Th’olympic spirit, part deux
Posted by lex, on August 9, 2008
Iran’s not feeling it either, actually:
Iranian religious figures have criticized that Olympic female rower Homa Hosseini was chosen as the flagbearer of Iran, calling the move a ‘heresy’.
“To make a woman march with the flag of the Islamic Republic in Beijing, is pure heresy and shows total disobedience of the laws mandated by our spiritual guides,” said Seyye Ahmad Elmalhoda, leader of Friday prayers in Iran’s holy city of Mashad…
“To make this woman march means to openly declare war to our religious values. Whoever is responsible for this unforgivable act, he should know that this gesture constitutes an obstacle for the ‘appearance’ of Mahdi,” said Elmalhoda.
Dern. And I was so looking forward to seeing him.
If only these so-called “athletes” knew their place.