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Iran seeking to ban non-Muslims from running in elections: it’s against Sharia

Apr 20, 2017 10:49 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Just one week before parliament is to approve a list of candidates, a letter published this week by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of the Guardian Council, declared it is against Sharia (Islamic law) for non-Muslims to be candidates in Shia Muslim-majority areas in city and village council elections.

Once again, the inherently supremacist nature of Sharia reveals itself: non-Muslims are deemed second-class, inferior to Muslims. In the meantime, infidels abroad continue to embrace the Islamic Republic of Iran, even as it funds jihad terror groups, and eagerly aid its expansionist efforts under the umbrellas of dialogue — and in large part by means of avenues opened up under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, that is, the Iran nuclear deal.

“Iran’s Guardian Council Tries to Exclude Non-Muslims from Running,” by Tara Sepehri Far, Human Rights Watch, April 19, 2017:

Authorities in Iran are threatening new restrictions on non-Muslims seeking to run in next month’s local elections.

Just one week before parliament is to approve a list of candidates, a letter published this week by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of the Guardian Council, declared it is against Sharia (Islamic law) for non-Muslims to be candidates in Shia Muslim-majority areas in city and village council elections. These contests, along with the presidential election, are set for May 19.
Religious minorities, especially members of the Bahai faith, who are not recognized in Iran’s constitution, suffer from serious discrimination. Even religious minorities recognized in the constitution cannot run for the presidency, and their participation in parliament is limited. But the law for city and village councils is clear: article 26 of the 1996 council election law allows candidates from recognized religious minorities to run as candidates in city and village elections so long as they “believe in and demonstrate their commitment to their own religious principles in practice.”

In 2013, for the first time, a Zoroastrian was elected to the city council of Yazd to represent the city’s diverse Muslim and non-Muslim residents. The Guardian Council, an appointed body of 12 Islamic jurists who are in charge of monitoring parliamentary and presidential elections, has long arbitrarily disqualified large numbers of candidates running for office. Now it is seeking to unilaterally amend the 20-year-old council election law.

But it is Iran’s parliament that is legally empowered to vet city and village council candidates – not the Guardian Council – and so far, it appears that the parliament is standing its ground. Today, Esfandiar Ekhtiari, the Zoroastrian member of parliament, called the Council’s letter “unconstitutional.” And the head of parliament has requested that parliamentarians overseeing the vetting process act in accordance with the law and not change the procedure….

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Filed Under: Iran, Islamic bigotry and intolerance, Non-Muslims in Muslim countries Tagged With: Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Guardian Council


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  1. Shmued B Dovid says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 11:39 am

    Certainly it is obvious that no muslim worshipper of the pagan satanic moon god named allah in Europe or the civilised west be allowed to stand as either a local councillor, politician or even school governor under any circumstances as their agenda is not compatible with western beliefs and cultures. Treat them worse than they would treat us.

    • Charli Main says

      Apr 20, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      The prime objective of Muslims is not to integrate but to INFILTRATE AND SUBVERT.

      In Britain, Muslims have already infiltrated every one of the country’s social, political and financial system. Now, the stealth subversion of these systems to Sharia compliance is accelerating, year on year.

      BRITAIN IS SLEEP WALKING INTO ISLAMISATION.

  2. The RationalVoice says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    These people certainly don’t have leftist liberal values so its surprising these sort of people support their free entry into western countries. Islamists probably regard them as useful idiots !??

  3. Peter Buckley says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    About 15 years ago, there was a BBC report explaining that mosque attendance in Iran had plummeted to around 2%- THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY.

    “To be sure, many Iranians are religious, but no more than 1-1½% attend Friday prayers, and lots of those who do are dragooned into being there. Three years ago one cleric said that 73% of Iranians did not even say their daily prayers.”

    http://www.economist.com/node/1522124

    The fact that mosques were emptying was confirmed by a recent article in the Telegraph:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11776241/Friday-prayers-in-the-Islamic-Republic-of-Iran-but-where-are-the-worshippers.html

    When, as is inevitable, the mullahs lose control of the country, people may be surprised to find that it isn’t even a “muslim country” anymore.

    http://mpc-journal.org/blog/2016/04/04/tsunami-of-atheism-in-iran/

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 21, 2017 at 12:02 am

      Yeah–I really hope this happens. But we have been hearing for at least the past twenty-five years or so that the Mullocracy is set to collapse–but it certainly has not happened so far.

  4. John A. Marre says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    When they get into power, they do everything that they can to make life miserable for non-believers.

  5. Gary says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    Wait! Where is the “tolerance” of Iran. Isn’t that a “Hate Crime” to “Exclude” someone based on the religious “Choice”

    Oh that’s right…. In Islam there is no freedom of choice.

    …silly me.

  6. ChzBurger says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    Why is the photo a picture of women “voting”?

    Does Iran “allow” them to vote, and then throw the votes in the trash?

    • Custos Custodum says

      Apr 20, 2017 at 9:19 pm

      Women actually vote in Iran. The voting system is heavily rigged at the candidate selection stage and no doubt in many other ways, but women do technically have the vote AFAIK.

      Remember Iran is a profoundly NON-Arab (and indeed anti-Arab) country, and follows a very different flavor of Islam than Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf thugocracies.

  7. ChzBurger says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 7:20 pm

    Islam is the cancer, nukes are the answer

  8. sidney penny says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    There could not be too many nonmuslims in Iran and even if there were a lot why would you as an infidel /kafir want to put yourself up as a candidate?

  9. Robert says

    Apr 20, 2017 at 11:45 pm

    With the rise of Iran the rise of orthodox Shiia will contront the orthodox Salafists of Saudi Arabia and a big conflict between Shiites and Sunnis is already programmed.

  10. gravenimage says

    Apr 21, 2017 at 12:00 am

    Iran seeking to ban non-Muslims from running in elections: it’s against Sharia
    ………………….

    I can’t say I’m surprised. I hope the Zoroastrian politicians are able to stay safe.

  11. Buford says

    Apr 21, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    That is the policy the US should adopt NO PERSON who supports Sharia Law or the Quran should be eligible to run for any political office in the US.

    • Robert says

      Apr 23, 2017 at 2:06 am

      I agree…. and remember that the Sharia Law is completely in conflict with the Bill or Human Rights…

  12. Lilythewise says

    Apr 21, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    I hope every non Muslim leaves Iran. I hope enough people in Iran leave Islam.

  13. More Ham Ed says

    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:20 am

    A MUST-WATCH video. You can listen while cooking bacon, ham, or sausages for breakfast!

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