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Iran: Woman left paraplegic after being shot by police over hijab (www.bbc.com)

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A mother of two has been left paraplegic after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the country's strict hijab rules, a source with knowledge of the case has told the BBC.

"She is paralysed from the waist down, and doctors have said it will take months to determine whether she will be permanently paraplegic or not."

Arezoo Badri, 31, was driving home with her sister in the northern city of Noor on 22 July when police attempted to pull her over to confiscate her car.

The driver did not comply with the order to stop, prompting the officers to shoot, the police commander in Noor told Iran's state-run news agency, without naming Ms Badri.

The incident comes after Iranian police announced a clampdown on women defying the nation's compulsory dress code.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 109 points 3 months ago

Conservatism is a global plague of oppression and death. There is no place for hate-based ideologies like conservatism in a modern civilization.

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[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 87 points 3 months ago

It hurts to think about the timelines that could have been.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 64 points 3 months ago

I hate every religion.

[-] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

they're a fucking plague. every single fucking one.

we're plenty capable of sucking without them, but they make everything else.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

they still had the same religion. the US bringing down a democratically elected government to install their own puppet resulted in a far right revolution. you give people enough grievances, fascism will take hold. this is america's doing.

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[-] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

It has nothing to do with religion. Read up on Project Ajax. The modern theocracy of Iran is a direct consequence of British and CIA undermining the democratic government of Iran and installing a puppet dictator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat?wprov=sfla1

[-] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Or simply oppressive governments and religions are fundamentally the same

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Everybody loves that picture of kids in nice 70s outfits living a cloistered upper class existence under a brutal dictatorship.

Nobody really likes posting the pictures of rioting and police brutality happening during the same time.

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[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile next door Iraq is attempting to lower the marriage age to 9.

Yeah fuck religion.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

That's because of religion?!

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

The Islamic prophet Muhammad married a 9-year-old girl. Since he was holy, or whatever, he waited until she was 10 to fuck her.

[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

Close, but incorrect.

The prophet Muhammad married his wife Aisha when she was 6 years old.

He started raping her when she was 9. They call it "consummation".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha

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[-] Eiri@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yeesh. The past, ladies and gentlemen. I prefer when people leave it way back then.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

What a guy!

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Well no it's because they're monsters. They're just using religion as a cover story.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 56 points 3 months ago

Fuck the morality police.

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[-] drwstr@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

This is so sad and should not have happened

[-] Streamwave@feddit.uk 37 points 3 months ago

The sooner the Islamic Regime in Tehran falls the better. The Iranian people deserve freedom.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 30 points 3 months ago

Yes makes sense, shooting people for not wearing cloth over their face.

You know, if we are going back to medieval times, can we bring out stuff like guillotines? I got a few smelly Iranian leaders I want to play with.

[-] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

It's not just medieval. Sargon of Akkad started instituting that shit millennia ago. It is embedded in the region and has infected a good chunk of the world. Islam is just one vector; ancient greeks passed the same patriarchal idea of women's behaviour determining male honour into christianity too.

[-] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

that entire family of religions is an urgent civilizational problems, gotta get rid of that shit.

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[-] Sh0eb0x@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

"don't blame me, did you see how she was dressed?!"

[-] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

What would humanity be without religion?

[-] SecretSauces@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

Probably a lot better off

[-] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

definitely better off, the magnitude is the only question.

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 12 points 3 months ago

I don’t know if I’m mentally strong enough to be a paraplegic.

[-] innermeerkat@jlai.lu 16 points 3 months ago

Nobody is until it happens

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

So many things in my life would become sooo much shittier though. Like playing with my kids, riding a bike, all the sports I do, fixing things around the home... sex... 🫣 I'm so scared of having a broken body.

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 11 points 3 months ago

*Iranian police

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Police in the US:

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

I don't get it 🙂

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

"What is this? A cross-over episode?"

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