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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Is Forbidden To Give Hugs


Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in trouble, and not for the usual reasons.

This time he’s coming under fire after a photograph was released showing him hugging Elena Arias, the mother to recently deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. We know — it kind of sounds like a Saturday Night Live bit to us, too.

From the Associated Press:

Senior Iranian clerics have criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez’s mother with a hug — a physical contact considered a sin under the country’s strict Islamic codes…

Iranian papers on Tuesday cited clerics from the religious center of Qom who described the contact as “forbidden” and inappropriate behavior and “clowning around.”

Now, I am no expert, but based on a cursory look around the internet, the only references I find to hugging members of the opposite sex being haram, or forbidden, in Islam, caution that a hug might incite desire — the rule is all about preventing adultery.

I’m still no expert, and I don’t know Ahmadinejad personally, but no one in the photo looks like they’re enjoying themselves. Plus, couldn’t the rules be somewhat suspended when people are grieving?

Guys, I’m going to go ahead and call it. Hugging a grieving widow — definitely not the worst thing Ahmadinejad has ever done.

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  • Anonymous

    I would go further, Ahmadinejad hasn’t done much wrong at all. Don’t believe the propaganda.

  • Anonymous

    LOL, moslem wackos. Yes clearly this was sexually, he was practically ***king her right there in front of everyone. LOL.

  • david r

    It wasn’t so much the hug, but the little butt squeeze he gave her.

  • http://buydemocracy.wordpress.com/ Dr. Jamf

    Which propaganda, Iranian or American? Sounds like you’ve substituted one for another.

  • http://twitter.com/UrbanAchievr Brandt

    Huh. I wasn’t aware that the mother of the deceased is referred to as a “grieving widow.”

  • Anonymous

    It’s his religion. If it is against his religious tenets he should avoid it. The U.S. demands respect for its religions and beliefs but has no respect for the beliefs of others.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTnYCg8v8o Bamboo_Harvester

    Hugo Chavez ~ 1954-2013 ~ Rest In Peace ~ One of the Worlds Greatest Statesman

  • Anonymous

    dave just bc us propaganda says he is bad doesn’t mean he is good. He has moral police and kills gay people.

  • Larry Kelly

    Though he can’t hug her, if she shows an ankle, he can stone her. Some religion.

  • Clovis4

    Who gives a shi^ about the backward beliefs of the religious? The bible says you should kill your kids if they don’t obey you, is that something we shoudl respect? Grow up already.

  • http://www.facebook.com/salehsify Saleh Oman

    In fact you should kill your self for saying “”"”"Who gives a shi^ about the backward beliefs of the religious?”"”

  • Anonymous

    You don’t read my posts. I think the world would be better off with no religions but people need their superstitions for reasons to hate each other. All religion is ridiculous.

  • Anonymous

    People hate Chavez because Faux tells them to and they don’t know that he took care of his own people. He helped the poor in the U.S. also. Of all the world leaders to demonize, Chavez is at the bottom of the list.

  • Anonymous

    He is not like a presidents in most countries. He has very little power and does not run Iran.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTnYCg8v8o Bamboo_Harvester

    I’d love to see a meteor level fox “news”.

  • Anonymous

    If a second one could hit Glen Beck. They would think that two meteors would be an Act of God.

  • Anonymous

    “is that something we shoudl respect?”

    YES!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTnYCg8v8o Bamboo_Harvester

    Hugo Chavez DONATED Millions of gallons of home heating oil to poor AMERICAS
    Unlike the Filthy F~ing american oil companies.
    Show The people of Venezuela & Hugo Chavez your appreciation… buy Citgo.

  • Anonymous

    Well he still works for a system that has moral police and kills gay people. He atleast fully supports that system even if he has no legislative pull.

  • Anonymous

    There is a whole world full of people who hate those who are different or who they think are immoral. Look at some of the religious people in the U.S. who protest at the funerals of our fallen soldiers. That is just plain evil. What if you were burying your brother and these hateful religious people showed up saying God hates gays and that is why your brother is dead.

    How successful has the U.S. been at hating a government? We have made situations worse not better by ostracizing leaders and governments. Look at Cuba. We could have liberalized Cuba decades ago if we had remained friendly with it instead of boycotting Cuba.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jen-Clark/100000568225513 Jen Clark

    You seriously think someone should respect the belief of killing children? You’re sick

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jen-Clark/100000568225513 Jen Clark

    Probably because women aren’t allowed to have affection in that country, only beatings.

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