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For peaceful purposes. After all, according to Iran’s late Grand Ayatollah Khomeini, “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer… There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious” …

“Do not laugh too much, for laughing deadens the heart.” – The Prophet Mohammed, Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2305; Ibn Maajah, 4193.

By Ari Yashar, INN – “In the West it would be considered an innocuous albeit amateur tribute video to singer Pharrell Williams’ massively popular song ‘Happy.’ But in Iran, a video of six men and unveiled women dancing in Tehran to the hit song was enough to be arrested over.

‘Sol Production’ posted the tribute video on Monday to YouTube, which has already garnered nearly 40,000 views. Iranian police wasted no time in tracking down the happy Iranians, arresting them on Tuesday according to Al Arabiya.

Ironically the video contains a message of happiness overcoming all, including the lyrics: ‘Here come bad news talking this and that,/ give me all you got, and don’t hold it back,/ I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine,/ no offense to you, don’t waste your time.’ The bridge to the song’s chorus repeats: ‘Bring me down, can’t nothing/ bring me down, my level’s too high.’

Apparently Iranian police rose to the challenge of ‘bringing down’ the joyful Tehran residents, who wrote in the closing of the video: ‘we have made this video as Pharell William’s (sic) fans in 8hrs, with iPhone 5S. ‘Happy’ was an excuse to be happy. We enjoyed every second of making it. Hope it puts a smile on your face.’

Tehran police chief Hossein Sajedinia did not have a smile on his face as he said ‘after a vulgar clip which hurt public chastity was released in cyberspace, police decided to identify those involved in making that clip,’ reports the official ISNA News Agency.” Read more.

Hadith Qudsi 19:5, ‘The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.”