Posted on 11/15/2007 6:39:31 PM PST by Son of Dis
"The hatred of the extremist mullahs for the Baha'is is such that they, like the Taliban of Afghanistan who destroyed the towering Buddhist sculptures at Bamiyan, intend not only to eradicate the religion, but even to erase all traces of its existence in the country of its birth," says the statement, which took the form of a paid advertisement in the New York Times. Such has been the plight of one of the greatest segments of the Iranian population.
In 1993, in Tehran alone, under the orders of the Islamic authorities, more than 1500 graves were bulldozed on the pretext of constructing a municipal center. In a similar fashion, the Islamic Republic of Iran, which holds in great contempt any non-Islamic belief or heritage, has embarked on destroying the archeological sites of Pasargad, Persepolis and the tomb of Cyrus the Great as well, also on another pretext of building a dam.
As early as last month, and with the direct order of villainous, handpicked President Ahmadinejad who is notorious for his anti-Baha'i sentiments , the bulldozing began of Baha’i cemeteries across Iran. That is the latest series of incidents in an Islamic government-led campaign of hatred against Baha'is. The destruction of the cemetery by using large and heavy equipment occurred between September 9th and September 10th near Najafabad, on the outskirts of Esfahan. What happened there is an almost total replica of what happened in July in Yazd, where another Baha'is’ cemetery was savagely damaged by earth-moving equipment.
The House of the Báb in Shiraz, one of the most holy sites in the Bahá’í world, was destroyed by Revolutionary Guardsmen in 1979 and later razed by the government. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, Baha’is are forbidden to live peacefully in this life or the next. Also, the residence of Baha'u'llah in Takur, where the Founder of the Baha'i Faith spent his childhood, was also demolished soon after the radical Islamic revolution, and the site was offered for sale to the public.
Iran's largest religious minority continues to be singled out for persecution based on their religious beliefs. Also in April 1994, in a speech at the dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, President Clinton cited Iran's "abusive treatment" of Bahá'ís, along with "ethnic cleansing" in the former Yugoslavia, as a critical human rights concern.”
The slaveholder, Islam, finds the Baha’i faith a threat to its very existence, since many of the Baha’i teachings are anathema to that of Islamofascism—the favorite version of Islam.
“Baha'i students in primary and secondary schools throughout Iran are increasingly being harassed, vilified, and held up to abuse, according to recent reports from inside the country.” "These new reports that the most vulnerable members of the Iranian Baha'i community--children and junior youth--are being harassed degraded, and, in at least one case, blindfolded and beaten, is an extremely disturbing development," said Ms. Bani Dugal, the principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations.
The devastating situation of the Baha'is in the Islamic Republic is reminiscent of prosecution of ‘Falun Gong in China’. July 20 marks the anniversary of China’s crackdown on the Falungong movement.
It is modus operandi of radical Muslims to write graffiti on the walls of synagogues, churches, cemeteries and other holy places where non-Muslims reside. The plights of Baha’is are no exception. Here are some examples of graffiti in Abadeh, a small town in Iran: 'Death to Baha'is, the mercenaries of America and England,' 'Hezbollah despises the Baha'is,' 'Baha'is - mercenaries of Israel' and 'Baha'is are unclean' - phrases that relate directly to government propaganda that has been disseminated in the Islamic Republic news media in recent years," said Ms. Diane Ala’i, who represents the Baha’i International Community to the UN in Geneva.
With more than six million members in more than 180 countries worldwide, the Baha'i Faith is an independent religion that promotes such teachings as the oneness of humanity, the underlying unity of the religions, the equality of women and men, and the need to eliminate prejudice.
In recognition of the importance of independent thinking, no one is born Baha’i. Once one is born to a Muslim, he is considered Muslim for life. If he decides to leave Islam, he is labeled apostate, and apostates are automatically condemned to death. The slaveholders are intent on keeping all their slaves as well as their issues. By contrast, every child born in a Baha’i family is required to make his own independent decision regarding whether or not he wishes to be a Baha’i. Freedom to choose and independent thinking are cherished values of the Baha’is, in stark contrast to that of Muslims.
Islam is now out of its own cage. It has declared war on the dead as well as the living. Islam plans to kill, destroy and eradicate anything and everything in its path to world domination. Secretly, most Muslims endorse suicide bombings and the underpinnings of bin Laden's assault. For as long as there are bigoted, self-serving clergy and their collaborators with first exclusive access to the blank slate, the problem of supplying wave after wave of Islamofascists will persist. Do we have to have a bloodbath of monumental scale before we in the West see anything near peace again? Isn’t it time to stop this madness and think judiciously?
All free people must feel for the long-suffering Baha’is in Iran. They have been savagely brutalized for over a century and a half through the demonic machinations of the despicable mullahs. They continue to pay dearly for their audacity to believe in human dignity.
This is especially ironic because the Bahai faith honors Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Bahaism is a pacifist and tolerant religion, completely unlike Islam. I knew an Iranian Bahai who was forced to leave Iran after his father was killed by the Iranian Islamofascists.
It’s too bad the Bahais don’t have oil. /s
Baha’i could lead the region out of the 7th Century, that’s why they have to be killed (looking at it from an Islamic point of view).
It’s also an interesting contrast that while the Bahais are being hounded out of existence in their country of origin (Iran), they are allowed to maintain a lavish shrine in Haifa, Israel. This is yet another demonstration that there is no symmetry whatsoever between democratic, tolerant Israel and its Muslim enemies.
Looks that way.
If the fanatics keep it up? If "moderate" muslims continue to fund terrorism?
Yes.
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But of course George Bush is the real theocratic threat...
>Once one is born to a Muslim, he is considered Muslim for life. If he decides to leave Islam, he is labeled apostate, and apostates are automatically condemned to death.
Boy, that puts Obama’s potential presidency in a new light, no? Hillary wouldn’t even need to get an Arkansas Trooper to do her dirty work!
In a similar fashion, the Islamic Republic of Iran, which holds in great contempt any non-Islamic belief or heritage, has embarked on destroying the archeological sites of Pasargad, Persepolis and the tomb of Cyrus the Great as well, also on another pretext of building a dam.
Trashing the tomb of Cyrus? Barbarians!
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