Promiscuous women to blame for earthquakes?
A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.
By Charyn Pfeuffer - MSN Living Editor 4 hours ago
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicts that an earthquake will hit the country’s capital of Tehran and displace its 12 million residents. The cause of the catastrophic quake? Promiscuous women, reports The Guardian.
“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, a senior Iranian cleric and seismologist, was quoted by Iranian media.
In the Islamic Republic, women are required by law to cover from head to toe, but some, especially the younger generation are lax in adhering to strict dress codes.
“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.”
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Ahmadinejad made his prediction two weeks ago but could not give an exact date as to when the quake would occur.
The welfare minister, Sadeq Mahsooli, said prayers and pleas for forgiveness were the best way to ward off earthquakes.
“We cannot invent a system that prevents earthquakes, but God has created this system and that is to avoid sins, to pray, to seek forgiveness, pay alms and self-sacrifice," Mahsooli was quoted.
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Tehran straddles several fault lines and is seismically active, yet has not suffered a major quake since 1830.
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