Iranian cleric blames women's immodest dress, promiscuity for earthquakes, urges repentance

BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest 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 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 (consequently) increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. Sedighi is Tehran's acting Friday prayer leader.

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.







http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-iran-earthquakes-promiscuity,0,6333394.story


facepalm

:rofl:

I know I have felt my plates shift whenever I do that

than that asshole Pat Robertson claiming that Katrina was launched by Gawd to scour New Orleans of it's evil ways. These religious zealots deserve each other.

who knew?

Kooks everywhere - our US American ones are as nutty as theirs.

That's not what is meant by "making the earth move." Just thought you should know before you make a braying jackass of yourse--

Uh oh.

If "A" happens, then "B" happens, then there can be no doubt in his world that "A" caused "B."

Or is it all that sex that makes everything shake, including the earth?

Or could it possibly be a religious leader who is a big shaky? ;-)