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To: one_less who wrote (227669)	4/18/2007 11:41:10 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The culture in Iran emphasizes modesty, so it is not surprising that dancing which often results in open displays of lasciviousness is forbidden. If it were primarily a cultural law then it would have been forbidden prior to 1979 when the religious crowd took control of the country. I don't know whether dancing in public was banned or not under the Shah, but I doubt it. Do you seriously not agree that Muslims legislate their religion more than do the people of the other religions? All of these so called "Islamic laws" stem from a natural cultural inclination of society, and not from a desire by the lawmakers to mandate their view of proper Islamic behaviour among the citizens? Saudi women, culturally, don't want to drive?