Thursday, January 20, 2011

Iran is insisting that Tunisian revolt are about Islam

B. sent me this: "Ahmadinejad said the same today at some meeting. It was shown and translated to English by PressTV, but I can't find a link to it on their website. If I remember correctly, he said that the Tunisian people overturned Bin 'Ali, because they want to establish Islamic law in their country. The station also presented a Tunisian woman, who said they had been fighting for the right to "be free", so they can wear what they want (and what they want is a hijab). Not a word about political freedoms. The coverage was rather grotesque on the background of the real events."