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Muslim woman shuts down Facebook troll with epic history lesson

Sometimes, just a short history lesson suffices

News Desk September 16, 2016

PHOTO: @JournoNargess

Journalist Nargess Moballeghi had the most epic response to a Facebook troll informing her that the Sharia did not permit women to drive and she should refrain from it.

"Why are you driving? Under sharia law where Islam was born, you are not allowed to drive. The freedom you are enjoying in the West came from Christianity, NOT Islam," Courtney Potter tweeted to Moballeghi.

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In place of exchanging barbs with the troll, Moballeghi responded with a succinct history lesson. "Firstly, there were no cars 1,400 years ago; therefore it's not really Sharia law," she said.

Moballeghi went on to state that Islam had afforded certain rights to women well before they were introduced across Christian countries in recent history. The journalist went on to clarify that most Muslims did not subscribe to Wahhabism - which enjoys Saudi patronage.

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She added that Wahhabism enjoyed the protection of western countries such as Great Britain and the United States in the form of "arms, money and diplomacy". Sometimes all it takes is a short history lesson to shut down a troll.

Twitter was all praise for Moballeghi's comeback:

https://twitter.com/SyedAli087/status/776440927204306944

Haha! Well done Nargess Moballeghi 󾌲 https://t.co/iKdOKmQIJi
— Fareena Alam (@fareenaalam) September 16, 2016

Sometimes shutting down bigoted trolls just FEELS good... https://t.co/607BSQyZ58
— Nars Lootbaar 🇵🇸 (@_Badi3a_) September 16, 2016

Yesssssss Nargess! Smacked this beyond belief (as per usual!) @JournoNargess https://t.co/9TmoPzboeC
— نور (@noor_r4him) September 16, 2016

This article originally appeared on Indy100.

COMMENTS (12)

abhi | 7 years ago | Reply Good logic put up by the lady, but then same applies to hijab as well. It may have been a need of that time when there were lot security concern for ladies and women mostly stay indoor because lack of means. Now in modern society it has no place and should be left behind.

echoboom | 7 years ago | Reply we need more news like this from the TRibune...not the ugly westoxicated garbage prmoted here as "modern" and "advanced"..the fashion shows, the shamelessly dressed men/woman, the liberaloon, secularoon riff raff etc.

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Sri Varahadev | 7 years ago | Reply Only a Muslim would claim that what Nargess Moballeghi wrote was “epic” and if one insisted in bandying the word “epic”, Non-Muslims would say that Courtney Potter was a lot more “epic” when writing that “The freedom you are enjoying in the West came from Christianity, NOT Islam”.

Humanoids | 7 years ago | Reply @Hmm: You just made a fool of yourself. The only journey a woman requires a man be with her in modern times is Hajj. In past any travel that req 2-3days without a family member (for protection) thats all. I am sure you must have accompanied your mom sister or cousins when they needed to go for school admissions, banks, or travel with thought of giving them support. The GIST is support not to stop that your bigoted mind interprets it to be. If she feels protected she can travel alone.

Milind | 7 years ago | Reply @Haji Atiya - We don't follow barbaric practices like sacrificing animals on streets or bombing off / beheading people all in name of religion...

Acorn Guts | 7 years ago | Reply @Hmm: black elephant? .. wow, your racism is at a whole different level. Not even sure what you mean by devil elephant either. Come back when you can string together a sentence properly, off you go.

Haji Atiya | 7 years ago | Reply @Hmm: You're right, why justify to those who are destined to be deaf, dumb and blind, and on top of that can't put together a few words in English to make a coherent sentence.

Haji Atiya | 7 years ago | Reply @Ajeet: Yes, the stone age religion of Hinduism.

Ajeet | 7 years ago | Reply Some people are masochist to praise the stone age religion.

Aamir - Toronto | 7 years ago | Reply @Hmm......we don't need to explain Islam to a bigot like you !!!!

Hmm | 7 years ago | Reply Does not matter how much you explain, the fact remains same . Islam is the elephant in the room , in fact black and devil elephant . You say car was not there 1200 years ago. But was Burkini there 1200 years ago ? So how is it saharia compliant ? The more you try to justify, the more you justifies the madness of Islam .

Mohammed | 7 years ago | Reply That's the way girl. Show them what you have

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