Innocent Baha'is on trial in Iran

[dayag]

Another show trial of innocent people in Iran.

From Haaretz:

Seven people belonging to the Baha'i faith are scheduled to stand trial in Iran over charges of "spying for Israel," among other charges, the Iranian ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.

The news agency quoted Tehran's Deputy General Prosecutor Hassan Hadad as saying that the seven defendants also face charges of "desecrating Islam and campaigning against an Islamic republic."

source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063407.html

[Yala]

Don't worry Dayag, there's no reason to worry! Fellow forum member, Orangeblossom, told us that peace will ring out in the Middle East the very day the Israelis and Palestinians make peace. When that day comes, Inshallah, the Bahai will be treated like royalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran. I think on that very day the Saudis will also allow women to leave the house without men and get a driver's license.

[dayag]

Don't worry Dayag, there's no reason to worry! Fellow forum member, Orangeblossom, told us that peace will ring out in the Middle East the very day the Israelis and Palestinians make peace. When that day comes, Inshallah, the Bahai will be treated like royalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran. I think on that very day the Saudis will also allow women to leave the house without men and get a driver's license.

:rofl: Yeah, I saw that.

I'm not going to hold my breath while I'm waiting for this miracle to occur. :D

[Madeline]

Just imagine the uproar if America or Israel would do likewise...

[Sharona]

Peace won't ring out through the Middle East if and when a few signatures are placed on a dotted line.

The conditioning is too deep now. It will take years of psychological support to undo it.

[Madeline]

Peace won't ring out through the Middle East if and when a few signatures are placed on a dotted line.

The conditioning is too deep now. It will take years of psychological support to undo it.

If ever.

[varian]

Muslims have always persecuted Baha'is. Unlike Muhammad; the Bab was a man of peace and piety. The statement that Muhammad was the last prophet of allah is Islamic dogma that has been refuted by the life of the Bab.

http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/ealing/web/EGFL1/teaching_learning/subjects/REandSACRE/Festival_calendar/May/Bab.htm

Mirza Ali Muhammad, who later assumed the title of Bab (‘gate’), was born 20 October 1819 CE in Shiraz, Persia. As a youth he was noted for his charm and great beauty, but also for his exceptional piety, unfailing in his observance of the prayers, fasts and other ordinances of Islam.

When Mirza Ali was 25 he had an experience which led him, on 23 May 1844, to declare to a prominent Mullah that he had been elected by God to be one of his messengers. In those days many Muslims waited expectantly for the appearance of a such a messenger, and he had soon attracted followers, the first eighteen of which—known as “letters of the living”—were sent to different parts of Persia and Turkistan to spread the news of his advent.

Mirza Ali himself set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca, arriving there in December 1844, where he openly declared his mission. When he subsequently returned home his eloquence and zeal as a reformer aroused great enthusiasm among his supporters. However the orthodox Muslim clergy denounced him, and undertook the suppression of the new movement. Persecution increased, with large numbers of his followers imprisoned or put to death. Finally, on 9 July 1850, the Bab himself was publicly executed by the government for heresy.

One of the early Babis was Mirza Husayn ‘Ali*, who became one of the Bab’s most fervent followers; as a result Baha’is consider the Bab to be the cofounder of their religion.