Radical Islam and its challenge to freedom focus on the new topic of discussion Seneca Space Forum, Women’s revolt. Voices from Iran and AfghanistanAddressing the situation of Masha Amini Iranian and situation women waves social minorities inside Afghanistan with two exceptional testimonies, moderated by journalists, at Espacio Seneca this Thursday at 19:00. Daniel Terol and Cristina Martinez.
On the one hand, the army wasA member of the Spanish Armed Forces Special Operations Command (MOE) team, Rabasa (Alicante) was deployed in Afghanistan in 2007 to perform security duties in the region. beside him, young Iranian Shaghayegh Norouzpour, Shago, His family left the country when he was only five years old, in search of a free future.
ShagoGraduated from Alicante University, Department of Social Work, mobilizing Iranians in the province to encourage the intervention of the international community Iranian and, among other things, that the European Parliament in Strasbourg officially recognized the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. The ERA will put women’s status and rights elsewhere where the most radical Islamism continues to restrict freedom.
Masha Amini case in Iran
This death Kurdish-Iranian youth Masha Amini, 22 years old, As a result of the harsh blows that Iran’s so-called “morality police” inflicted on him for not wearing a headscarf, he set a precedent in the country led by Iran’s member of the organization, radical Islamist Ebrahim Raisi. The Forces of the Islamic Revolution are supported by the Popular Front and the most fundamentalist factions. Amini’s death shook the stability of the Islamic republic last September, and protests began to escalate across the country, especially led by students who had lost their fear of reprisals for failing to comply with increasingly widespread restrictions. by women
Amini was on her way to Tehran with her family when she was detained by the regime’s “moral security agency,” as some police claimed. the veil he placed the most, wore a little pants too tight. Truths they shot against the police car and then they took it. He was going to go to “Islamic re-education courses”, but never comeback. However, a trigger for society to revolt like never before against a theocratic regime where they demand justice and respect for human rights.
international response
This movement was soon repeated everywhere, and understanding and solidarity of the international community, but the regime remains inactive and excuses citizens. A cry reaching the West not only from Iran, but also from other states in South Asia and the Middle East ruled by radical Islamism. Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq or QatarWhere Radical Islam takes thousands of lives every year. It is a situation that leads to asking countless questions from afar. Should governments step in? How do these military interventions develop? What happens to the citizens of these countries afterwards?