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Sunni cleric voices support for women defying hijab rules

Iranian women make their way along a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Apr. 26, 2016. [AP Photo]

A prominent Sunni cleric in Iran voiced support Friday for women who defy rules mandating they wear a hijab in public, saying such women are expressing their discontent and "demonstrating civil disobedience."

In a sermon, Molavi Abdul Hamid, the Friday prayer imam of Sunnis in the city of Zahedan, said hijabs cannot be imposed on Iranian women through imprisonment, detention or torture.

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