Talk:Iranian Grand Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi urges compulsory hijab

issues, issues

1. what is the "mass media rowdyism" being talked about?
2. is "Islamic fundamentalist" someone's characterization of Naser Makarem Shirazi, or has Wikinews got into the business of independently assessing who is and who is not a fundamentalist?
3. this is one of a series of article that primarily reports on an issue by quoting the views of influential figures. while such quotes have their place, they are not the whole story. in this particular case, there's much more that can be reported - what do less exalted, ordinary people feel? how do they accommodate themselves to live under the prevailing/imposed-on mores? how does the law, the offices of the state such as the police, prosecutors, judges handle incidents relating to this and other issues reported? what do those who fight against such pronouncements have to say? who are they?
4. there's a photo of a woman who was attacked for the way she was dressed. wouldn't a description of that event (where did it take place? who attacked her? how is she recovering? what happened to the attackers?) add more to the article than what someone in 765 AD had to say about the hijab? (incidentally, if you quoting someone who lived in the 8th century in between two people who are active in political life today, it's a good idea to let readers know that) simply using the image looks to me like it's there for its shock-value.
5. and why this predilection to link to quotes? will a bunch of quotes (i counted two in the last quote parbox i replaced with a WP one) tell readers everything they need to know about the hijab or Khomeini?

–Doldrums(talk) 17:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

mass media rowdyism my re-wording of rowdyism by some mass media. Let me address one of the issues you raised: Imam Sadeq's quotes is important in Iran. Islamic laws are legally binding and hadiths, fatwas and such can be used in a criminal proceeding.

1. 3 is suspicous. This is not an encyclopedia where one can examine an issue from every imaginable angle. However, no one is preventing you from expand the article. Caviling?--Blivit 17:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

(not English)

If a source is not English, we should use {{Languageicon}} to indicate the language: many people speak different languages but not all of them speak Arab, for example.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)