[lbo-talk] music in Iran: verboten

Peter Ward nevadabob at hotmail.co.uk
Tue Aug 3 18:45:42 PDT 2010


That's it: time to send in the bombers. Torture: we can live with that. Political executions: happen every day. But music, the linchpin of liberal civilization...!

Peter Ward pontificatingwithoutalicense.wordpress.com


> From: dhenwood at panix.com
> Hamid Dabashi's Facebook status update:
>
> > Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said today that music is "not compatible" with the values of the Islamic republic, and should not be practised or taught in the country."



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