To: Arthur Wildfire! March
If it wasn't for those students in Iran, I'd have no tolerance for Islam whatsoever. I could be wrong, but I think Iranians are mostly christians. The people are persians, not arabs.
To: Go Gordon
I could be wrong, but I think Iranians are mostly christians. The people are persians, not arabs.
Sorry, but you are wrong about most Iranians being Christians. The Persian Empire fell to Moslem invasian in 641 A.D., and the usual persecutions of non-Moslems and forced conversions followed. (Prior to 641, most Persians were probably Zoroastrians - there are few left in Iran, and a group of Zoroastrians fled to Pakistan. There were Christian Persians then, however, and today there are Persians who have become Christian, especially among those who fled to this country after the fall of the Shah.)
Your are right about Iranians not being Arabs, though.
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09/08/2002 12:21:34 PM PDT by
Celtman
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