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The Koran desecration - Parvin Darabi
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What is so important about some Arabic statement that makes ordinary and common 20 lbs. paper into the word of Allah? Koran is just a book, like every other book. Why does this book have to be treated so differently than any other book? There are no restrictions on handling of Bible or Old Testament, why should there be so many restrictions on handling the Koran?
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Parvin Darabi's speech at the Jerusalem Summit on November 28 2004
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| On February 21, 1994 I was a very happy going successful engineering consultant. I thought I had it all, money, stature, a nice home, supportive husband, an adorable son, and a fulfilling profession. Then on February 22 came the early morning phone call from my uncle in Tehran ...
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IRAN: Amnesty International outraged at reported execution of a 16 year old girl
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| Amnesty International today expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl who is believed to be 16 years old, Ateqeh Rajabi, in Neka in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, on 15 August, for "acts incompatible with chastity" (amal-e manafe-ye ‘ofat). Ateqeh Rajabi was reportedly publicly hanged on a street in the city centre of Neka.
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Muslim Women and Olympic Games - Parvin Darabi
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| Iran has many female athletes talented enough to win medals, however due to Islamic laws they will not be able to compete on the international stage. We are working with Atlanta Plus -- an international women's rights non-governmental organization -- to change this injustice.
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Spirit of protest - Nancy Peek Ives
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| "Small and unassuming, soft-spoken Parvin Darabi doesn’t appear at all controversial. But spend a few minutes with the dark-eyed native of Iran who lives in Truckee, Calif., and you quickly realize that she is a force to be reckoned with."
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Leader Or Exterminator? - by Parvin Darabi
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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: "A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with
a girl younger than 7, other sexual act such as forplay, rubbing, kissing and
having pleasure is allowed..." (Ayatollah Khomeini) - Farsi
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Torture of women under the Islamic Republic regime
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Help Us Stop This Brutality
This picture was sent to Dr. Homa Darabi from a woman in Iran.This picture was taken 20 days after she was lashed fifty times for being present at a family gathering where men other than her father and brother were present.
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