Tuesday May 20, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

The Iranians have arrested six leaders of the Bahai.
Bahai is a religion that split off from Shiite Islam and has been outlawed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
In Iran it is permitted to persecute Bahai and they are often executed after being arrested.

There are about 300,000 Bahai who live in Iran and about 5 million across the globe. These 6 leaders now under arrest in Iran represent not just the local leadership but also international Bahai leadership, a faith that embraces peace.

Arrest and intimidation.
This is a classic example of how Iran handles people who are different.
The idea now is to intimidate the 300,000 Bahai still living in Iran.

Forget all the rhetoric from Ahmadinejad about freedom and people's rights.
In Iran, you do it the mullah's way or you hit the highway to prison.

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