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Women's protest against veiling, Iran, 1979 (lemmy.world)
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[-] M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 62 points 3 months ago

Incredibly sad that it failed.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago

Worst part - it actually succeeded, temporarily. The Islamists declared that they DEFINITELY weren't ever going to mandate wearing the veil in public. Then, a few years later, when they crushed the left-wing opposition completely, they mandated wearing the veil.

[-] M1nds3nd@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Figures

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