wait wait this is the National Post? My bad, I had canada.com confused with another site. There is indeed reason to question the source then. Last time I looked into one of their stories it was extremely exaggerated, to put it politely.
However, if true -- and I agree that Iran is capable of it -- it is reason for immediate repercussions. Can anyone find it anywhere else? > While I would not put this past Iran, there is a question to the > validity of the story: > http://www.940news.com/locale.php?news=2512 > The National Post is sending shockwaves across the country this > morning with a report that Iran's Parliament has passed a law > requiring mandatory Holocaust style badges to identify Jews and > Christians. > But independent reporter Meir Javedanfar, an Israeli Middle East > expert who was born and raised in Tehran, says the report is false. > "It's absolutely factually incorrect," he told The New 940 Montreal. > "Nowhere in the law is there any talk of Jews and Christians having to > wear different colours. I've checked it with sources both inside Iran > and outside." > "The Iranian people would never stand for it. The Iranian government > wouldn't be stupid enough to do it." > Political commentator and 940 Montreal host Beryl Waysman says the > report is true, that the law was passed two years ago. > "Jews should wear yellow strips, Christians red strips, because > according to the Iranian mullahs, if a Mulsim shakes hands with a > non-Muslim he becomes unclean." > > The National Post cites Iranian expatriots living in Canada as its > primary source on the story. > The Post story can be read here: http://www.canada. > com/nationalpost/news/story. > html?id=11fbf4a8-282a-4d18-954f-546709b1240f&k=32073 > > >*"*Iran's roughly 25,000 Jews would have to sew a yellow strip of > cloth on > >the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges > and > >Zoroastrians would be forced to wear blue cloth."* > > > >http://tinyurl.com/o5mro* > > > >The world needs to act. > > > >-- > >--------------- > >Robert Munn > >www.funkymojo. com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207148 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
