Mahdi Doing It By The Book
the Koran, that is...
Iran’s National Uniform Law Iranian expatriates said Friday that the “National Uniform Law” authorized by the Iranian parliament a few days ago, which is aimed at getting “Western” style clothing off the streets and advancing more traditional “Islamic” attire, also includes a clause obligating Iranian Jews to wear a yellow ribbon.
Members of the country’s Christian minority will be forces to wear a red ribbon, while those practicing the ancient Persian religion [Zoroastrians] will be obligated to place a blue ribbon on their clothes.
The new law is expected to go into effect within the next few months after it is authorized by Iran’s supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The new law was drafted two years ago, but was stuck in the Iranian parliament until recently when it was revived at the behest of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [aka Mahdi In An Ill-Fitting Members Only Jacket].
A spokesman for the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa refused to comment on the measures. “This is nothing to do with anything here,” said a press secretary who identified himself as Mr. Gharmani. “We are not here to answer such questions.” [you dhimmi monkey-pig.]
It was also reported that Iranian authorities are expected to establish a joint committee that will include representatives from the Culture and Trade Ministry, the Culture Committee, parliament, and government television, in order to decide how the new clothes will look ...
This is being compared to Hitler and the Holocaust—where it is being covered at all—but I think that comparison is off-point. As does Robert Spencer:
The idea that dhimmis must wear distinctive clothing so that they can be easily recognized as non-Muslims in Muslim societies goes back to the ninth-century caliph Al-Mutawwakil, and possibly earlier. Many Islamic apologists and politically correct historians would have us believe that such measures are a relic of history. They aren’t.
For folks who are still convinced that ‘Islam is being hijacked by lunatics’ [aka Those Who Don’t Get It] note that the conditions for dhimmis are described in the Koran.
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