In the Islamic Republic of Iran, you’re mentally ill if you flout the hijab laws. In Europe, you’re mentally ill if you wage jihad. In both cases, the assumption is that only someone who is crazy would do such a thing. The Iranian practice, however, arises from a desire to demean the protesters. In the West, the practice arises from a desire not to insult Islam.
“Iran to open hijab clinic, framing defiance as mental health issue,” Iran International, November 13, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
An Iranian state Islamic body announced plans on Tuesday for a new Tehran clinic to treat women flouting mandatory headscarves, in the latest example of authorities treating opponents of the rule as mentally ill.
Iran’s first counseling clinic explicitly dedicated to promoting mandatory hijab laws will provide “scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal,” said Mehri Talebi Darestani, the woman due to oversee the facility.
“The establishment of this center will be for the scientific and psychological treatment of removing the hijab, specifically for the teenage generation, young adults, and women seeking social and Islamic identity and visiting this center is optional,” she added.
The wording of the clinic’s mission statement closely resembles that of substance abuse facilities. Prominent activists and human rights advocates have condemned official attempts to pathologize opposition to the hijab.
A university student who stripped in apparent protest at harsh treatment by dress code enforcers was detained and sent for mental health treatment, officials said this month. Authorities have frequently described as insane proponents of the country’s Woman, Life, Freedom anti-hijab movement, which was sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of morality police.
Darestani’s office is part of Iran’s Headquarters for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the body is responsible for defining and enforcing strict religious standards in society, particularly women’s dress.
It is led by a man, Mohammed Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, a direct appointee of appointed by Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Talebi Darestani said that the clinic responds to visits by women and families pressured into non-compliance with hijab laws, adding that the project aligns with a roadmap for promoting “dignity, modesty, chastity, and hijab.”
A focus of controversy in the past, Talebi Darastani has supported and promoted child marriage on state television….
Tatanka says
That whole vile ideology and every one that believe in it are mentally ill, Quite a few are violently so
somehistory says
The ghouls got a lot of bad press for murdering the other young woman who was assaulted and imprisoned for not ‘properly’ wearing the slave rag. There was also a lot of rebellion….which might have led to an outright revolt and win for the public people.
this is a way of suppressing the revolt by the young women and making it more difficult for others to take part in trying to bring some freedom.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
They opened a clinic, as opposed to just stoning them to death? There, see – they’re becoming moderate 👿
somehistory says
they can *moderately* rape/beat them to death in secret and no one outside can claim that they are evil ghouls.
bagsgroove says
Iran should be closed as it is unhealthy for the world. !
Troybeam says
In other words a torture clinic to train women to hurt each other.
James Lincoln says
Sounds like Iran’s version of “gaslighting”…
gravenimage says
Spot on, James.
Walter Sieruk says
Those so called “clinics” in Iran for treating those “:mentally ill women who refuse to wear the hijab ,have to be in reality Islamic mind programming centers or even torture prisons to pressure the women , by further threat of duress to wear the hijab , which is symbol of the oppressive misogyny of Islam.
The de-humanizing hijab is demeaning and degrading to females , both girls and women.
The hijab is one aspect of the oppressive misogyny of Islam.
A scholar of Islam who revealed the disturbing horrible truth in her book “Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islam ideology.” Furthermore, the author also exposed that `” Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.” [1]
[1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, pages 171,172.
rick says
Islam, the religion for the mentally ill is more like it.
Walter Sieruk says
Those in power in Iran who call those places “clinics’ for “treatment of mentally ill women” for females who refuse that hot burdensome hijab , that is symbolic of the misogynistic religion of Islam.
Therefore, those “clinics’ have to be , in realty . places where women are under brutal forceful coercion to wear the hijab.
Furthermore, that hostile oppressive malicious and murderous Islamic regime of Iran, which has the official title of “The Islamic republic of Iran” is based on Islam’s Sharia.
The Sharia is Islam supports ,upholds and even demands that females wear the hijab
Therefore, it should be made known that the actual origin of Sharia is revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995. “For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” .page 150.
This reveals that Sharia has no value or worth.
Thus, it’s no wonder that those despots in power in that Sharia based Islamic tyranny might fear the collapse of their regime for it has a very weak foundation which is Sharia.
In other words, the Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran is grounded on only a foundation of sand.
FYI says
Yet allah doesn’t even understand human reproductive Biology!
Ask the nice murtdadeen folk: to confirm that.The “Apostates” from islam
Or you could follow allah’s unwitting advice in koran 10-:94{pickthall version}}and check the sources yourself
It seems that there are two different Moses:The Biblical/Torah Judeo-Christian one and musa the muslim who was swimming one day and … “A stone ran off with his clothes..”
On of these {versions of Moses}]is not like the other..A child could figure it out.
abu taleb says
How come no Iranian man is convicted for defending the women who defy the hijab dress code? No Iranian men are supporting those women? If so, shame on the Iranian men.
somehistory says
During the last time when they had killed the young woman and women were protesting, one young man did get arrested for cheering them on. There was no follow-up that I saw as to what had happened to him.
gravenimage says
Yes–I hope he is well–or at least still alive.
gravenimage says
Iran opens clinic for women who refuse to wear hijab, treating them as mentally ill
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This is grossly perverse to begin with–but I also imagine that these women and girls are being beaten and raped, as well.
Donna says
Torture = hijab compliance
Non compliance = death
Find 6 year old female and replace, repeat.
Swindle, lie, deceive, rape, kill
Migrate, spread oppression