Daily Lessons from Life 15 October 2009

"God will be furious if women become governors: Iran cleric
The appointment of women in such top jobs was against sharia law. -Thu, Oct 15, 2009 AFP

TEHRAN, IRAN - A top hardline Iranian cleric said on Thursday that "God's fury" would be unleashed if Iran appoints women as governors of some provinces, as was raised as a possibility by a minister last week.

"If some people want to change the principles and values of the revolution without considering the views of clerics, they will face the fury of God and of the people," Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayghani said on his website.

Golpayghani was reacting to remarks by interior minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in the holy city of Qom last week, who when asked whether Iran would appoint women as governors of provinces, replied: "Yes. It is possible."

Golpayghani said the appointment of women in such top jobs was against sharia (Islamic) law.

"They come to Qom, the centre of Shiite Islam, and announce that they will appoint women as governors of some provinces. Do you want to fight with the Koran and the Prophet with such talks that go against sharia?" he asked.

"Who are you against? God's rule or the definite rules of religion?" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also faced stiff resistance from hardline clerics, including Golpayghani, in appointing women as cabinet ministers.

Lawmakers, however, did approve one woman cabinet minister - the first female minister of the Islamic republic - during a vote of confidence in September."

Yes. God, his God anyway, will be furious. For me, probably not. If it or he or she did, it or she or he is not my God! ;-)

Lessons for me are:

1. religious men (& women) interpret or try to, anyway, what they called God's words. Who is right and who is wrong? God's know! ;-);

2. seriously, do we really care if human being is meant to be of 2 genders, and the accidental, in-between? Does it really mattered who is in what position of power if he or she or it is just and fair?;

3. the religion of this person in this report is a mystery to many. Who is right and who is wrong? Does he know best?

May someone somehow someday find their own peace without infringing others' right to a fair and just way of life!