Member of Iranian Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, Hasan Rahimpur-Azghadi: Relationships in European Countries Are Based Solely on Sexual Pleasure

Following are excerpts from a lecture adressed by Member of Iranian Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, Hasan Rahimpur-Azghadi. Channel 1 of the Iranian TV aired it on March 13, 2005:

Hasan Rahimpur-Azghadi: A few years ago I went to Bosnia and visited the Muslims there. These people are very honorable and pure. They are interested in Islam but know nothing about it. We went to a mosque. The girls would reach the entrance without a hijab, and then they would cover their heads and go in to pray. Afterwards they would shake hands with the imam and kiss him.

Here's another example: The muezzin who calls to prayer and who knew part of the Koran by heart had a hairstyle like Michael Jackson. In the evening we had dinner with them. He (the muezzin) pointed at his friend and said: "He has two or three girlfriends" - He (the muezzin) was also like this - He asked: "Is this permitted or forbidden?" I answered, "Let's discuss the meaning of permitted and forbidden, and then we'll see." I said to him: "When you are somebody's boyfriend, do you mind if she is another man's girlfriend as well and has relations with him, or should she be yours alone?" He answered: "No, I want her to be only with me." I said to him: "If your friendship is so strong that it leads to the birth of a child, what will be the fate of this child? After all, he is a human being. He pays the price for your friendship. When he comes into this world, it's unclear who his mother and father are."

The issue of birth out of wedlock is a problem that has embroiled societies which don't observe these matters. Recently, some European countries have legislated laws – I think England is one of them – forbidding one to ask who the baby's father is, because the father is unknown. He really is unknown. It's becoming forbidden. They say: "Don't ask who's the father." That's the way it is.

Relationships are based solely on sexual pleasure: boyfriend - girlfriend. No one takes responsibility. One pursues one's own pleasure. No one takes responsibility. This is very important.

I saw a white woman with three children, one in a carriage, one holding her hand, and another trailing behind. One of them was a black mulatto, another had blond hair, and the third looked Asian. I thought she was the children's nanny, and that she minds them for money. When I asked her, it turned out they were all her children.