Islamic fundamentalists do not view women as human beings, but as subhuman, and secondary to men. This is their mentality. This perspective is perhaps the most central principle in their philosophy. For the fundamentalists, as we can see in Iran today, gender equality is viewed as an existential threat. This is a sheer crime. Violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it’s not culture, history nor religion. It is a crime that needs to be prevented, prosecuted and penalized.
Iran refusing to join the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is no cultural matter, but playing into the security interests of a dictatorial regime. Iran is the birthplace of the first fundamentalist regime. The notion of an Islamic caliphate was the brainchild of Iranian regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, known for saying we need a caliph who would decapitate and cut off hands.
Human & Women’s Rights in Iran Today
Human rights in Iran has deteriorated significantly over the past couple of years. There has been no improvement despite all the propaganda when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office in the summer of 2013.
In fact, human rights conditions, including the situation of women, have deteriorated. More people have been executed, many in public, to terrorize the people. The mullahs’ suppressive measures mark Iranian women as the main targets, denying them of their most basic rights. In Iran, discrimination against women is not only legalized, but institutionalized. While women’s rights are violated in many countries, while women are suppressed in many Muslim countries under the “sharia law”, Iran remains unique as its crackdown is embedded in the constitution, and civil and administrative laws.
By: News Blaze.com
