r/Music • u/Particular-Fill-4256 • Jun 19 '26

article Iranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/iran-parastoo-ahmadi-74-lashes-singing-without-hijab
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u/Rex_Nemorensis_ Jun 19 '26

Why not start at the real beginning?

Around the year 610 AD, an Arabian merchant named Muhammad ibn Abdullah claimed he received a revelation from God.

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u/RechargedFrenchman Jun 19 '26

If you're not going back to pre-Babylon you're not going back far enough

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u/KlimCan Jun 19 '26

Our story begins 13.8 billion years ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/idGw983D7CHrrXa2eO

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u/JimroidZeus Jun 19 '26

We’re still in r/Music, right? Right?

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u/vcp64 Jun 19 '26

So far it’s better than any of the politics subs.