Mahmoud Intolerant-ijad pt. 1

Maybe now isn’t a good time to be whipping up anti-Iranian sentiment. Given the fact that our president seems to be chomping at the bit to team up with Israel and bomb Iran back to the dark ages, maybe I should write an essay about some topic with conciliatory possibility.

Not today. Today I write about life inside a Muslim theocracy. Turns out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad likes Islam quite a bit. So much in fact that the largest religious minority, with around 17% of the population, is being systematically targeted for persecution.


Mark Kirk of the Chicago Sun Times reports:

“The Central Security Office of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology ordered 81 Iranian universities to expel any student discovered to be a Baha'i.”

“The Iranian Public Intelligence and Security Force ordered 25 industries to deny business licenses to Baha'is. […] Banks are closing Baha'i accounts and refusing loans to Baha'i applicants. Just last week, the Iranian government bulldozed a Baha'i cemetery, erasing the memory of thousands of Iranian citizens.”

Diane Ala'i, the representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations said,

“Put in a historical context, these kinds of attacks too often have been a prelude to campaigns of oppression and violence that are far worse.”

(Next installment: The Bloodthirsty Baha'i's Barbarous Beliefs)

Mahmoud Intolerant-ijad pt. 2

(This is a continuation of a previous post)

Abdul-Baha Abbas (1844-1921), eldest son of Baha'i founder Baha'u'llah

And what do the Baha’i believe that is so egregious as to prompt pseudo-genocide?

They believe that there is only one god, and that he is every god, he has appeared to many people in many different forms, as Jesus, Mohamed, etc. to give messages important to the time. They believe that all religion is one, and that people are unified.

Among their core beliefs are;

“The independent search after truth, unfettered by superstition or tradition”
“The oneness of the entire human race”
“The equality of men and women”
“The introduction of compulsory education”
“The abolition of the extremes of wealth and poverty”
“The glorification of justice as the ruling principle in human society”
“The establishment of a permanent and universal peace as the supreme goal of all mankind”

Sheesh! What a bunch of jerks!

But seriously, this religion from an atheist’s view is pretty top notch. It preaches togetherness and world unity, regardless of its superstitious nature, not an altogether bad message for the Middle East. It’s important to remember in these dark times what true tyranny looks like. Both so we can appreciate what we have, and to reminded us of the cost of losing it.

video of the damaged cemetery