https://www.scmp.com/rss/514324/feed Negar Partow is a senior lecturer in Security Studies at Massey University in New Zealand. She is an expert on Middle East politics, religion, human rights and global security. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The ongoing protests in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the country’s “Guidance Patrol” (or morality police) have made world headlines. But there is another protest that has received less mainstream attention in Western media. Whereas Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”, thereby violating Iran’s mandatory hijab law, this new campaign involves another form of headwear – the amameh, or turban, worn by Shia clergy. Protesters have... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3201580/how-turban-tossing-protests-are-threatening-irans-ruling-clergy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3201580/how-turban-tossing-protests-are-threatening-irans-ruling-clergy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:00:09 +0000