Iran to require Jews and Chrisians to wear badges

Sadistic-Savior · #1 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 09:04 AM

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Iran eyes badges for Jews

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.

[...] Iranian expatriates living in Canada yesterday confirmed reports that the Iranian parliament, called the Islamic Majlis, passed a law this week setting a dress code for all Iranians, requiring them to wear almost identical "standard Islamic garments."

The law, which must still be approved by Iran's "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenehi before being put into effect, also establishes special insignia to be worn by non-Muslims.

Iran's roughly 25,000 Jews would have to sew a yellow strip of cloth on the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges and Zoroastrians would be forced to wear blue cloth.

"There's no reason to believe they won't pass this," said Rabbi Hier. "It will certainly pass unless there's some sort of international outcry over this."

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/n...f-546709b1240f

This is so blatent it almost sounds comical.

stekim · #2 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 09:12 AM

How would they catch someone lying I wonder? And why do atheists get a free pass?

Sadistic-Savior · #3 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 09:13 AM

Atheists wouldnt be exempt. They could easily be identified from the bullet holes in their foreheads.

stekim · #4 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 09:16 AM

I'll have to cancel my trip to Tehran then.

LightOfReason · #5 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 12:24 PM

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Atheists wouldnt be exempt. They could easily be identified from the bullet holes in their foreheads.

ROFL.

catzmeow · #6 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 12:29 PM

that these guys are fascists. Now there's more proof.

Hey, people who want to pretend like America is a fascist state? Iran is what a REAL fascist state looks like.

The fact that you can even say, in a public setting, that America is fascist proves that it ISN'T.

JavaBlack · #7 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 12:30 PM

All I can really picture are those stupid sticker badges you get at career fairs and stupid social gatherings:
"HELLO. My Name is Mordecai. I'm a JEW."

thedreamer · #8 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 12:45 PM

Aren't those Iranians terrible.

Lets get the US to invade!

You know theres other places its a slow death to convert to Christianity or be a Jew, you know like Afghanistan.
Should invade them too...

Oh wait there liberated already!
Hurrah for Freedom!!!

catzmeow · #9 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 12:49 PM

that forcing people to wear a public sign of their religious faith is an acceptable sort of behavior for a nation to engage in?

Are you now becoming some sort of apologist for Iranian theologically-based Fascism?

Johnderondon · #10 (**permalink**) 05-19-2006, 01:10 PM

How come I can`t find any mention of this in the mainstream media?

BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera - nothing

The only source named is an Iranian exile.

For some reason I keep thinking of Mr Chalabi and his bumper book of whoppers.

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