Etehadchap schrieb: > Defend Iranian Women against medieval punishments > > In the province of Khorassan , over 20 prostitutes ( > 12 in Mashad and at least another 10 in Bojnourd and > Shahroud )are the latest victims of ‘serial‘ murders > in Iran. The method and brutality of their death, as > well as claims by fundamentalist sects , leaves little > doubt that these were ‘religious’ murders by those > trying to ‘clean up society ‘. These women aged 20 to > 50 years old are not only the latest victims of a > brutal and reactionary regime, their choice of > profession in a ‘fundamentalist’ country reflects the > stark choices facing single working class women in > such societies. > In Iran Islamic fundamentalism has stopped women > taking meaningful employment, it forces them to wear > ‘uniforms’ to identify them as second class citizens, > it has segregated education and health to make sure > they remain , second class citizens, it has made work > in factories and workshops almost impossible for > women, it has legalised marriage of 9 years old > girls, and punishes poor veil or ’lack of uniform’ > with flogging, adultery with stoning to death and now > prostitution with serial murders sanctioned by > religious fatwas. For Iranian women , in the first > year of the twenty first century Iran’s Islamic > Republic has indeed become the hell on earth promised > by Shia clerics when they came to power: > In Shia Theology , a traditional and powerful school > believes that deterioration of social an and economic > conditions should be welcomed as the creation of hell > on earth precipitates the arrival of the Twelfth Shia > Imam who disappeared in his childhood , 13 centuries > ago and will only be reincarnated from death when > poverty, hunger, corruption and decadence reach > unlimited proportions. For many years over the last > twenty two years, defenders of this school of thought > , encouraged by clerical defenders of’ ’free market’ > ideology , ayatollahs who have become multi > millionaires, have put their theological ideas into > practise in Iran with great success, unprecedented > levels of poverty , a widening gap between the rich > and the poor, the collapse of social morality, > corruption in every layer of private and public life, > increase in prostitution , including under aged > prostitution , unprecedented levels of drug addiction > and alcoholic consumption are amongst the well known > ‘achievements ‘ of the rule of the Islamic regime > and its ‘Vali Faghih” or supreme clerical leader, > guardian of the Shia Nation in Iran. > Women and the rest of the poor are the main victims > of this “theological exercise” and they have had > enough . Nothing short of the complete overthrow of > this violent , corrupt order will satisfy their basic > demand for a right to live. > > Women's’ Committee of Workers Left Unity-Iran April > 2001 > > > > > Support Iranian women by signing the statement below: > In the province of Khorassan , over 20 prostitutes ( > 12 in Mashad and at least another 10 in Bojnourd and > Shahroud )are the latest victims of ‘serial‘ murders > in Iran. The method and brutality of their death, as > well as claims by fundamentalist sects , leaves little > doubt that they were victims of ‘religious’ murders. > We condemn serial murders of prostitutes in Iran and > call on the International community , human rights > organisations to campaign for the abolition of > medieval religious punishments against women in Iran > such as flogging , ‘stoning to death’ an serial > killing of prostitutes. > > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.etehadchap.com > fax 44 870 1257959 > > > ===== > email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.etehadchap.com > > Fax 004631 139897 00448701257959 > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > ----------------------------------------------- > Middle East Socialists Network (MESN) > To post a message, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To join MESN, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view our website, go to www.egroups.com/group/mesn > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
