SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 7 days agoIranian Singer Pays Fine to Avoid 74 Lashes for Appearing Without Hijab in Music Videoiranwire.comexternal-linkmessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down10
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkIranian Singer Pays Fine to Avoid 74 Lashes for Appearing Without Hijab in Music Videoiranwire.comSnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 7 days agomessage-square98linkfedilink
minus-squareActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 days agoWhen you inject religion into your laws, paying fines begins to feel like bribing god. They’re undermining themselves here.
minus-squareSnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·6 days agoIf the world wasn’t watching in disgust, they would have flogged her to death. The fine was the government’s way out without losing face.
When you inject religion into your laws, paying fines begins to feel like bribing god. They’re undermining themselves here.
If the world wasn’t watching in disgust, they would have flogged her to death. The fine was the government’s way out without losing face.