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Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
Is Islam to blame?
Not a double standard....a different standard.Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
Is Islam to blame?
Think of it this way, as Islam spread throughout the world, it infected local areas differently based on pre-existing cultural norms. Islam normally eradicates virtually any cultural opposition but it may also inadvertently succeed in driving various behaviors underground. Here I am thinking of the Bacha bazi phenomena in Afghanistan. Not allowed under Islamic law, but common, regardless.Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
Is Islam to blame?
No double standard. Saudi Arabia sells us their oil and they like us. Iran probably still sells us their oil but they do not like us. Therefore Iran bad, Saudi Arabia good.Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
Is Islam to blame?
Another difference...No double standard. Saudi Arabia sells us their oil and they like us. Iran probably still sells us their oil but they do not like us. Therefore Iran bad, Saudi Arabia good.
... he asks (once again) hopefully.Is Islam to blame?
Yup, that is valid too. But now you have me wondering. Perhaps the OP was talking about a different sort of double standard.Another difference...
We've attacked Iran repeatedly.
But not Saudi Arabia.
I wondered too....US attitudes towards forcingYup, that is valid too. But now you have me wondering. Perhaps the OP was talking about a different sort of double standard.
Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
Is Islam to blame?
... he asks (once again) hopefully.
Not a double standard....a different standard.
Iran was once westernized with much more
liberal (libertarian) dress & conduct, unlike
the Saudis. So there are many Iranians who
bristle at impositions by conservative Islam.
The headscarf, or hijab, is not mandatory in Saudi Arabia, and more Saudi women publicly show their hair now than in past years. Significant social (rather than legal) pressure exists on many women to wear it, however.
But to answer the general question about double standards, the US and its allies have intervened in Iran and antagonized it to the point of causing animosity since around the mid-20th century, whereas they have had a largely positive relationship with Saudi Arabia by supporting the House of Saud and benefiting from the country's oil.
Most American foreign policy is primarily not about freedoms or human rights; it really is mainly just about geopolitical and economic interests.
The headscarf, or hijab, is not mandatory in Saudi Arabia, and more Saudi women publicly show their hair now than in past years. Significant social (rather than legal) pressure exists on many women to wear it, however.
But to answer the general question about double standards, the US and its allies have intervened in Iran and antagonized it to the point of causing animosity since around the mid-20th century, whereas they have had a largely positive relationship with Saudi Arabia by supporting the House of Saud and benefiting from the country's oil.
Most American foreign policy is primarily not about freedoms or human rights; it really is mainly just about geopolitical and economic interests.
If you're going to pick and choose from a religion then why bother following it at all.
? The women are obviously not Muslim or they're Muslim but don't want to cover their head: why bother following Islam if you don't do it fully ?
Religions have scripture written in poeticIf you're going to pick and choose from a religion then why bother following it at all.
What is "fully" to one reader of the Koran? The women are obviously not Muslim or they're Muslim but don't want to cover their head: why bother following Islam if you don't do it fully ?
So Saudi Arabia has had some reform. When did the protests start in Iran? I think that the reactions against Iran are due to how they treat their own citizens in this regard.It was mandatory until Prince Mohamed bin Salman took over
So Saudi Arabia has had some reform. When did the protests start in Iran? I think that the reactions against Iran are due to how they treat their own citizens in this regard.
Because Iran has a very different culture to the Arabic countries. The Iranian people were and are much more progressive and oriented to "the West" than Arabia.Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ?
Because the Iranian government is not friends with the US, the Saud are.Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ?
I don't know enough about Islam to say but Muslims keep telling me that there is no direct rule to wear any headgear, only a request to cloth modestly and that applies to both men and women.Is Islam to blame?