title: realism about the jihad threat in oklahoma
text:  weird bans on women in iran gender apartheid in the islamic republic october   dr majid rafizadeh 
  under irans islamic laws women are prohibited from performing basic daytoday activities i had firsthand experience of witnessing many of these strange and bizarre bans while living in iran and other muslim countries millions of women including my relatives in iran and syria continue to face these injustices some of the following rules which are derived from irans islamic constitution and moral police codes were recently reported on by deutsche welle farsi  they exist in may other islamic countries as well 
   women are prohibited from taking selfies with soccer players specifically irans moral committee has banned women from taking selfies with famous soccer players 
   iranian women are prohibited from riding bicycles irans supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei recently issued an islamic fatwa regarding officially banning women from riding bicycles he argued that riding bicycles often attracts the attention of men and exposes the society to corruption and thus contravenes womens chastity and it must be abandoned according to irans staterun media 
   coffee shops are prohibited from hiring women according to irans police women are banned from working in any cafés 
   iranian muslim women cannot marry nonmuslim men but iranian muslim men can marry nonmuslim women 
   it is forbidden for women to wear boots over their pants why i am not sure what is irans islamic logic behind this 
   women are not allowed to wear hats instead of veils to cover their hair 
   women are not allowed to wear tight clothes that show their body curves 
   women are prohibited from wearing tight clothes for swimming 
   women are forbidden from changing their religion or criticizing muhammad allah the supreme leader and other muslim leaders 
   women are prohibited from entering sport stadiums and watching mens sports 
   in iran buses and subways are divided in two sections the larger front section is for men the smaller back section is for women women are prohibited from entering the mens section even if there are no seats left in the back and there are plenty of empty seats in front of the bus 
   according to irans moral police women are banned from wearing leggings 
   women are prohibited from showing strands of their hair on any side article  states those women that appear in the streets and public places without the islamic hijab shall be sentenced from ten days to two months imprisonment or fined from fifty thousand to five hundred thousand rials 
   women are banned from going camping with men 
   any kind of contraceptive surgery is not allowed for women 
   women are banned from entering coffeehouses or smoking hookah 
   women are not allowed to initiate divorce men have the right to do so 
   according to irans family code women cannot travel abroad except with the permission of their custodian or natural guardian husband father etc they also cannot obtain a passport without the consent of their husbands 
   women are banned from wearing clothes with writing on them 
   women are banned from taking their hijab off in any sport event including in the olympics 
   iranian women are prohibited from pursuing education in some academic fields iranian regimes oil minister argued that education of women in the field of operations such as drilling and processing and so on that require physical activities in operational areas and sites is useless and these are masculine mens jobs 
   women are not allowed to work in any occupation if their husband disagrees with it article  of the civil code states in relations between husband and wife the position of the head of the family exclusively belongs to the husband in addition when it comes to employment laws article  of the civil code indicates the husband can prevent his wife from an occupation or technical profession which is incompatible with the familys interests or the dignity of him or his wife 
   women are banned from receiving the same amount of inheritance as their male relatives even if a husband dies the wife will receive only oneeighth of the inheritance if she has a child 
   women are forbidden from having any physical contact with men including shaking hands 
   women are banned from becoming a supreme leader 
   girls as young as  years old are not allowed to object to their parents decision to marry them off 
   women are not allowed to object to their husbands requests for sex the law of tamkin means womens submission obedience full accessibility and unhampered sexual availability to her husband sexual availability is considered a womans duty and a mans right 
   women are not allowed to bring lawsuits if they are raped unless they have four witnesses 
   women are banned from socializing or dating men 
   women are banned from attracting attention in public through flamboyant behavior such as laughing loudly 
   women are not allowed to show any part of their skin except the face it is encouraged to cover the face as well 
   women are not allowed to have any kind of alcoholic drinks 
   women are not allowed to dance 
   women are forbidden from being lesbian sex between two women is adultery and the punishments range from stoning to execution 
   women are banned from listening to forbidden music 
   women are not allowed to have pets such as a dog 
   women are banned from adopting except if they have a husband and he agrees to do so 
   women are prohibited from gambling in any kind of event 
   women are banned from having sex or marrying a man up to five or six months after their divorce 
   women are prohibited from having tattoos 
   women are not allowed to have premarital relationships with men 
   in many of irans provinces women are banned from performing music on stage 
   women are banned from being judges 
   women are banned from striking their husband but men are allowed to do so in some circumstances 
   women are not allowed to show their jewelry in public 
  some women continue to defy these rules but many face severe punishment and discrimination for performing some of these normal daytoday activities we need to raise our voice in helping muslim women in iran and other muslim countries who desire to experience freedom social justice equality and do not want to be subjugated dehumanized treated as second class citizens or solely as sexual toys for men