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Let me add that while Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians have expressly
and specifically been protected minorities in the Constitution of Iran,
the Baha'is, unfortunately, have absolutely no such protection under the
"law" (whatever it means in Iran) in that land. I'd say that's a
significant distinction.
Good wishes,
Iskandar
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, Ahang Rabbani wrote:
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On Feb 19, Iran Press Watch reprinted the same story you cite:
http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/02/destroy-sufi-site-isfahan/
In fact, the Baha'is are deeply concerned about the plight of all minorities
in Iran. On Iran Press Watch, we have published stories about the abuse of
women, Christians, Sufis, Sunnis, Kurds, etc, at the hand of brutal, vicious
and deeply ignorant ruling clerics.
So the issue is most decidedly not Muslim vs. Baha'is, but rather
repressive mullahs vs everybody else.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Gilberto Simpson <gilberto.simp...@gmail.com
wrote:
The Baha'i Studies Listserv A friend of mine sent me this link a few weeks
ago and it is arguably off-topic. But I think it definitely does add
something to some of the recent discussions.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Authorities_Destroy_Holy_Sufi_Site_In_Isfahan/1495342.html
So yes, you should defnitely look at and discuss what the Iranian
government has been doing to Bahais, but even Muslims aren't necessarily
safe from the abuses of the Iranian regime. And while you could try to frame
the issue as a Muslim vs. Bahai thing, perhaps there is some wisdom in
thinking about the issue in a different sort of way?
-Gilbertol
--
Ahang Rabbani, PhD
http://ahang.rabbani.googlepages.com/
http://iranpresswatch.org/
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