24 August 2007

I'm thinking "eyebrow plucking..."

May not be their biggest problem here.
-- Tehran -- Iranian police have closed more than 20 barbers' shops in the capital Tehran.

The authorities say the barbers were encouraging un-Islamic behaviour by offering Western hairstyles, tattooing and also eyebrow-plucking for men.

The move is part of an annual campaign against what is known locally as bad hijab, or un-Islamic clothing, that this year is also targeting men.
The mullahs may find that, not everybody is overly enthusiastic about turning the historical clock back to, say... the middle-ages.