Re: “Violations of the Rights of our Baha’i Coun trymen”

2009-02-23 Thread Matt Haase
on a news site for the > United Arab Emirates regarding the Baha'is in Iran: > > http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090223/FOREIGN/667464121/1011/NEWS > > __ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:matthewhaa...@gma

“Trial of Iranian Baha’i leadership”

2009-02-23 Thread Ahang Rabbani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv "Trial of Iranian Baha'i leadership" is an open letter by *Iran Press Watch*to Ayatollah Dorri-Najafabadi, Iran's Attorney General. This letter explores the charges against the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders and demonstrates conclusively that none of these charges can

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Yes, that's very true. http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?s=we+are+ashamed&searchsubmit=Search http://www.iranpresswatch.org/page/2/?s=we+are+ashamed&searchsubmit=Search Much love, Iskandar On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Ahang Rabbani wrote: The Baha'i Studies Listserv I prefer

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Ahang Rabbani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv I prefer to give references to Iran Press Watch, since IPW was so central to this story. Just do s search on "we are ashamed" on our site and you'll find a bunch of relevant stories. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Li

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv http://www.we-are-ashamed.com/ was first started by 42 non-Baha'i Iranians on February 3rd 2009. Since then, almost 300 people have signed it. It's now available in eleven other languages. The signatories are writers, journalists, political activists, human rights ac

Re: “Violations of the Rights of our Baha’i Coun trymen”

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Thanks, Ahang. I see a very well-balanced article appeared on a news site for the United Arab Emirates regarding the Baha'is in Iran: http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090223/FOREIGN/667464121/1011/NEWS

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hamid Hamidi is not a Baha'i and has no affiliation with the Baha'i > community. Like so many enlightened Iranians, Mr. Hamidi has come to > recognize the wrongs, harms and injuries perpetrated against the Baha'is > over the last 160 years by a fanatical and degenerat

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Ahang Rabbani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: > It's a fairly longish article about the arrests and detentions without a > charge, without any arraignment or trial of any sort. It also examines the > current atomsphere of paranoia about espionage in Iran an

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Perhaps Shahram himself should like to translate it. Indeed. But he might be too busy translating the texts of all those laws which Baha'is have supposedly broken. ;-} __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv It's a fairly longish article about the arrests and detentions without a charge, without any arraignment or trial of any sort. It also examines the current atomsphere of paranoia about espionage in Iran and the government's exploitation of that fear to suppress any a

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Iskandar, For the benefit of list members who don't read Persian, would you summarize this website? warmest, Susan On 2/23/09, Iskandar Hai, M.D. wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > For "Shahram Rouhani" > http://www.goftman-iran.info/content/view/1192/10/

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv > dear dr.S.Maneck, hi > it is actually my habit to write in capital letter.in some way it is easier. Dear Shahram, I thank you for accepting our request that you not do so here. I realize that because there are no caps in Persian you may not realize how they come a

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv For "Shahram Rouhani" http://www.goftman-iran.info/content/view/1192/10/ in Persian. Regards, Iskandar __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to m

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv > PLS HV A LOOK AT POST OF AN ACTIVE ANTI-GOVERNMENT IRANIAN FRIEND. > THE OTHER IMPOLITE FRIEND,MR.ISKANDAR, Dear Shahram, It seems to me that Ahang's sentiments are anti-clerical, not anti-government. But yes, he doesn't think much of the fact that the Iranian gov

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread shahram rohani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv dear dr.S.Maneck, hi it is actually my habit to write in capital letter.in some way it is easier. I hv read some texts n comments of dr.Foster.they are useful n interesting too. re Mona ,I know that,and I am clearly against it.I am against murder as sentence.I am agai

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread shahram rohani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv DEAR DR.S.MANECK,HI PLS HV A LOOK AT POST OF AN ACTIVE ANTI-GOVERNMENT IRANIAN FRIEND. THE OTHER IMPOLITE FRIEND,MR.ISKANDAR,HAS ALSO FORGOTTEN THAT POLITENESS IS OUR DRESS.FORTUNATELY,HE HAS CONFIRMED TT I AM NOT WELL TRAINED BY INTELLIGENT FORCE OF IRAN[BUT HE HAS LE

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv > The creatures that serve their master-puppet, the so-called Ministry of > Intelligence (now there's an irony! What a name for an organization that has > no intelligence!), are trying to infiltrate all Baha'i lists and take over > discussions. Don't waste your time wit

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv > This list is open to all, including non-Baha'is like yourself. Not entirely. It is a private list and ultimately Mark Foster decides who and who is not welcome here. __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:a

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear Shahram, No one is preventing any of your posts from appearing here. What is happening is that some of your posts have been sent to me privately rather than to the list. You might want to double check who you are replying to more carefully next time. Aside from th

“Violations of the Rights of our Baha’i Countrym en”

2009-02-23 Thread Ahang Rabbani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv "Violations of the Rights of our Baha'i Countrymen" is a remarkably important contribution to understanding the recent history of the Baha'i persecution in Iran. This fantastically well-written article is by Mr. Hamid Hamidi, a renowned Iranian journalist in Europe, who

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Ahang Rabbani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Why are folks wasting their time with this character, "Shahram Rohani" (or whatever his real name is)? The creatures that serve their master-puppet, the so-called Ministry of Intelligence (now there's an irony! What a name for an organization that has no intelligence!),

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
The Baha'i Studies Listserv First of all, this list is not moderated at all. So, whatever you post, it goes through. Nobody censors anything. Second, please stop shouting. Writing in all capital letters is yelling and shouting. But, perhaps, the Ministry of Intelligence (vezAArat-e ettelAA`AA

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread Dean Betts
The Baha'i Studies Listserv DEAR DR.S.MANECK, IT SEEMS THAT YR WORDS ARE FULL OF ANGER TOWARD THE IRAN STATE AND THE BAHAIS LIKE ME WHO TRY TO FIND A MIDDLE WAY TO GET OUT OF THE CURRENT CRISIS,ACCORDING TO THE TRUE TEACHINGS OF FAITH. -I KNOW

Re: illegality of Bahai organizational activities in Iran

2009-02-23 Thread shahram rohani
The Baha'i Studies Listserv DEAR DR.S.MANECK, TKS YR REPLY.I WISH U HD LET MY POST APPEARED IN THE SITE,SO THAT I CUD FEEL FREE ATMOSPHERE HERE.NOW THE READER THINKS THAT U R SELECTING OR CENSURING THE TEXTS,N IT IS NOT INTERESTING FR AN ACADEMIC SITE. I PERSONALLY RESPECT YOU,N TRY TO READ YR LI