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One
of the major events in the life of Táhirih occurred at Badasht
in 1848, a large conference of men where unprecedented in an Islamic
society, she removed her veil and declared the advent of a new age of
equality and enlightenment. In the strict Moslem perception, an unveiled
woman is considered to be naked. This act so startled and horrified
the audience that one man slashed his throat at such an act of sacrilege
by a woman. Interestingly, just a few days after this event in 1848,
on the other side of the world the First Women's Rights Convention
was held in Seneca Falls, New York. |
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