. “I don’t feel it will be a problem,” he said. “The government is responsible for security.
“Barring one or two instances in Quetta, the overall situation is good to go.”
Selasa, 09 April 2013
How Christians and Muslims can Marry
Multi-ethnic couples reflect Bosnia's growing diversity
Rusmir Zaimovic and his wife Sandra enjoy an afternoon coffee at their apartment in Sarajevo.
SANDRA Zaimovic, a Catholic Bosnian Croat and her husband Rusmir, a Bosnian Muslim, are looking forward to celebrating both Eid and Christmas with their new baby this year.
Couples of different ethnicity like the Zaimovics were a rarity in the years following the 1992-1995 war which divided Bosnia along ethnic lines, but today they are slowly reappearing, reflecting the country's growing diversity.
Rusmir and Sandra, herself a child of a mixed marriage between a Bosnian Croat mother and Serb father, met in 2003 at a friend's party. They were married two years later, one of the rare ethnically mixed marriages in Bosnia to take place since the war. "Ours is a marriage of love we have never asked any questions about our ethnicity or our faith," says 33-year-old computer engineer Rusmir.
Their families had no objections, but many others have queried their relationship.
"I often meet people who ask me how my mother has reacted, how the two of us manage everything. Remarks like that remind me where we live," says Sandra.
Over the years, however, Sandra and Rusmir have made a tight network of friends, many of whom are also ethnically mixed couples, or those who find no fault with their life choices.
The former Yugoslav republic was once a shining example of diversity, but Bosnian society was torn apart during the war that pitted its three main ethnic communities Serbs, Croats, and Muslims against each other. Many mixed couples were unable to resist the pressures of the time and either split up or left the country. Most have never returned.
Today the country has a population of just 3.8 million, of which 40 per cent are Muslim, 31 per cent Serb (mainly Orthodox Christian) and 10 per cent Bosnian Croat. Over two million people were forced from their homes during the war, in which 100,000 died.
The ethnologist Ugo Vlaisavljevic confirms that the psychological scars of the war run deep. "As a consequence of the horrors of war that we experienced in the 1990s a deep distrust between the people emerged... and of course this has had a considerable impact on people's personal lives."
Neda Perisic, an anthropologist, points out that couples like the Zaimovics face more than societal pressure, highlighting the institutional discrimination inherent in the political system imposed by the 1995 peace accord.
"In Bosnia, there are no individual, but only collective rights," she says, explaining that almost all jobs in public administration or state-controlled companies are reserved for members of the three so-called constituent communities.
SANDRA Zaimovic, a Catholic Bosnian Croat and her husband Rusmir, a Bosnian Muslim, are looking forward to celebrating both Eid and Christmas with their new baby this year.
Couples of different ethnicity like the Zaimovics were a rarity in the years following the 1992-1995 war which divided Bosnia along ethnic lines, but today they are slowly reappearing, reflecting the country's growing diversity.
Rusmir and Sandra, herself a child of a mixed marriage between a Bosnian Croat mother and Serb father, met in 2003 at a friend's party. They were married two years later, one of the rare ethnically mixed marriages in Bosnia to take place since the war. "Ours is a marriage of love we have never asked any questions about our ethnicity or our faith," says 33-year-old computer engineer Rusmir.
Their families had no objections, but many others have queried their relationship.
"I often meet people who ask me how my mother has reacted, how the two of us manage everything. Remarks like that remind me where we live," says Sandra.
Over the years, however, Sandra and Rusmir have made a tight network of friends, many of whom are also ethnically mixed couples, or those who find no fault with their life choices.
The former Yugoslav republic was once a shining example of diversity, but Bosnian society was torn apart during the war that pitted its three main ethnic communities Serbs, Croats, and Muslims against each other. Many mixed couples were unable to resist the pressures of the time and either split up or left the country. Most have never returned.
Today the country has a population of just 3.8 million, of which 40 per cent are Muslim, 31 per cent Serb (mainly Orthodox Christian) and 10 per cent Bosnian Croat. Over two million people were forced from their homes during the war, in which 100,000 died.
The ethnologist Ugo Vlaisavljevic confirms that the psychological scars of the war run deep. "As a consequence of the horrors of war that we experienced in the 1990s a deep distrust between the people emerged... and of course this has had a considerable impact on people's personal lives."
Neda Perisic, an anthropologist, points out that couples like the Zaimovics face more than societal pressure, highlighting the institutional discrimination inherent in the political system imposed by the 1995 peace accord.
"In Bosnia, there are no individual, but only collective rights," she says, explaining that almost all jobs in public administration or state-controlled companies are reserved for members of the three so-called constituent communities.
Arabs Want Gregorian Calendar
Saudis want Gregorian birthdates on national IDs
Spokesperson says dates available on passports and driving licences issued in Saudi Arabia
Manama: Saudi citizens have urged the authorities to add their Gregorian calendar birthdates on their identity cards, saying that it would help them whenever it is needed abroad.
The call was issued after several Saudi citizens were requested to fill in forms in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) where they were required to use their Gregorian birthdates, but they had only their Hijri (Islamic) calendar dates, Saudi daily Al Watan reported on Sunday.
“I felt embarrassed when I was filling in a form for a mobile chip in Dubai,” Umm Mohammad, a Saudi mother, said. “I needed a document that showed the date, but I did not have one since I travelled using my identity card that did not have the date, and not my passport,” she said, quoted by the daily.
However, Mohammad Bin Jasser Al Jasser, the spokesperson for civil affairs, said that there were no plans to add the Gregorian date.
“The identity card has a specific design where all essential information is clearly visible,” he said. “The card is used principally as an identity document inside the Saudi kingdom where there is no need for a non-Hijri calendar birth date since that is the official one. Those who are interested in knowing their Gregorian calendar birthdates can always refer to the Saudi birth certificate, passport and driving licence where they are mentioned,” he said, quoted by the daily.
In June last year, all Saudi government and private agencies were requested to use the Hijri calendar and Arabic language in their official dealings.
Arabic should also be to used to communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, then Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, deputy premier and interior minister, said.
The decision was taken after the authorities said they noticed a violation of the royal orders governing the use of the Hijri calendar and Arabic language, while English was “massively” used in the receptions of hotels and companies, local Arabic daily Al Sharq said.
According to the Saudi authorities, the use of the Islamic calendar will help preserve the history of Islam while the use of Arabic will reinforce pride in the country’s national language.
However, they said that the Gregorian calendar could be used whenever it was needed, but it had to be associated with the corresponding Hijri date.
Saudis have often stressed that the Hijri calendar and the Arabic language had robust links with the status of their country in the Arab and Islamic world.
For many Saudis, the state had “a moral duty to preserve and protect the Arabic language”.
“We have started to feel like strangers in our own land, especially with the tsunami of foreigners who resort to marginalising Arabic in local and foreign companies and in hotels,” a Saudi blogger remarked. “They even try to impose their language at the university as part of a long-term plan to make the Saudi market wide open for foreigners and limit competition from Saudi nationals. A deep penetration of foreign language in the Saudi society will also marginalise its religion and culture,” he said.
Spokesperson says dates available on passports and driving licences issued in Saudi Arabia
Manama: Saudi citizens have urged the authorities to add their Gregorian calendar birthdates on their identity cards, saying that it would help them whenever it is needed abroad.
The call was issued after several Saudi citizens were requested to fill in forms in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) where they were required to use their Gregorian birthdates, but they had only their Hijri (Islamic) calendar dates, Saudi daily Al Watan reported on Sunday.
“I felt embarrassed when I was filling in a form for a mobile chip in Dubai,” Umm Mohammad, a Saudi mother, said. “I needed a document that showed the date, but I did not have one since I travelled using my identity card that did not have the date, and not my passport,” she said, quoted by the daily.
However, Mohammad Bin Jasser Al Jasser, the spokesperson for civil affairs, said that there were no plans to add the Gregorian date.
“The identity card has a specific design where all essential information is clearly visible,” he said. “The card is used principally as an identity document inside the Saudi kingdom where there is no need for a non-Hijri calendar birth date since that is the official one. Those who are interested in knowing their Gregorian calendar birthdates can always refer to the Saudi birth certificate, passport and driving licence where they are mentioned,” he said, quoted by the daily.
In June last year, all Saudi government and private agencies were requested to use the Hijri calendar and Arabic language in their official dealings.
Arabic should also be to used to communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, then Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, deputy premier and interior minister, said.
The decision was taken after the authorities said they noticed a violation of the royal orders governing the use of the Hijri calendar and Arabic language, while English was “massively” used in the receptions of hotels and companies, local Arabic daily Al Sharq said.
According to the Saudi authorities, the use of the Islamic calendar will help preserve the history of Islam while the use of Arabic will reinforce pride in the country’s national language.
However, they said that the Gregorian calendar could be used whenever it was needed, but it had to be associated with the corresponding Hijri date.
Saudis have often stressed that the Hijri calendar and the Arabic language had robust links with the status of their country in the Arab and Islamic world.
For many Saudis, the state had “a moral duty to preserve and protect the Arabic language”.
“We have started to feel like strangers in our own land, especially with the tsunami of foreigners who resort to marginalising Arabic in local and foreign companies and in hotels,” a Saudi blogger remarked. “They even try to impose their language at the university as part of a long-term plan to make the Saudi market wide open for foreigners and limit competition from Saudi nationals. A deep penetration of foreign language in the Saudi society will also marginalise its religion and culture,” he said.
Selasa, 26 Maret 2013
Tunisian Naked Girl
Tunisian Woman Who Posted A Topless Picture Should Be Stoned To Death
Quarantine her!’ Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning
19 year old Amina poses topless and then posts her photo's on Facebook.
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.”
Tunisian newspaper AssabahNews quoted Salafi preacher Alami Adel, who heads the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, saying: “According to God’s law, she deserves 80 to 100 lashes, but what she committed is worth much more than that. She deserves to be stoned to death and she must be quarantined because what she did is an epidemic.”
“She is like someone suffering from a serious and contagious illness and she must be secluded and treated,” he added.
The young Amina, who is part of a feminist movement and group called FEMEN can be seen smoking a cigarette topless with Arabic words written across her chest in black that reads in English “My body belongs to me.”
FEMEN is a Ukrainian based feminist group that gathers women together in Europe in topless protests in support of women’s rights.
Amina has been delivered by her parents to a psychiatric hospital in Tunis, according to reports received by FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko in Paris and reported by the U.S. based magazine the Atlantic.
Tunisian media said that if Amina committed the offence in Tunisia, she could be punished by up to two years in prison and be given a fine between $60 and $600.
A petition and an international day of action on April 4 to highlight the threats against Amina have been organized by activists.
More than 10,000 people have signed the petition that called for those who threatened Amina’s life to be prosecuted.
On Thursday reports FEMEN’s Facebook account was hacked emerged. The page had reportedly been infiltrated with videos and pictures on the site being replaced by verses from the Koran.
“Thanks to God we have hacked this immoral page and the best is yet to come,” read one message signed by “al-Angour,” an apparent hacker.
FEMEN has released a statement condemning “barbarian threats of the Islamists about the necessity of reprisals against the Tunisian activist Amina.”
“We are afraid for her life and we call on women to fight for their freedom against religious atrocities” it added.
Last month, FEMEN brought together Iranian women in Sweden, who took to the streets of Stockholm demonstrating against the Hijab (Islamic headscarf).
Quarantine her!’ Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.”
Tunisian newspaper AssabahNews quoted Salafi preacher Alami Adel, who heads the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, saying: “According to God’s law, she deserves 80 to 100 lashes, but what she committed is worth much more than that. She deserves to be stoned to death and she must be quarantined because what she did is an epidemic.”
“She is like someone suffering from a serious and contagious illness and she must be secluded and treated,” he added.
The young Amina, who is part of a feminist movement and group called FEMEN can be seen smoking a cigarette topless with Arabic words written across her chest in black that reads in English “My body belongs to me.”
FEMEN is a Ukrainian based feminist group that gathers women together in Europe in topless protests in support of women’s rights.
Amina has been delivered by her parents to a psychiatric hospital in Tunis, according to reports received by FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko in Paris and reported by the U.S. based magazine the Atlantic.
Tunisian media said that if Amina committed the offence in Tunisia, she could be punished by up to two years in prison and be given a fine between $60 and $600.
A petition and an international day of action on April 4 to highlight the threats against Amina have been organized by activists.
More than 10,000 people have signed the petition that called for those who threatened Amina’s life to be prosecuted.
On Thursday reports FEMEN’s Facebook account was hacked emerged. The page had reportedly been infiltrated with videos and pictures on the site being replaced by verses from the Koran.
“Thanks to God we have hacked this immoral page and the best is yet to come,” read one message signed by “al-Angour,” an apparent hacker.
FEMEN has released a statement condemning “barbarian threats of the Islamists about the necessity of reprisals against the Tunisian activist Amina.”
“We are afraid for her life and we call on women to fight for their freedom against religious atrocities” it added.
Last month, FEMEN brought together Iranian women in Sweden, who took to the streets of Stockholm demonstrating against the Hijab (Islamic headscarf).
Rabu, 20 Maret 2013
Pakistani Girl Pretend to Be A Boy
Maria Toorpakai: The Pakistani squash star who had to pretend to be a boy
Maria Toorpakai Wazir is a star squash player with a promising international career. Born in Waziristan, a highly conservative region of Pakistan, she had to disguise herself as a boy when she took up the sport - and later received ominous threats for playing in shorts.
"I am a warrior, I was born a warrior, I will die like a warrior."
Maria Toorpakai is courageous - and she's had to be, to play squash in a region where many girls are denied more than a primary education.
When she was four, she put on her brother's clothes, cut her hair and took all her girly clothes outside and had them burnt.
"My father started laughing and said, 'Here we go, we have a Genghis Khan in the family,'" she says, referring to the Mongolian warlord of the 12th Century.
As she grew older, Toorpakai was often involved in fights. She says it was how she made friends. "My hands, elbows, knees were always bleeding - my eyebrows and face were always swollen."
So 10 years ago, when she was 12, her father decided to channel her energies towards sport - in particular, weightlifting.
"He was a bit shy to tell people that I was a girl, so he said, 'That's my son and his name is Genghis Khan,'" Toorpakai says.
After a couple of months, she was entered for a boy's tournament - and won.
"Giving her a false boy's name allowed her to take part in whatever games she wanted," says Toorpakai's father, Shamsul Qayyum Wazir.
"Then someone told me that if she carried on weightlifting, she would not grow taller, and she would become plump and heavy. So I encouraged the interest she had already discovered in playing squash."
Squash is a popular sport in Pakistan and the country has produced many world champions. Women play it too - although not in Waziristan or other highly conservative tribal areas.
Toorpakai says she fell in love with the game the first time she saw people playing it.
"I just liked how the kids had so much determination, the beautiful rackets and balls, and the kit," she says.
Her father took her to a squash academy in Peshawar run by the Pakistani air force.
In the first month or two of playing squash, people didn't know she was a girl. When the truth came out, other players started taunting her.
"They used to tease me, use bad language. It was unbearable and disrespectful - extreme bullying."
She didn't give up. She locked herself in the squash court and played for hours, from morning to evening.
"My hands were swollen, bruised and bleeding, but I still kept playing. I locked myself away, trying to create my own shots, my own drills."
The hard work paid off. She won several national junior championships and turned professional in 2006. The following year she received an award from the Pakistani president.
But the extra attention brought trouble to the family.
"In our area, girls are not even allowed to leave their family homes," explains her father.
"They wear a veil all the time and are always accompanied by male family members. When people saw Maria and realised that she did not wear a veil and that she played squash wearing shorts, they were shocked. They said she had brought dishonour to our tribe and they criticised me heavily for it."
A letter was pinned to the window of Wazir's car telling him to stop his daughter from playing squash because it was "un-Islamic and against tribal traditions".
It threatened "dire consequences" if he did not act.
But he maintained that if his daughters wanted to pursue a career in sport, he would support them.
The Pakistani squash federation provided Toorpakai with security, setting up a checkpoint next to her house. Snipers were positioning around the squash court, but she decided things had gone too far.
"A [modern] squash court has so much glass in it, so if there was a bomb blast inside, it would kill so many innocent people," she says.
Instead she started practising in her room.
"Playing in the hard surface of my room caused me many painful injuries. My father when he saw this spirit in me said, 'If you want to play squash, then the only option you have is to leave the country.'"
So every day, for three and a half years, Toorpakai sent emails to clubs, academies, schools, colleges and universities in the West - everywhere she could find squash courts. By the time she was 18, she had sent thousands.
One of her emails reached Canadian squash legend Jonathon Power. His signature was emblazoned on the first proper squash racket Toorpakai had owned, given to her by the director of the Peshawar squash academy.
Power had recently retired from the professional squash circuit and had set up a squash academy in Toronto.
"It was pretty peculiar," he says.
"I got this email from this young girl, saying where she came from, that she was just trying to pursue her dreams and become the best player she could be."
Power had spent a lot of time playing in Pakistan, and been heavily influenced by Pakistani squash players. But he also knew the difficulties faced by girls and women in the country.
"I just couldn't understand that there was a girl from this part of the world that was a squash player," he says.
But Power discovered that in 2009 she had come third in the World Junior Women's Championship. He was startled that Waziristan had produced a female squash player.
"I thought, 'Wow that's an incredible achievement.' So I thought I had to find a way to help her out."
He replied saying he would like to teach her squash in Canada.
At first, Toorpakai couldn't quite believe he was the real Jonathon Power. Several months later, in 2011, she arrived in Toronto and started training with him.
She is currently Pakistan's top female player and ranked the 49th best woman in the world. Power is convinced that she will go far.
"She absolutely has the talent and determination to become the best player in the world," he says.
"It's going to take time - she did have four years where she didn't get to progress, playing in her room.
"But now she's in a great environment, she's got great people around her helping her physically and learning the game of squash on a tactical level."
As for Toorpakai's father, he couldn't be prouder. "Pakistan and the whole Muslim world should be proud of her," he says.
"In our society people celebrate when a boy is born and they are aggrieved when a girl is born - this attitude must change. I want every tribal girl to have the same chances as other girls."
Toorpakai herself credits squash with giving her the opportunity to live a different life.
"I think people are tired of so much war and fighting and bombs and kidnapping, I think they want peace and they realise now that they need education.
"They are very shy. They need someone to represent them, someone who can raise the voice for them and I think we are the people and we will bring change to them."
Maria Toorpakai Wazir is a star squash player with a promising international career. Born in Waziristan, a highly conservative region of Pakistan, she had to disguise herself as a boy when she took up the sport - and later received ominous threats for playing in shorts.
"I am a warrior, I was born a warrior, I will die like a warrior."
Maria Toorpakai is courageous - and she's had to be, to play squash in a region where many girls are denied more than a primary education.
When she was four, she put on her brother's clothes, cut her hair and took all her girly clothes outside and had them burnt.
"My father started laughing and said, 'Here we go, we have a Genghis Khan in the family,'" she says, referring to the Mongolian warlord of the 12th Century.
As she grew older, Toorpakai was often involved in fights. She says it was how she made friends. "My hands, elbows, knees were always bleeding - my eyebrows and face were always swollen."
So 10 years ago, when she was 12, her father decided to channel her energies towards sport - in particular, weightlifting.
"He was a bit shy to tell people that I was a girl, so he said, 'That's my son and his name is Genghis Khan,'" Toorpakai says.
After a couple of months, she was entered for a boy's tournament - and won.
"Giving her a false boy's name allowed her to take part in whatever games she wanted," says Toorpakai's father, Shamsul Qayyum Wazir.
"Then someone told me that if she carried on weightlifting, she would not grow taller, and she would become plump and heavy. So I encouraged the interest she had already discovered in playing squash."
Squash is a popular sport in Pakistan and the country has produced many world champions. Women play it too - although not in Waziristan or other highly conservative tribal areas.
Toorpakai says she fell in love with the game the first time she saw people playing it.
"I just liked how the kids had so much determination, the beautiful rackets and balls, and the kit," she says.
Her father took her to a squash academy in Peshawar run by the Pakistani air force.
In the first month or two of playing squash, people didn't know she was a girl. When the truth came out, other players started taunting her.
"They used to tease me, use bad language. It was unbearable and disrespectful - extreme bullying."
She didn't give up. She locked herself in the squash court and played for hours, from morning to evening.
"My hands were swollen, bruised and bleeding, but I still kept playing. I locked myself away, trying to create my own shots, my own drills."
The hard work paid off. She won several national junior championships and turned professional in 2006. The following year she received an award from the Pakistani president.
But the extra attention brought trouble to the family.
"In our area, girls are not even allowed to leave their family homes," explains her father.
"They wear a veil all the time and are always accompanied by male family members. When people saw Maria and realised that she did not wear a veil and that she played squash wearing shorts, they were shocked. They said she had brought dishonour to our tribe and they criticised me heavily for it."
A letter was pinned to the window of Wazir's car telling him to stop his daughter from playing squash because it was "un-Islamic and against tribal traditions".
It threatened "dire consequences" if he did not act.
But he maintained that if his daughters wanted to pursue a career in sport, he would support them.
The Pakistani squash federation provided Toorpakai with security, setting up a checkpoint next to her house. Snipers were positioning around the squash court, but she decided things had gone too far.
"A [modern] squash court has so much glass in it, so if there was a bomb blast inside, it would kill so many innocent people," she says.
Instead she started practising in her room.
"Playing in the hard surface of my room caused me many painful injuries. My father when he saw this spirit in me said, 'If you want to play squash, then the only option you have is to leave the country.'"
So every day, for three and a half years, Toorpakai sent emails to clubs, academies, schools, colleges and universities in the West - everywhere she could find squash courts. By the time she was 18, she had sent thousands.
One of her emails reached Canadian squash legend Jonathon Power. His signature was emblazoned on the first proper squash racket Toorpakai had owned, given to her by the director of the Peshawar squash academy.
Power had recently retired from the professional squash circuit and had set up a squash academy in Toronto.
"It was pretty peculiar," he says.
"I got this email from this young girl, saying where she came from, that she was just trying to pursue her dreams and become the best player she could be."
Power had spent a lot of time playing in Pakistan, and been heavily influenced by Pakistani squash players. But he also knew the difficulties faced by girls and women in the country.
"I just couldn't understand that there was a girl from this part of the world that was a squash player," he says.
But Power discovered that in 2009 she had come third in the World Junior Women's Championship. He was startled that Waziristan had produced a female squash player.
"I thought, 'Wow that's an incredible achievement.' So I thought I had to find a way to help her out."
He replied saying he would like to teach her squash in Canada.
At first, Toorpakai couldn't quite believe he was the real Jonathon Power. Several months later, in 2011, she arrived in Toronto and started training with him.
She is currently Pakistan's top female player and ranked the 49th best woman in the world. Power is convinced that she will go far.
"She absolutely has the talent and determination to become the best player in the world," he says.
"It's going to take time - she did have four years where she didn't get to progress, playing in her room.
"But now she's in a great environment, she's got great people around her helping her physically and learning the game of squash on a tactical level."
As for Toorpakai's father, he couldn't be prouder. "Pakistan and the whole Muslim world should be proud of her," he says.
"In our society people celebrate when a boy is born and they are aggrieved when a girl is born - this attitude must change. I want every tribal girl to have the same chances as other girls."
Toorpakai herself credits squash with giving her the opportunity to live a different life.
"I think people are tired of so much war and fighting and bombs and kidnapping, I think they want peace and they realise now that they need education.
"They are very shy. They need someone to represent them, someone who can raise the voice for them and I think we are the people and we will bring change to them."
Church for Muslims
Episcopal church opens doors to Aberdeen Muslims
Sheikh Amed Magghabri (left) and Rev Isaac Poobalan at St John's Episcopal Church.
A SCOTTISH Episcopal church has opened its doors to the local Muslim community in what has been hailed as an event of “global significance.”
• Rector and congregation of St John’s Episcopal Church have offered part of church building to Muslims due to their overcrowded mosque
• Chief Imam Amed Magghabri : “What happens here is special and there should be no problem repeating this across the country.”
The Rector and congregation of St John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen have offered the hand of Christian fellowship - and part of their church building - to the hundreds of Muslims attending the neighbouring and overcrowded mosque in the city’s Crown Street
The Aberdeen mosque is so busy at times that members of the Muslim community were having to pray outside in the wind and rain. They have now been offered the use of part of the Episcopalian church hall for daily prayers
The church’s Rector, the Rev Canon Dr Isaac Poobalan said: “Praying is never wrong. My job is to encourage people to pray. The mosque was so full at times, there would be people outside in the wind and rain praying.
Neighbours
“I knew I couldn’t just let this happen - because I would be abandoning what the Bible teaches us about how we should treat our neighbours.”
He continued: “When I spoke to the people at the church about the situation, someone actually said to me this was not our problem, but I had seen it with my own eyes, so it was a problem.
“When I spoke to the imam there was some hesitation on their part too, because this has never been done before. But they took us up on the offer and it has been a positive relationship”
Chief Imam Amed Magghabri said: “What happens here is special and there should be no problem repeating this across the country. The relationship is friendly and respectful.”
The actions of the congregation were praised by the Rt Rev Dr Robert Gillies, the Episcopalian Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney.
He said: “It would be good to think that we can change the world. Most of us most of the time feel we can’t so don’t bother. But sometimes, just sometimes, someone has a vision that we can do something of global significance on a local scale. This is what is happening between St John’s Episcopal Church on Crown terrace in Aberdeen and the Mosque in its grounds.”
Bonds of friendship
Bishop Gillies continued: “Internationally the news speaks of tension and struggles between Islam and Christianity. Yet here in Aberdeen a Mosque and a Church have built bonds of affection and friendship. It must be stressed that neither has surrendered or compromised any aspect of the historic faith to which each holds. But mutual hospitality and goodwill exists. Cooperation is there a-plenty. Laughter can be heard as humour links people together.
“If you go to St John’s Church you’ll see unlocked doors that link Church and Mosque. You’ll find a footpath physically connecting one to the other. It’s a footpath which we hope can be developed into a café and recreation area where people can be welcomed into both buildings.”
He added: “Basically put, when people get together locally things begin to happen which can seem beyond reach on the international scale. Everyone can do something locally and if more were to do so then something big might just begin to happen globally. That’s why the eyes of the world are on Crown Terrace in Aberdeen. Christianity and Islam don’t have to agree in order to be together. Here in Aberdeen they already are.”
A SCOTTISH Episcopal church has opened its doors to the local Muslim community in what has been hailed as an event of “global significance.”
• Rector and congregation of St John’s Episcopal Church have offered part of church building to Muslims due to their overcrowded mosque
• Chief Imam Amed Magghabri : “What happens here is special and there should be no problem repeating this across the country.”
The Rector and congregation of St John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen have offered the hand of Christian fellowship - and part of their church building - to the hundreds of Muslims attending the neighbouring and overcrowded mosque in the city’s Crown Street
The Aberdeen mosque is so busy at times that members of the Muslim community were having to pray outside in the wind and rain. They have now been offered the use of part of the Episcopalian church hall for daily prayers
The church’s Rector, the Rev Canon Dr Isaac Poobalan said: “Praying is never wrong. My job is to encourage people to pray. The mosque was so full at times, there would be people outside in the wind and rain praying.
Neighbours
“I knew I couldn’t just let this happen - because I would be abandoning what the Bible teaches us about how we should treat our neighbours.”
He continued: “When I spoke to the people at the church about the situation, someone actually said to me this was not our problem, but I had seen it with my own eyes, so it was a problem.
“When I spoke to the imam there was some hesitation on their part too, because this has never been done before. But they took us up on the offer and it has been a positive relationship”
Chief Imam Amed Magghabri said: “What happens here is special and there should be no problem repeating this across the country. The relationship is friendly and respectful.”
The actions of the congregation were praised by the Rt Rev Dr Robert Gillies, the Episcopalian Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney.
He said: “It would be good to think that we can change the world. Most of us most of the time feel we can’t so don’t bother. But sometimes, just sometimes, someone has a vision that we can do something of global significance on a local scale. This is what is happening between St John’s Episcopal Church on Crown terrace in Aberdeen and the Mosque in its grounds.”
Bonds of friendship
Bishop Gillies continued: “Internationally the news speaks of tension and struggles between Islam and Christianity. Yet here in Aberdeen a Mosque and a Church have built bonds of affection and friendship. It must be stressed that neither has surrendered or compromised any aspect of the historic faith to which each holds. But mutual hospitality and goodwill exists. Cooperation is there a-plenty. Laughter can be heard as humour links people together.
“If you go to St John’s Church you’ll see unlocked doors that link Church and Mosque. You’ll find a footpath physically connecting one to the other. It’s a footpath which we hope can be developed into a café and recreation area where people can be welcomed into both buildings.”
He added: “Basically put, when people get together locally things begin to happen which can seem beyond reach on the international scale. Everyone can do something locally and if more were to do so then something big might just begin to happen globally. That’s why the eyes of the world are on Crown Terrace in Aberdeen. Christianity and Islam don’t have to agree in order to be together. Here in Aberdeen they already are.”
Selasa, 12 Maret 2013
Iranian Naked and Nude
“Down with the hijab”—-Iranian undressed in Stockholm against Hijab and Islam
Stockholm: On the eve of the International Day of Women’s Rights young activist of Communist Party of Iran and the “Organization against violence under women in Iran” undressed in the center of Stockholm to express the protest against the hijab. Islamic world takes this action as abusive and infringement of “Right of Choice” of those Muslims women who wear Hijab. Muslims strongly criticized words like “Down with the Hijab” and are of the view that Muslims have rights for choosing Hijab and international laws do not allow any other group to use such words like “Down with Hijab”.
On their bodies they wrote “My nudity – my protest” and “Down with the hijab” like FEMEN sextremists. Activists also held the photos of the FEMEN’s anti-islamist actions. We want to remind you that on the 20th of December 2012 famous Egyptian activist Alia Al Mahdi, together with FEMEN made an antiislamist protest next to the Egyptian embassy in Stockholm. The aim of the protest was a need to draw the world’s attention to the threat of Islaimisation of Egyptian constitution and the introduction of Morsi’s Shariah Law.
FEMEN, the Ukrainian women’s group known for using nudity in its demonstrations, posted photos of the Iranian women’s topless protest on its website in a show of solidarity. The Ukrainian activists have spoken out against Islamist regimes in the past, telling Muslim women to “get naked” during a September demonstration in Paris.
Most recently, FEMEN activists stripped down in late February and attempted to lunge at former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Italy. The three topless women who broke past the crowd of journalists were swiftly detained by police.
The activists, who organized the rally on Facebook, protested in Stockholm — the country’s capital — days before International Women’s Day, which is celebrated annually on March 8.
During the protest, the partially nude women bore painted slogans, such as “My nudity is my protest” and “No to hijab,” on their chests and backs and held posters from past FEMEN demonstrations. In video footage of the protest, a masked woman chanted “Hijab is not my choice” and “Down with Islamic Republic of Iran,” using a microphone to project her message.
Stockholm: On the eve of the International Day of Women’s Rights young activist of Communist Party of Iran and the “Organization against violence under women in Iran” undressed in the center of Stockholm to express the protest against the hijab. Islamic world takes this action as abusive and infringement of “Right of Choice” of those Muslims women who wear Hijab. Muslims strongly criticized words like “Down with the Hijab” and are of the view that Muslims have rights for choosing Hijab and international laws do not allow any other group to use such words like “Down with Hijab”.
On their bodies they wrote “My nudity – my protest” and “Down with the hijab” like FEMEN sextremists. Activists also held the photos of the FEMEN’s anti-islamist actions. We want to remind you that on the 20th of December 2012 famous Egyptian activist Alia Al Mahdi, together with FEMEN made an antiislamist protest next to the Egyptian embassy in Stockholm. The aim of the protest was a need to draw the world’s attention to the threat of Islaimisation of Egyptian constitution and the introduction of Morsi’s Shariah Law.
FEMEN, the Ukrainian women’s group known for using nudity in its demonstrations, posted photos of the Iranian women’s topless protest on its website in a show of solidarity. The Ukrainian activists have spoken out against Islamist regimes in the past, telling Muslim women to “get naked” during a September demonstration in Paris.
Most recently, FEMEN activists stripped down in late February and attempted to lunge at former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Italy. The three topless women who broke past the crowd of journalists were swiftly detained by police.
The activists, who organized the rally on Facebook, protested in Stockholm — the country’s capital — days before International Women’s Day, which is celebrated annually on March 8.
During the protest, the partially nude women bore painted slogans, such as “My nudity is my protest” and “No to hijab,” on their chests and backs and held posters from past FEMEN demonstrations. In video footage of the protest, a masked woman chanted “Hijab is not my choice” and “Down with Islamic Republic of Iran,” using a microphone to project her message.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hug A Woman!
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticised for hugging mother of Hugo Chavez
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of betraying Islam after he was pictured in an emotional embrace with the mother of Hugo Chavez at the late Venezuelan leader's funeral.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offering his condolences to Hugo Chavez's mother Elena Frias
The Iranian president's domestic opponents reacted furiously after photos emerged of him giving Elena Frias de Chavez, 78, a consoling hug at last Friday's funeral in Caracas - at which he also kissed Mr Chavez's coffin.
Religious conservatives said the act insulted Iran's religious dignity and amounted to "haram" – a term used to describe a religiously forbidden act under Islamic rules.
Mohammad Taghi Rahbar, the Friday prayer leader of Iran's second city, Isfahan, told Mehr news agency that Mr Ahmadinejad had "lost control".
He added: "Shaking hands with a non-mahram (unrelated by family) woman, under any circumstances, whether young or old, is not allowed. Hugging or expressing emotions is improper for the dignity of the president of a country like the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Mohammad Dehghan, a member of the governing board of Iran's parliament, the Majles, said the episode exposed the true nature of the "deviant current", the term used by allies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, to describe Mr Ahmadinejad and his allies.
Conservatives loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei accuse Mr Ahmadinejad's administration of seeking to dilute Iran's Islamic principles. They also suspect the president of plotting to install one of his lieutenants in power after his second presidential term ends in the summer.
Last week, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior Iranian cleric close to Ayatollah Khamenei, criticised Mr Ahmadinejad for predicting in a written tribute that Mr Chavez, who died of cancer last week, would return along with Jesus Christ "on resurrection day".
"I say directly that he went too far with what he mentioned in his tribute" Mr Khatami said. "The president is well aware that such a tribute will provoke reactions in our religious institutes He could have sent a diplomatic message with no religious connotations."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of betraying Islam after he was pictured in an emotional embrace with the mother of Hugo Chavez at the late Venezuelan leader's funeral.
The Iranian president's domestic opponents reacted furiously after photos emerged of him giving Elena Frias de Chavez, 78, a consoling hug at last Friday's funeral in Caracas - at which he also kissed Mr Chavez's coffin.
Religious conservatives said the act insulted Iran's religious dignity and amounted to "haram" – a term used to describe a religiously forbidden act under Islamic rules.
Mohammad Taghi Rahbar, the Friday prayer leader of Iran's second city, Isfahan, told Mehr news agency that Mr Ahmadinejad had "lost control".
He added: "Shaking hands with a non-mahram (unrelated by family) woman, under any circumstances, whether young or old, is not allowed. Hugging or expressing emotions is improper for the dignity of the president of a country like the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Mohammad Dehghan, a member of the governing board of Iran's parliament, the Majles, said the episode exposed the true nature of the "deviant current", the term used by allies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, to describe Mr Ahmadinejad and his allies.
Conservatives loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei accuse Mr Ahmadinejad's administration of seeking to dilute Iran's Islamic principles. They also suspect the president of plotting to install one of his lieutenants in power after his second presidential term ends in the summer.
Last week, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a senior Iranian cleric close to Ayatollah Khamenei, criticised Mr Ahmadinejad for predicting in a written tribute that Mr Chavez, who died of cancer last week, would return along with Jesus Christ "on resurrection day".
"I say directly that he went too far with what he mentioned in his tribute" Mr Khatami said. "The president is well aware that such a tribute will provoke reactions in our religious institutes He could have sent a diplomatic message with no religious connotations."
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