Comments on: Justice, not Shame! http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399 Documenting the Persecution of the Baha'i Community in Iran Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:29:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: BA http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399/comment-page-1#comment-3089 BA Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:29:48 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=4399#comment-3089 IranPressWatch, thank you for "freedom of speech"!!! and elimination of discriminations! "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men.That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." -Judaism IranPressWatch, thank you for “freedom of speech”!!! and elimination of discriminations!
“What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men.That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.”
-Judaism

]]> By: Anahid http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399/comment-page-1#comment-3085 Anahid Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:28:09 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=4399#comment-3085 "The Mind Is Like A Parachute, It Only Works When It's Open " Dear Majid Naficy, Recently I read one of your books ( "من خود ایران هستم" ).I appreciate your open-mindedness .You are among Iran's treasures .Thank you! “The Mind Is Like A Parachute, It Only Works When It’s Open ”

Dear Majid Naficy,

Recently I read one of your books ( “من خود ایران هستم” ).I appreciate your
open-mindedness .You are among Iran’s treasures .Thank you!

]]> By: Bill http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399/comment-page-1#comment-3079 Bill Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=4399#comment-3079 I think the statement by a Baha'i, that all Babis became Baha'is, stems from ignorance, not prejudice. The number of Azalis, being very small, can cause some people to overlook them. While Baha'is do not associate with individuals who have been expelled from the Baha'i community, Baha'u'llah, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice are clear that Baha'is must never deprive anyone else of their civil rights - their right to earn a livelihood, participate in public life, get an education, and so forth, free from harassment or interference. This extends to Babis, Azalis, Shiis, Sunnis, Aliyulahis, leftists, or anyone else in Iran. The Baha'i way of defending rights is not by partisan political methods, but by honorable practice of their religious obligations and the living of their principles, petitioning for redress, and openly advocating for the poor, weak, and oppressed. I think the statement by a Baha’i, that all Babis became Baha’is, stems from ignorance, not prejudice. The number of Azalis, being very small, can cause some people to overlook them. While Baha’is do not associate with individuals who have been expelled from the Baha’i community, Baha’u'llah, ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice are clear that Baha’is must never deprive anyone else of their civil rights – their right to earn a livelihood, participate in public life, get an education, and so forth, free from harassment or interference. This extends to Babis, Azalis, Shiis, Sunnis, Aliyulahis, leftists, or anyone else in Iran. The Baha’i way of defending rights is not by partisan political methods, but by honorable practice of their religious obligations and the living of their principles, petitioning for redress, and openly advocating for the poor, weak, and oppressed.

]]> By: Bombadil http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399/comment-page-1#comment-3069 Bombadil Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:36:26 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=4399#comment-3069 My heartfelt thanks to Mr Naficy for this article supporting Baha'i human rights in Iran. This is very brave and noble of him. Baha'i's are for everyone's human rights regardless of religious or political beliefs. My heartfelt thanks to Mr Naficy for this article supporting Baha’i human rights in Iran. This is very brave and noble of him.

Baha’i’s are for everyone’s human rights regardless of religious or political beliefs.

]]> By: Soraya http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/4399/comment-page-1#comment-3063 Soraya Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:08:30 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=4399#comment-3063 Dear Dr. Nafici, you wrote "in my opinion, a democratic Iranian Baha’i must not only defend the rights of all heterodox thinkers in Iran, but must first and foremost defend the rights of the followers of Azal who call themselves by the name Bayani." You further sated that “Only then can a Baha’i be worthy of the title of free and democratic.” Dr. Nafici, I’m not as intelligent as you are so forgive me for posing this question but what exactly do you mean when you say “worthy”? Also curious as to how you dreamed up the idea that Azal’s son-in-laws actions years later or Yahya Dawlatabadi collaborating with Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda years later to publish a newspaper redeems Azal's poisoning of Baha'u'llah? Isn’t your logic like saying Shemr’s successors' digging a well to water the camels in the desert and build a carvansarai to earn money and fame redeems Shemr's actions against Imam Hosayn and so all Shiehs should accept Shemr? Dear Dr. Nafici, you wrote “in my opinion, a democratic Iranian Baha’i must not only defend the rights of all heterodox thinkers in Iran, but must first and foremost defend the rights of the followers of Azal who call themselves by the name Bayani.” You further sated that “Only then can a Baha’i be worthy of the title of free and democratic.” Dr. Nafici, I’m not as intelligent as you are so forgive me for posing this question but what exactly do you mean when you say “worthy”? Also curious as to how you dreamed up the idea that Azal’s son-in-laws actions years later or Yahya Dawlatabadi collaborating with Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda years later to publish a newspaper redeems Azal’s poisoning of Baha’u'llah? Isn’t your logic like saying Shemr’s successors’ digging a well to water the camels in the desert and build a carvansarai to earn money and fame redeems Shemr’s actions against Imam Hosayn and so all Shiehs should accept Shemr?

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