And if you are curious about the state of religious tolerance in Iran, you can read the State Department 2004 report on it here: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35497.htm
Disclaimer, I have a friend that works in that office in the middle east bureau but did not work on that report. Judah On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > Yes, those are brutal and savage laws. I fully support trying to get > them changed there just like I support changing the same laws in Saudi > Arabia and other countries. Yet we are able to negotiate with Saudi > Arabia and Oman and the UAE. > > As for your link about a law banning conversion from Islam to another > religion (doesn't actually have to be Christianity, the author is just > biased there) it is a horrible law, I agree. Iran also has established > laws to protect its Christian minority including representation in > Parliament. You don't see that mentioned in the article, do you? Being > non-Islamic in Iran is tough. There has been persecution at times and > many people have fled but it is not a theocracy that does not tolerate > other religions. > > The government of Iran is not nice. They are not our allies. But to > dismiss them as savages and say that negotiation with them is futile > is both ignorant and unhelpful to both our country and the Middle > East. > > Judah > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> http://www.wfafi.org/laws.pdf >> >> That is enough for me. >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> > Scott wrote: >>> > The people who 'govern' the country of Iran. >>> > >>> >>> Like what have they done that's "savage"? >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
