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MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday.

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, better known as Sara Khadem, took part in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships held in Kazakhstan in late December without the headscarf that is mandatory under Iran's strict Islamic dress codes.

Laws enforcing mandatory hijab-wearing became a flashpoint during the unrest that swept Iran when a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of the morality police in mid-September.

The 26-year-old has told Reuters she had no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership.

Spain's official gazette said the cabinet approved granting Khadem citizenship on Tuesday "taking into account the special circumstances" of her case.

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[-] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Islam isn't better at it than other religions it just happens to be the major religions in the countries where those fanatics managed to seize the power

That's no coincidence imo.

I see all religions as negative, but Islam is the only one I can personally attest to, being an ex muslim. It's cult-y and tends to bring out the worst in people, more so than most religions from what I've seen.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Your personal experience is not a good argument.

Here's a recent exemple of Hindu fanatics attacking Muslims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Delhi_riots and another from Christian fanatics attacking the institutions of the USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack

[-] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's not compare atrocities committed by religions; islam's would be never-ending if we did, as your comment also suggested.

I will add though that buddism's continued oppression of muslims in Myanmar is sickening, in addition to your examples

[-] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Let’s not compare atrocities committed by religions

Isn't it what you do when singling out Islam ?

[-] some_guy 4 points 1 year ago

If the poster hadn't specifically stated that they were commenting because that was their former religion, yes. But given the context, no.

[-] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yup. I think the conclusion is obvious, as my comment indicates, so there's not much need to compare them here.

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