Comments on: Physical assault on two Baha’i students by their Qur’an teacher

By: Stephen Keyes

Stephen Keyes — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:10:10 +0000

ALL parents in the school should be equally outraged, regardless of the provocation. If a teacher could be so provoked to physical violence against a 12 year old Baha’i student in a Quran class, what prevents such behavior against one of their own children for a forgotten verse or an error in recitation? Savage and uncivilized behavior by an adult against a child should not be condoned for any reason. It is a crime and should be punished as such.

By: David Cerpa

David Cerpa — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:32 +0000

We need to start doing some efforts, helping the External Affaires Offices in the matter of sending documents or producing materials to defend them, contacting authorities, organizing seminars in the universities, publishing articles in magazines and newspapers. We need that the world leaders know about this subject and declare their concern over the situation of the human rights of the Bahá’ís in Irán. We need to act in one way or another, we cannot continue without action

By: Audacity9

Audacity9 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:41:55 +0000

It is shameful that the global community watches these atrocities befall their innocent helpless brothers and sisters and keeps the silence – Are we waiting for these hateful group to eradicate this unprotected community before we come out and say we condemn such behaviour ……….. blah blah blah………? we are worried sick the safety of our families and brethren………..

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:36 +0000

In 1992 I produced a song where we defended in music these innocents in Iran. It is called, “A Cry from the Heart”, and can be heard at mystictracks.com. It is hard to imagine that little has changed since then for them in their homeland. I feel like a Jew must have felt in Europe during WWII or someone from Angola must feel now when the world looks on in silence for years…with no one but God (Allah) to be their only comfort and solace. Why must we have such hate for someone who believes and worships differently than we do? Please listen once again to my song offering- my cry from the heart!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:45:52 +0000

So this is the price that is paid when ignorance is allowed to flourish around the globe. Those deprived of both a true spiritual education as well as an academic one (the teacher and the principal) are left to feed their starving souls with the manipulative propaganda spewed by those in power. Their anger builds as they experience daily their own impotence and is vented in the only place where it is socially permissible to do so — toward the Baha’is and other religious minorities.

The teacher and the principal, and probably most of the parents and children at this ’school’ are not even aware of the fundamental tenets of their espoused faith, let alone the history of tyranny in the world. If they were, such behavior as punishing children for the beliefs of their parents would become unimaginable for them, and certainly never tolerated if it did occur.

By: Martin Bebow

Martin Bebow — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:37:24 +0000

I pray that God gives strength and patience to the Baha’is of Iran. Their sufferings now will surely be followed by a blissful peace.

By: sb

sb — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:31 +0000

Bless you and thank you RezZ, for your expression of concern and sympathy.
Without question, I believe in the expansive humanity of the Iranian people who also suffer under the yoke of injustice in their homeland. My greatest wish is to visit Iran someday as a Baha’i. Inshallah, we will all behold the shining future of a tolerant Iran.

By: BB

BB — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:28 +0000

A terrible, but sadly not uncommon story in Iran these days. How much longer will this kind of injustice and mistreatment continue?

RevZ, as a Bahai I’d like to thank you for your kind and supportive words. If only those repsonsible for such acts had an ounce of your humanity and decency.

By: Foad

Foad — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:29:26 +0000

Dear RevZ, that in itself says, how many good Muslems there are, coming to the protection of the Bahais. I am sure there are Muslems in that school, who have been shocked by such behavior. Thank you for your caring response, it is what gives hope for the future of a wonderful Iran, the day, when Iranians from all walks of life will live as one, and in harmony, regardless of their roots, having the same rights. God bless.

By: RevZ

RevZ — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:52:24 +0000

As a muslim, I have to apologize for this disgusting cowardly behavior. The people that feel the need to commit such violent acts suffer from a severely pathological inferiority complex due in part to their weak faith. And their refuge is the denigration and persecution of other beliefs.

Keep up the good work with the documentation. When this evil regime falls, all these people will have to answer for their crimes.