Iranian Cleric Puts Earthquakes Down to Extra-marital Sex

When it comes to the world’s recent earthquakes, it seems that there are two conspiracy theories in circulation: some folks (and Jesse Ventura) propose that a massive array of antennae in the Alaskan wilderness is the cause of all our shaking, a cleric in Iran, on the other hand, puts it all down to getting down… extra-maritally.

The Straits Times reported that, on a Friday service, Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi told his congregation:

Many women who dress inappropriately … cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes.

I’m guessing that he is not a geologist.