Women behaving promiscuously are causing the earth to shake, according to cleric, as Ahmadinejad predicts Tehran quake
A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.
Iran is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric’s unusual explanation for why the earth shakes follows a prediction by the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that a quake is certain to hit Tehran and that many of its 12 million inhabitants should relocate.
“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Women in the Islamic Republic are required by law to cover from head to toe, but many, especially the young, ignore some of the more strict codes and wear tight coats and scarves pulled back that show much of the hair. “What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble?” Sedighi asked during a prayer sermon last week. “There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam’s moral codes.”
Seismologists have warned for at least two decades that it is likely the sprawling capital will be struck by a catastrophic quake in the near future. Some experts have even suggested Iran should move its capital to a less seismically active location. Tehran straddles scores of fault lines, including one more than 50 miles long, though it has not suffered a major quake since 1830. (Source)
“Rocking your world” just took on a whole new meaning!
Of course, only women are guilty of promiscuity..!
Was it selective quotation by the media, or did he really place blame earthquakes on the sins of the womenfolk alone?
There might be a video of him on youtube stating the above, but then it’d probably be in Farsi so I wouldnt be able to understand much of it.
ugh
One of my non-muslim relatives posted this article on FB and I just had to post it on my blog as well. The attitude and intellect behind this line of thinking is actually funny and quite frightening at the same time.
I think this would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. It’s a good summary of gender relations between Muslim men and women in this day and age.
Women must be responsible for world hunger and global warming as well 😉
Yeah, their fitnah is probably causing the volcano to erupt and spread its ash everywhere too!
His world must not be rocked often….
Maybe, no wonder the guy is annoyed.
Women cause earthquakes and men are the mountains that peg the earth!
Men pillage the earth and its resources, and women cause earthquakes. !
Amen! 😀
Women(earth,Gaia) couldn’t stand it anymore so she need to unburden herself and get rid the bad-mouthing men!
What an outrageous sermon! If hijab can cause natural calamities then hijab must be God! 🙂