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The citizens of Iran need more events like this. This man was a hardline cleric and supporter of the complete subjugation and segregation of women.

A senior Iranian Shia Muslim cleric and member of the powerful Assembly of Experts has been killed in a gun attack in northern Iran, state media report.
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Petter 9 Apr 26
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Well, the women certainly do. I am confused as to why the Taliban killed him, however. I thought they were mainline women subjugators.

Are you mixing stories? The Taliban killed an IS man in Afghanistan.

@Petter I probably am. My apologies for not reading the link. I made an assumption that it was the headline I saw yesterday afternoon. I do not understand why the Taliban killed this guy. [latimes.com]

Extremists often kill one another. When you join an extreme, you move into a mind space where there are no moderates, only absolutes of right and wrong. Which you want more than anything, because you are lazy and cowardly, and therefore do not want to face life, in all its complexity. That is the reason you become an extremist in the first place, because you want one simple answer, and an excuse to avoid thought.

But when once you are in that world of absolute right and wrong, black and white, then there are no friends and allies, only us and everyone else. And your greatest fear is that your perfect views, may be corrupted from within, so even the smallest disagreement about doctrine or policy makes your former friend the worst sort of traitor. Especially so, since you feel the need to wage war is part of your committent, and the major enemies may be far away when you have won in your area, so you have to turn inwards to find your enemies. In the religious right, extreme, women usually fare worst and first, yes, but when you have beaten them into submission, then you have to look for someone else to vent the hate, which you call and think of as purity.

@Fernapple Thank you.

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Just for a moment--I hoped he'd been gunned down by a group of women!

That would have been world headlines.

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