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Baha’is arrested in Iran — for being Baha’is

Aug 4, 2012 12:21 am By Robert Spencer

The Islamic Republic of Iran again demonstrates the intolerance at the heart of Sharia. “Baha’i citizens arrested in Iran,” from Mohabat News, August 2 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Iranian human rights activists report that Baha’is are being arrested in several Iranian cities.

According to Radio Zamaneh, The Society Against Education Discrimination reported on Wednesday that more than 10 Baha’i citizens were arrested in the past day in Esfahan, Shahin Shahr, Villa Shahr and Yazd.

The group also reports that a number of Baha’is have been arrested in Arak.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) confirmed that Esfahan Baha’i citizens were arrested, adding that on Tuesday, Esfahan intelligence ministry officials arrested these people at their homes and transferred them to an unknown location.

The report adds that the homes of these citizens were searched and their computers, CDs, books and documents were confiscated.

In the past three weeks, some 20 other Baha’i citizens have been reportedly arrested in Tehran, Shiraz and Mashhad.

The Baha’i faith is not recognized as an official religion in the Islamic Republic constitution and Baha’i citizens face widespread discrimination in Iran in all walks of life.

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  1. David says

    Feb 21, 2014 at 6:52 am

    We were given the human mind to explore, invent and search for truth so it is against our intelligence not to question and to blindly follow and believe anything without discovering the truth of the matter for ourselves.

    Science is a proof that we are ever evolving and just as we learn new ways and methods we discard old ones. But science is neither good nor evil but a tool and can be used wrongfully and be the cause of destruction and the death of millions as the great wars have shown. That does not make science evil or irrelevant as we determine how it is used and applied and if we apply it wrongfully we suffer the consequences.

    Religion is also an aspect of truth that has been handed down by Prophets for the good of the nations and people and like science it has done immense good but also misused has brought upon us much suffering and many wars. Both science and religion the two major forces meant to progress our civilization have both caused immense grief and suffering.

    To say science is evil and reject it today would be seen as madness yet once it was considered witchcraft. Similarly to denounce all the Prophets of God as perpetrators of crime and up to no good is equally unintelligent an assessment because like science it has been given to us as a tool for our progress not our destruction.

    Science is continually being restated and reinterpreted as we learn new truths and so is religion. As new Prophets appear and we have developed the ability to reason and think, more has been revealed to us over the centuries.

    All religions from Buddhism to Islam to Christianity all have played a major role in our development as individuals and as a society. It is usually at a time when a religion, like a season has had it’s golden age and is declining into a winter of confusion that a new Prophet once again appears to shed new light on our progress with new teachings and paradigms.

    All religious holy books always foretold another Prophet or Messiah to come at a later date including Islam. But the clinging to power has always made the former religion to reject the subsequent new Teacher. The Jews reject Christ and Muslims reject Baha’u’llah and so on. But they each came with social and spiritual teachings. The social teachings given were only for the people at the time and never meant to be forever. The spiritual teachings – the golden thread runs through all Holy Books to do good not evil etc etc.

    At a time when there were no jails or courts or any constitutions or police or army or ways of preventing criminals from slaughtering and raping it was in that setting Muhammad appeared. Jihad was always a preventative measure. Never to be used for revenge or hatred. Muhammad made a very noble call – change your ways and stop killing and raping or we’ll fight you and stop you ourselves. in this setting Muhammad established the first nation with laws and a constitution. Since then humanity has progressed and become much more civilized with law and order established throughout the planet and thus the need for Jihad not required anymore which is why Baha’u’llah ANNULLED it.

    Baha’u’llah said that humanity was about to enter maturity and could solve problems through consultation. BUT to Muslims they do not accept Him so they cling to an outworn shibboleth that threatens to destroy society. Jihad was never created for a NUCLEAR AGE.

    Humanity’s failure to look into the new Teachings a new Prophet of God has brought for our age has immersed us in grave danger. The world wasn’t discovered when Muhammad appeared so he could not teach things like the unity of races and unity of religions. But wars have caused people to flee to other countries and many problems arise from how to get on with each other. This is what Baha’u’llah came for to advance the teachings that we are all one family regardless of race, religious or nationality etc.

    So the next stage in human evolution is the formation of a world civilization. Even communications have been discovered to further this cause of oneness. When Baha’u’llah said it though they thought He was mad and locked Him in prison for 40 years. But they crucified Christ too and that has never stopped His Teaching of love one another from being seen as good.

    And in the future another Prophet will appear to guide humanity further as we require. Old ideas die hard. Jihad is a dead law to God but some Muslim’s don’t want it to die although moderate Muslims can accept that Jihad is not for this age. Those wishing to live in the past and control men’s minds are intent on the destruction of the Baha’i Faith because it abolishes their power base. Baha’u’llah gave power to bodies and abolished priesthood so you can see that didn’t go down well. But it’s the spirit of the age that people look for themselves and want to learn and discover and not be controlled by clergy so they are fading out. Christian clergy are fading. Baha’u’llah wrote to the Christian clergy and told them to MARRY. It’s funny but now the Catholic Church, unable to find a way out of it’s child abuse mess is considering seriously introducing marriage for it’s clergy. A lot of laws of religions came from the leaders and were not given by the Prophet Himself. No-one can deny we cannot go back to the past that we need new teachings, laws and ideas for todays world but who is an authority on human beings? Only a Prophet of God knows what we need and brings it to us in ever age.

    When we’ve suffered at our own hands enough and when we’re desperate enough we’ll maybe be open minded enough to try Baha’u’llah’s way. Until then we find ourselves unable to extricate ourselves from a mess of our own creating. We insist we know best. So God leaves us to decide our own fate. He doesn’t intervene or force us against our will but He knows that one day we’ll come to the understanding that we can’t solve our problems unaided and will notice that Baha’i Communities all over the world don’t seem to have the problems we have and maybe ask why. Until then we’re free to nuke ourselves, free to binge drink, free to rape and murder and take drug overdoses, wage war and Jihad because our destiny is in OUR hands and nothing is going to change or get better until we want to change. But the OFFER from Baha’u’llah to follow a much better way is always OPEN.

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