[sionnsar]

Iran should become a Zoroastrian or Baha'i republic and free itself from the Arabized Wahhabi belt.

Why on earth should Iran become ANY kind of religious republic?

A better model is India, which manages to continue despite frictions between the dominant religions there -- and I might add that things weren't always so very cozy here in the States either. And a true Iranian republic would probably look much more like the Indian or Israeli model -- lots of parties, continual bickering and shifting alliances.. but working.

(And maybe better than our alleged "two-party" system does today. But that's a rant for another thread.)

[Rookie Cookie]

Unless a majority of them convert to something else I doubt the Iranian society will be able to displace Islam. Even if they introduce a secular model for their constitution it will still remain under threat from radical Islam as long as Islam remains the dominant religion. The Shah tried to create a westernized and largely secular state and failed. In Turkey Kemal Ataturk did it but with brute force and the Turkish Army is still the ultimate controlling institution. Its not a real democracy.

Indian and Israeli model works only because the majority in those countries are Hindu and Jewish respectively.