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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by legulere on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:33AM (#12652267)
Also interesting to note, is that headscarf practices in Iran predate Islam by around a thousand years and that had an influence into Islam.

Wikipedia has a great overview over the headscarf in Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab_by_country#Iran

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by jules on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:57AM (#12652452)
There is a very direct link between the mandatory headscarf law and Islam. It was not mandatory in Iran before Khomeini came to power.
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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by hackuser on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:50AM (#12652400)
With respect, do you happen to know how accurate Wikipedia's article is? Especially on hot-button issues, I don't trust them without outside corroboration.
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