Lauren Booth - convert to islam

[Spacecadet]

I wonder how many electrodes were wired up to various initmate parts of her body whilst that vid was being made?

[xoggoth]

Not exactly an independant source though is it? State controlled press of an Islamist state.

[pacharan]

Look at the vid he posted - it was made for Iranian TV (PressTV.IR)

[cojak]

Probably, yes because she'd have done the whole "look at me I'm a Buddhist aren't I weird" routine. Have to confess Im at a loss as to why a woman would want to convert to Islam though other than the reasons outlined in my OP.

I mean I just don't buy "I love wearing my Hijab, I feel as a woman it like really empowers me". Bollocks.

I'm at a loss as to why she believes in God and to why you're being an arse towards such a bizarre concept.

But you're both allowed to be dunces.

Live and let live in this country, matey...

[pacharan]

Perhaps this interview with a female convert might help you understand why some women choose to accept the religion despite the routine negative publicity it receives from the media.

I'd love to ask these two charlies how in God's name they are being "empowered" wearing those ridiculous outfits:

[pacharan]

I'd love to ask these two charlies how in God's name they are being "empowered" wearing those ridiculous outfits:

Glad we don't have any of them around here - I think they'd scare my dogs!

[xoggoth]

Do these women think to check what Islam means for women where it is in charge? Did she check laws in Iran before she gave that interview?

2009 Human Rights Report: Iran

Most rape victims did not report the crime to authorities because they feared societal reprisal such as ostracism or punishment for having been raped. According to the penal code, rape is a capital offense, and four male witnesses or three men and two women are required for conviction. A woman or man found making a false accusation of rape is subject to 80 lashes.

The law does not specifically prohibit domestic violence. Spousal abuse and violence against women occurred. According to a study published in 2008 using 2005 data, 52.7 percent of women reported being physically abused during their married lives. Abuse in the family was considered a private matter and seldom discussed publicly,

A man may escape punishment for killing a wife caught in the act of adultery if he is certain she was a consenting partner. According to a police official quoted in a domestic newspaper in 2008, 50 honor killings were reported during a seven-month period, although official statistics were not available. The punishment for perpetrators was often a short prison sentence.

On March 12, President Ahmadi-Nejad instructed the relevant bodies to implement a law in which women's share of their husband's inheritance would increase to one-fourth from the previously stipulated one-eighth of his property. At year's end there was no information on the law's implementation. The governmental Center for Women and Family continued to publish reports on feminism with a negative slant and limited the debate on women's issues to matters related to the home.

A woman has the right to divorce only if her husband signs a contract granting that right, cannot provide for his family, or is a drug addict, insane, or impotent. A husband was not required to cite a reason for divorcing his wife.

Women sometimes received disproportionate punishment for crimes such as adultery, including death sentences. The testimony of two women is equal to that of one man. The blood money paid to the family of a female crime victim is half the sum paid for a man.

The penal code provides that if a woman appears in public without an appropriate hijab, she can be sentenced to lashings and fined. However, absent a clear legal definition of "appropriate hijab" or the punishment, women were subject to the opinions of disciplinary forces or judges

Nothing too unusual there, there are similar laws in several countries. Pakistan is probably even worse in some respects.

http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/womensit/paks.pdf

The Hudood ordinances criminalize extramarital sexual relations and place a burden on female rape victims because testimony of female victims and witnesses carry no legal weight. If a woman brings charges of rape to court and the case cannot be proved, the court automatically takes the rape victim's allegations as a confession of her own complicity and acknowledgment of consensual adultery.

[Spacecadet]

Look at the vid he posted - it was made for Iranian TV (PressTV.IR)

I was more confused about what goes on inside your head not his video

[xoggoth]

There are probably pervies who get really turned on by those. After all, if you can have a thing for rubber.

[EC4N]

presstv.IR ? A country that publicly hangs young girls for "crimes against chastity" ?

I wonder how many electrodes were wired up to various initmate parts of her body whilst that vid was being made?

You're repeatedly exposing yourself as an imbercile. If you've got an issue to grapple with at least have some clout to debate with some rational thought before allowing your mindset to fall below the levels of a sewer. She's certainly not worth debating with that one neuronal cell of yours.