Rage Against the Veil
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| Author | Parvin Darabi |
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| Country | Iran |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Biography |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Released | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 274 |
| ISBN | 1573926825 |
Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam. The book is about Parvin's sister, Dr. Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in a city square in Tehran, Iran to protest the "slavelike" treatment of women in Iran. The book details Dr. Darabi's life leading up to this moment, addressing women's rights in Iran during the monarchy and after the Islamic Revolution.[1]
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) received complaints about the book, and suggested that the publisher, Prometheus Books, be boycotted. The IHRC considers the book's accusations about the status of women in Islam as without "fact, investigation or research." It concluded that the book is "neo-fascist" in its demonisation of Muslims as a whole, and compared this to the Nazis' demonisation of the Jews. The IHRC expressed concern that this demonisation could incite genocide against Muslims.[2]
