Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims

Minorities in Allah’s Country

The Islamic Republic of Iran places the Shiite sect of Islam at the heart of the state apparatus. The Islamisation of all life, based on Khomeini’s own interpretation of Islam, is the central policy of the Islamic ruling elite.

Religious minorities, which include the Sunnite sect of Islam, Christian, Jews, Zoroastrians and Baha’is compromised about 10 % of the population after the Iranian revolution, most of them Sunnite Muslims who also suffer from discrimination as national minorities. In addition, increasing numbers of Shiites, especially after the inception of the IRI, are non-believers.

In an interview with United International on November 8, 1978, Ayatollah Khomeini said: “In an Islamic Republic, all religious minorities can freely celebrate all of their religious ceremonies and the Islamic government will protect them to the best of its ability.” Later he said again, “The religious minorities, such as the non-Shiite Muslim population, are Iranians and must be respected.”

Masses of religious minorities joined the revolution against the Shah’s regime, despite the religious character of its leadership, with the understanding that tolerance would prevail.

Short after the revolution, their schools have been closed and their teachers dismissed–Christian schools were initially closed, then reopened due to pressure, while the harassment of Christians continues. According to the IRI’s Constitution, religious minorities are not allowed to hold high-ranking government jobs. According to the interpretation of the Constitution, they are rejected from lower level jobs as well, even factory work. They are subjected to Shiite dress codes, holidays, and prohibitions on liquor and music. They are under the jurisdiction of the Islamic tribunals.

The IRI’s Constitution enjoins Muslims to respect the rights of non-Muslims, unless they “conspire against Islam or against the Islamic Republic of Iran.” It is up to the Shiite clergy to decide what constitutes a conspiracy.

The regime has issued decree forbidding non-Muslims from renting the upper story of a house where Muslims live the lower floor. It has forbidden the use of Muslim cadavers for medical research while recommending the use of non-Muslims. It has enacted a new tax structure in which non-Muslims pay dues, called “jazyeh”, an echo of the old laws of tribute. Religious minorities are forbidden to enter barber shops, communal baths, grocery stores and other public places.

The Bill of Retribution, a criminal law which mandates stoning, the amputation of limbs and the gouging out of eyes as punishment, regards the lives of religious minorities as worth half those of Muslims.

The 75,000 members of the Jewish community have been suspected of being pro-Zionist. Many Jews have been forced to leave the country and some have been executed.

Zoroastrians, adherents of the ancient Persian faith and representatives of the pre-Islamic culture, are also systematically persecuted. In their capital city of Yazd, young girls have been kidnapped by Pasdaran, taken to the home of the Ayatollah Soddoughi, gang raped and forcibly converted to Islam. Their families’ complaints went ignored and they were not allowed to visit them. In one case, the announcement was made of a marriage between a girl and a Pasdar.

In November, 1979, the Assembly of Experts declared Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism the only officially recognised minority religions, leaving the Baha’is without constitutional protection. The Baha’I faith was founded in Iran in the 19th century and believes in the essential oneness of all great religions, honouring all of their prophets, including the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. After the Sunnite sect of Islam, they are the largest of the religious minorities, numbering a half million. Because of its root in Islam, Baha’I faith is viewed as heretical and particularly threatening by the Shiite clergy.

Baha’I faith actively seeks converts and has attracted a predominantly prosperous and modernized membership. Organised opposition to the Baha’is has existed since before the IRI. The Hojatyyeh sect, to which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad belongs, has started their “holy” war against them under the Shah. At that time, a number of Bah’ais had important commercial holding, such as Pepsi-Cola; they also preached non-intervention in politics.

Since the inception of the IRI, the Baha’is’ religious centres and property have been confiscated and their shrines destroyed. Their members in the armed forces have been given choice of converting to Islam or being dismissed. In August, 1980, their entire governing board was kidnapped and disappeared; six moths later, their successors were arrested, charged with treason and executed. Other Baha’is have been fired from their jobs, driven into exile, and arrested for conspiring against Islam and killed.

The oppression of religious minorities, especially the Baha’i faith, is not incidental; it is part of the nature of the IRI and continues today.

 

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Name: And what is happening here?
Date: Monday May 26, 2008
Time: 09:52:26 -0700

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Treatment of Muslims 'echoes Jews under Nazis' One of Scotland's most prominent Muslims has compared the treatment of Asians in Britain with that of Jews in Nazi Germany. Osama Saeed, Scottish spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain and a former Scottish National party candidate, said the growing number of attacks on Muslims echoed the state-sponsored persecution of Jews in pre-war Germany. Saeed said many middle-class Muslims were considering leaving the country because they feared that they or their families would be attacked because of their religious beliefs. He fears tensions could spill into violent confrontations unless the government tackles souring relations with the Muslim community. "We didn't get to the situation in world war two out of nowhere," said Saeed. "Hitler was a product of a German society where anti-Semitic attitudes had existed unchecked for decades. We have got to listen and learn from what happened there and be vigilant. I am not talking about large numbers of people being rounded up, but we could be looking at situations where Muslims are routinely assaulted in the streets. We have got to be conscious that we are stoking an unpleasant atmosphere for the people that come after us. In Europe in the 1990s a slaughter of Muslims took place in Bosnia so we are not talking ancient history or pie in the sky. The climate can change quickly." Murdo Fraser, the deputy Scottish Tory leader, said the comments were ill-judged. "I don't think it's a rational response to compare the treatment of Muslims in today's Britain in any way to the horrific treatment that the Jewish people suffered at the hands of the Nazis," he said. "An approach of this sort will win no friends." Sunday Times, 10 December 2006 It will be interesting to hear Osama's response to this. However, even judging by the Sunday Times' own report, it is clear that he was not saying that the level of oppression suffered by Muslims in the UK today is equivalent to that of German Jews under the Nazis. Rather he was making the point that the persistent demonisation of a particular community can establish the conditions under which violence against that community is incited and legitimised. But then, when did the right-wing press ever give fair coverage to spokespersons for the Muslim community?


Name: poor muslims
Date: Monday May 26, 2008
Time: 09:57:58 -0700

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Muslims in America: A Time of Fear

To the Editor: Re ''Muslims Hesitating on Gifts as U.S. Scrutinizes Charities'' (news article, April 17): Of course Muslims in the United States are ''hesitating'' to give money to charities because they are afraid. Muslims in America are being investigated, detained and unjustly accused of crimes. The government's treatment of Muslims in this country is the real issue here. Being Muslim in the United States is enough to make you a suspect. Many have been detained without trial. Given this environment, Muslims are trying to stay under the radar. They don't want a contribution to a charity to put them on a suspect list or cause them to end up in jail. Unfortunately, the news media have not been paying attention to the severe violation of civil liberties at home. This article only scratches the surface. The real truth is much deeper and darker. TINA ROSAN Cambridge, Mass., April 17, 2003


Name:
Date: Monday May 26, 2008
Time: 13:53:13 -0700

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To Allah belongs everything, not just Iran, or Saudi . No more argument.


Name:
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 03:51:12 -0700

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not everything, i don't and i never will belong to him


Name: surkai
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 04:36:42 -0700

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wake up before it is too late, be weary of ISLAM.


Name: Muslims in Britain = Jews in Nazi Germany???
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 18:44:56 -0700

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Had there been a place to go for Jews of Nazi Germany, all Jews would have left. But at least 95% Muslims will leave their home country to immigrate to Britain today. So much for Nazi analogy!!!


Name: kafir/infidel ( & Ex-communist ). Fact. ISLAM is plague,criminal,slavery,poison,jealousy,ill will against all nonmoslems.
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 20:01:45 -0700

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What is the need of writing this article ? Even a 5th grader will say and conclude , after reading the vile,poisonous book QQURRAN , that ISLAM is evil, must be eradicated . ISLAM does not belong in human civilization - period. ISLAM is darkness. ISLAM is uniquely evil. Moslems are uniquesly evil as Moslems are Mohammadans - followers of the bloodthirsty , thug, war lord, mafia gang leader , rapist ,pedo Mo who copied from Judaism and christianity and preislamic arabs and Mo added his own killing ,hateful ideas of fascism, ( ISLAM = Fascism much worse than NAZISM and communism . ISLAM= hate + intolerance+ dogma ) totalitarianism, ill will ,cursing, fatwas, Jihads, Dhimmi, Houris, mushriks, murtads, Darul harb, and many more dark , cruel,wicked, ideas . The question now is why is the world and it's people waiting and tolerating this bloodthirsty, killing, exclusivist, hatefilled cult called ISLAM ? United nations must ban QQURRAN and ISLAM as they are hateful, discriminating, persecuting, oppressing, suppressing ,cruel, against nonmoslems, women and children.


Name: Ibn Kammuna
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 20:52:50 -0700

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Thank you author for this informative article. Now, we have a full picture evidence of how Islamic rules (Sunni in Saudi Arabia and Sudan, and Shiite in Iran) will deal with other human beings who happen to believe differently. In arabic we have a saying that can be applied to rulers, be it Sunni or Shiite. We say: "Both studied under the same Sheikh". The evils of Islam are showing in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and any other place where Muslims want to rule. Peace to all


Name:
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 23:01:31 -0700

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The Muslims in Britain have more rights than us minorities in Malaysia. At least they are equal under the law. I can't help but roll my eyes whenever a western Muslim says their community is being held back economically because of prejudice. The Chinese in Malaysia don't enjoy half the rights of Muslims in Europe, USA yet we have managed to do well for ourselves. I don't see why western Muslims can't do better.


Name: SOME STUPID MUSLIM PIG SAYS MUSLIMS = JEWS IN BRITAIN, THEN WHY SO MANY R RUSHING TO GO TO BRATIAN, THEY SHUD LEAVE BRATAIN IMMEDIATELY
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 23:07:01 -0700

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LYING PIG MUSLIMS ALWAYS DOING TAKIYA AND LYING....IF MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN = JEWS IN NAZI THEN WHY SO MANY MUSLIMS R EMIGRATING TO BRAITAN AND WHY THEY R NOT LEAVING BRITAIN...THE LYING PIG JEW FOLLOWER MUSLIMS R ALWAYS LAIRS AND FOLLOW JEW IMAGINARY DEITY JEHOVA/ALLAH, DONT BELIEVE THE JEWS AND THEIR FOLLOWERS THE CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS THEY R LIARS AND NEER SAY THE TRUTH NOR ACCEPT THE TRUTH THAT RELIGION IS MAN CREATED AND ALLAH IS IMAGINARY. MUSLIMS IF U HV THE GUTS PLS LEAVE BRITAIN NOW AND GO BACK TO PAKISTAN ETC WHEREVER U CAME FROM AND LET THE WHITE PEOPLE IN PEACE. ITS BCOZ OF U PIGS THAT EVEN INDIANS IN BRITAIN GET LABLED AS ASIAN AND THERE IS HATE AGAINST NON MSULIM ASIANS BCOZ OF PIG MUSLIMS AND THEIR FAKE IMAGINARY DEITY ALLAH.


Name:
Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008
Time: 23:32:20 -0700

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Muslims in the West wallow in self-pity and a false sense of persecution, while they are treated equal under the Western laws . They get equal opportunities in all the fields ,be it education (the real education and not the rubbish like in islamic seminaries), jobs or business. They don't have to pay "jizya" to anyone like in 'islamic ' countries. Yet the percieve that they are persecuted and cry hoarse about implementing their barbaric "sharia". See the condition of minorities in an islamic or even a muslim majority country - they always live in fear for they can be framed for blaspheming islam ,which is a convenient way to confiscate their property and enslave their women and children while beheading their male. It is a criminal cult that would show even the notorious Sicilian mafia in a better light! The minorities in islamic countries are always under siege. They can't build places of worship, follow their religion freely,buld their own institutions of learning or own businesses without PAYING SOME KIND OF RANSOME, THEIR WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS VULNERABLE TO THE PREDATION OF ISLAMIC SEX-MANIACS WHO WILL GO UNPUNISHED FOR ANY CRIME COMMITTED ON 'DHIMMIS! The non-muslims have no citizenship rights in their own country,they cannot protest against injustices perpetrated on them by majority muslims and they have to live 'subjugated' under humiliating conditions! So who is actually better off - muslims in non-muslim countries or non-muslims in muslim countries? What if such uncivilised and and barbaric strictures are put on muslims in non-muslim countries?


Name: to Akhter, where r u?
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 00:42:55 -0700

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It is so strange that an article goes without your usual challenge, to write a verse or a surah like Quran. Are you still alive Akhter? Or have you been 'shalated'? You, the most stubborn person I've ever know. Been told to read other books, but keep returning to Quran made by the sex starving warlord Mo.


Name: balam
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 05:42:19 -0700

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I never realised before how shabbily the minorities were treated in Iran. Muslims are basically EVIL where ever they live, but they are most henious in Muslim countries because they are protected by the sharia barberic laws. Recently, A Christian medical doctor in Gujranwala has been jailed under heniuos Blasphemy laws of Pakistan [LAND OF THE PURE EVIL}. His accuser a muslim set up up a vender stall out side the doctors clinic. When the doctor objected, the muslim fellow accused the christian doctor of having blasphemed against mohammad. The muslims attacked the doctors surgery and his house. His wife and six children had to flee and go into hiding. The poor doctor is in jail just now at the false accusation of a muslim vendor who probably wanted to promote prophet mohammads medicine of CAMMELS URINE for every ailment. Mohammad must have tried that himself. I wonder why it did not work when he was poisoned?. This proves, one can never trust a word what mohammad said or penned down in quran. Mohammad was the greatest deceiver who ever set foot on this earth and so are his followers. He still continues to brain wash billions of muslims. HOW SAD.


Name: Challenge to all infidels from Akhter
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 08:39:43 -0700

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Produce a quranic aya. You cannot because you are the lowest of the low (Quran).


Name: Ananda
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 14:50:46 -0700

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Accepting Akhter's challange - here is a sura from allah) 004.056 Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.


Name: To Akter From: Ibn Kammuna
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 15:00:45 -0700

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Greetings brother. Your wait will be over soon brother. My article "Sura Like It" will be coming up soon on FFI site. Its even better than the Qur'an. Just wait in anticipation brother.Peace


Name: to Akhter, challenge to all infidels from akhter.
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 19:29:55 -0700

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Seems to me you have only read one book in your life, that filthy Quran. Akhter, the world is full of better books than your Quran. Please believe me. Open your eyes Akhter, don't be like a frog in a well, knows the world inside that well only. Your prophet is prayed by the Moslem, why didn't he pray for his followers? A prophet should bring salvation to his followers, but he is saved by the prayers of his followers? Weird, isn't it?


Name: Aham Brahmasmi,
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008
Time: 23:28:57 -0700

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The islamists, are veiled thier eyes with Allah which is non existent. If Allah is so powerful why Allah made the Muslims so powerless? And less intelligent than the westerners? The superpowers with all nukes are almost non muslims except Pakistan. Pakistan is in the turmoil and chaos and God only can save them. China,Russia,US,UK,France all are Kufr Countries and the future incidents (terrorisms) are pointing towards the destruction of Islamists. I think it has already been started. Kufr Gods are more powerful than Allah.


Name: Save bahai religion
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 03:32:49 -0700

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Save bahai religion. Every one should have their freedom for religion. Islamists are fascists.


Name: me
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 06:31:54 -0700

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all muslims will go to hell because worship satan!!!


Name: Harrison
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 19:15:13 -0700

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Islam is insanity. You may claim that the majority of Muslims don't condone all these things, but as an American Muslim you do not represent the majority of Muslims. I've heard countless Imams condone violence against Israel with the creed victory at all cost. Islam has a heavy hand in the west with Jews all over Europe feeling extreme Anti-Semitism from Muslims especially. They're Religion is intolerant. It's obvious by the treatment of the minority in any Sharia state. My proposed new amendment to the constitution. Freedom of religion unless that religion directly conflicts with the rights set forth and guaranteed in this document.


 
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