Will Iran’s morality police seek Barbie beheadings?

Written by Editor on Monday, January 16, 2012. Posted in Conservative News Magazine, Islam Watch

Barbie is still sold secretly in shops. They are much preferred over the "official" dolls Sara and Dara, because they are ugly and fat.

From Reuters: Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers.

Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday. Iran’s religious rulers first declared Barbie, made by U.S. company Mattel Inc, un-Islamic in 1996, citing its “destructive cultural and social consequences.” Despite the ban, the doll has until recently been openly on sale in Tehran shops.

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