Goharshad Mosque rebellion

The Goharshad Mosque rebellion (Persian: واقعه مسجد گوهرشاد) took place in August 1935, when a backlash against the westernizing and secularist policies of Reza Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty erupted at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran. == Background == The Shah's violent Westernization campaign against Shiite society saw a spike in hostilities with the regime in the summer of 1935 when Reza Shah banned traditional Islamic clothing and ordered all men to be forced to wear European-style bowler hats.

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