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Catherine Ashton to wear chador to Moscow round of talks

Heh.

But I'd really rather see her in a niqab. Like these ladies.

Labels: Catherine Ashton, Islamic dress, P 5+1

Iran ♥'s Catherine Ashton

Iran is head over heels over European Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Why?

Well, here's a picture of Ashton with Iranian chief nuclear 'negotiator' Saeed Jalili in 2011.

When the meeting was reported in Iran, they photoshopped Ashton to look like this:

And here's how Ashton showed up in Istanbul for a meeting with Jalili this past weekend.

And the Iranians are thrilled.

"At first glance this may appear trivial or aimed at feeding the media, but this step is much more significant," a website associated with Iranian government official Mohsen Rezaee.

"It should be noted that according to international protocol, Ashton is not required to adhere to Iran's Islamist rules, especially when the talks were held in a third country with a different dress code. She showed she respects Iran's traditions and that it has paramount importance to her," the website said.

Next time, she could make everyone happy by just showing up in a niqab. Heh.

Labels: Catherine Ashton, Iranian nuclear program, Islamic dress, P 5+1

Iran outlaws water fights

In Iran, they have now outlawed water fights as yet another immoral mixing of the sexes.

A water fight in a Tehran park on Friday, thought to have been organized through social media websites, was broken up by police who arrested several of the revelers, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

"Some of these by police on Friday," Ahmadreza Radan, Tehran's deputy police chief, told Mehr.

Mingling between sexes outside marriage is banned in Iran and conservatives in the Islamic Republic have been scandalized by scenes of dozens of youngsters spraying each other with water in public.

Various websites have posted photographs of girls and boys in wet clothes throwing water balloons, firing water guns and splashing each other with water from bottles after the first water fights were reported in the capital a few weeks ago.

The fights have since spread across the country despite warnings from authorities.

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Conservatives say the water fights must be stamped out to prevent what they say is the corruption of Iranian youths, much of which is blamed on a deliberate "soft war" by the West conducted through TV, films and pop music.

I don't particularly enjoy the water fights, and I recognize the potential for immodesty that comes with them (when I was a summer associate in law school, there were some firms that drew approbation by holding 'wet t-shirt contests'). But arresting the revelers seems a bit much. And blaming them on the West is paranoia.

Labels: Iran, Islamic dress, water fights

Feel safe yet?

So does this make you feel safe? (Hat Tip: Atlas Shrugs). Yes, the picture is real and not a photoshop. I believe it's Newark Airport.

By the way, I'd say a third to a half of the security agents at London Heathrow look like this. Doesn't that make you feel secure? On the way over here, after a flight from Tel Aviv to London and a seven-hour layover, I got pulled aside for questioning. The moron asked me if I had any checked bags, and I said I had checked one. They then asked me if I had packed it myself. A little late for that, isn't it, given that the airport authorities had it from 4:00 am to 6:00 pm London time and it had already flown over 2,000 miles. They then opened my laptop and showed that they were totally clueless about what to look for (stared at it, but did not turn it on, which is what an Israeli security agent would have done if s/he were suspicious).

Isn't international travel great?

Labels: Department of Homeland Security, Islamic dress, TSA

How Muslims are taking over France

Here's an amazing video that shows how Muslims are taking over France. This is amazing.

Let's go to the videotape.

Will the French people rise up against the political correctness?

Labels: France, Islamic dress, Islamic indoctrination

Does she look happy or what?

This was taken at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 10, 2010. Doesn't she look happy? Maybe they should get her a burkha next time. Heh.

Labels: happiness, Islamic dress, Michelle Obama