Reephdweller
11-10-2003, 09:22 PM
'Half-woman half-tiger' rumour sparks riot
From AFP
November 10, 2003
Some 50 people have been arrested in Iran's clerical capital of Qom after police broke up a crowd that had assembled to watch the rumoured execution of a half-woman half-tigress, the Jomhuri-Eslami newspaper reported Sunday.
According to the report, a large crowd turned up in a square in the city to watch the hanging of the woman-beast, only to be met by police who attempted to convince them that the bizarre rumour was in fact absolutely false.
In the ensuing attempt by security forces to disperse the crowd, the would-be spectators struck back and several windows of surrounding buildings were reported to have been smashed. Police made 50 arrests, the hardline daily said.
A local journalist contacted by AFP explained that elaborate rumours had been circulating whereby a woman had "insulted religious values" during the fasting month of Ramadan and as divine punishment had had her head turned into that of a ferocious feline.
"Drawings of the woman with the head of a tigress were even distributed in the city, especially in schools," said the journalist, who asked not to be named.
"The rumour was that she was to be hanged."
According to local folklore, the insulting of Islamic values during the fasting month is particularly serious, and sinners risk having their head turned into that of an animal.
AFP
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From AFP
November 10, 2003
Some 50 people have been arrested in Iran's clerical capital of Qom after police broke up a crowd that had assembled to watch the rumoured execution of a half-woman half-tigress, the Jomhuri-Eslami newspaper reported Sunday.
According to the report, a large crowd turned up in a square in the city to watch the hanging of the woman-beast, only to be met by police who attempted to convince them that the bizarre rumour was in fact absolutely false.
In the ensuing attempt by security forces to disperse the crowd, the would-be spectators struck back and several windows of surrounding buildings were reported to have been smashed. Police made 50 arrests, the hardline daily said.
A local journalist contacted by AFP explained that elaborate rumours had been circulating whereby a woman had "insulted religious values" during the fasting month of Ramadan and as divine punishment had had her head turned into that of a ferocious feline.
"Drawings of the woman with the head of a tigress were even distributed in the city, especially in schools," said the journalist, who asked not to be named.
"The rumour was that she was to be hanged."
According to local folklore, the insulting of Islamic values during the fasting month is particularly serious, and sinners risk having their head turned into that of an animal.
AFP
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