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As Iranian women set their hijabs on fire, social media remembers old Persia, and their supreme god Ahura Mazda

Anurag -
The anti-hijab protesters in Iran have been invoking ancient Persian God Ahura Mazda during their demonstrations.
News Reports

Rana Ayyub gets slammed by Muslim users on Twitter for trying to hint that hijab is not compulsory in Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Given that Rana Ayyub garnered support through her endorsement of hijab in Karnataka schools, her stance in the context of women's right to choice in Iran did not sit well with Islamists.
World

President of Iran refuses to speak to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour after she refused to wear a hijab for his interview

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, this decision by the Iranian president to cancel the interview comes at a time when Iran is seeing unprecedented protests against hijab in the country.
Opinions

From Muskan in Karnataka to Aina Khan in the UK, women in hijab can ‘bravely’ stand up to ‘Hindutva’ because they know Hindus do...

Nirwa Mehta -
India or England, Hijab-clad Muskans and Ainas can be 'brave' before Hindutva because they know Hindus do not kill
News Reports

Iran: Women burn hijab, cut their hair to protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini

OpIndia Staff -
Mahsa Amini succumbed to the injuries sustained during the assault while receiving treatment in the hospital on September 16.
Social Media

Far-left ‘activist’ Kavita Krishnan bizarrely invokes ‘Sanghis’ after Islamists beat up Iranian woman for wearing hijab inappropriately

Dibakar Dutta -
Kavita Krishnan compared the brutal torture of Mahsa Amini to the opposition by Hindu groups to selectively entertaining Muslim religious attire in government schools.
World

Iranian women take off hijab to protest against ‘morality police’ over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini

Shraddha Pandey -
Amini was detained by Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ for wearing the Hijab in an 'improper manner' as she had not fully covered her hair. She was then beaten up and subsequently succumbed to injuries.
World

Tehran: 22-year-old woman dies after she was beaten into a coma by ‘Morality Police’ for ‘improper hijab’

OpIndia Staff -
Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, was whisked away by Morality Police in Tehran for not completely covering her hair with hijab
News Reports

‘Salman Rushdie insulted Islam’: Hadi Matar, who stabbed the author, lauds Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, calls him a ‘great person’

OpIndia Staff -
Hadi Matar who stabbed British Author Salman Rushdie lauded Iran's former leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in a jailhouse interview
News Reports

Iran blames Salman Rushdie and his supporters for the attack on Rushdie’s life

OpIndia Staff -
Iran, trying to deny any link between the attack and the fatwa, washed its hands off the attack and instead blamed Salman Rushdie for the attack.
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