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Friday, May 19, 2006

And you thought Krystal Nacht was passe . . .

Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.

Meanwhile, Bush, Chirac and Blair are all auditioning for the role of Chamberlain at Munich. Will any of them be foolish enough to announce they have achieved "peace in our time?"
- posted by MrSpkr @ 09:55

Comments:

Well ... just to set the record straight ... (I have no idea how to show the proper link here):

http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/another-fraud-on-iran-no-legislation.html

"There is nothing in this legislation that prescribes a dress code or badges for Iranian religious minorities, and Maurice Motamed was present during its drafting and says nothing like that was even discussed."

And from the same article ... "Maurice Motamed, the representative of the Iranian Jewish community in Iran's parliament, has strongly denied the rumors started by Canada's National Post that the Iranian legislature has passed a law requiring members of religious communities to wear identifying badges."

Not to say, of course, that Iran isn't CRAZY dangerous these days and it's a sign of that that the report was widely believed ... I sure did.

Joe

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Joe Shaw : Monday, May 22, 2006 10:13:00 AM

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