West buries identity of women alive: senior cleric

Identity, upbringing, love, sacrifice, spirituality, modesty, chastity, struggle, and loyalty are all high concepts that are formed by the woman's personality, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari said during this week's Friday Prayers sermon in Tehran ahead of the national Women's Day.

Criticizing the approach of the West towards women, he said that today, modern Western ignorance,  under the banner of feminism and women's rights, buries the identity of women alive.

Also, in the liberal view of women, by highlighting women's gender characteristics, they formed a new form of slavery and exploitation that makes women second-class citizens, he noted.

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