New Posts For Thread: Separate Water Fountains in Iran for Baha'is; Shades of Segregation!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!Another step backwards for human rights in Iran. It wasn't bad enough to encourage students to bully and harass Bahá'í chidren as young as 5 and 6 year olds? Now they're digging up bad old ways from the bad old days? What next? dailyThere's more to it than that. We are seen to be acting on our beliefs in equality of women and men, the harmony of science and religion, not having clergy, being forbidden fanaticism/asceticism/monasticism, etc. These they find threatening to both thhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=520424633#520424633There's more to it than that. We are seen to be acting on our beliefs in equality of women and men, the harmony of science and religion, not having clergy, being forbidden fanaticism/asceticism/monasticism, etc. These they find threatening to both thMon, 04 Jun 2012 00:11:03 -0500have ANY group of believers EVER presented "objective evidence"?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519835771#519835771have ANY group of believers EVER presented "objective evidence"?Sat, 19 May 2012 00:42:50 -0500Take a look at Germany from 1933-45 and their treatment of Jews. The Baha'i could be in for the very same sort of ride in Iran.[/quote]Khomeni's regime came within inches of exterminating Iranian Bahai's. When asked by Western media whether the "freehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519828169#519828169Take a look at Germany from 1933-45 and their treatment of Jews. The Baha'i could be in for the very same sort of ride in Iran.[/quote]Khomeni's regime came within inches of exterminating Iranian Bahai's. When asked by Western media whether the "freeFri, 18 May 2012 17:13:33 -0500This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519758231#519758231This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneWed, 16 May 2012 17:54:37 -0500Take a look at Germany from 1933-45 and their treatment of Jews. The Baha'i could be in for the very same sort of ride in Iran.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519512193#519512193Take a look at Germany from 1933-45 and their treatment of Jews. The Baha'i could be in for the very same sort of ride in Iran.Wed, 09 May 2012 16:39:13 -0500The topic of the thread is the continued persectution of Baha'is in Iran.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519494377#519494377The topic of the thread is the continued persectution of Baha'is in Iran.Wed, 09 May 2012 09:12:23 -0500I had already heard of their existence because I met a person who travelled the entire country in his youth and he had either met or heard about them, but I have never met one in person that ever said. And I have travelled quite about both in this cohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519477921#519477921I had already heard of their existence because I met a person who travelled the entire country in his youth and he had either met or heard about them, but I have never met one in person that ever said. And I have travelled quite about both in this coTue, 08 May 2012 18:12:11 -0500Not really. There are fewer than 170,000 Baha'is in the United States. Many communities have none. In my area there are so few that they're still meeting in private homes.[/quote]But, you're aware of them... which sort of proves IMO's point.[/quote]Ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519474079#519474079Not really. There are fewer than 170,000 Baha'is in the United States. Many communities have none. In my area there are so few that they're still meeting in private homes.[/quote]But, you're aware of them... which sort of proves IMO's point.[/quote]ATue, 08 May 2012 16:09:59 -0500Not really. There are fewer than 170,000 Baha'is in the United States. Many communities have none. In my area there are so few that they're still meeting in private homes.[/quote]But, you're aware of them... which sort of proves IMO's point.[/quote]Ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519473853#519473853Not really. There are fewer than 170,000 Baha'is in the United States. Many communities have none. In my area there are so few that they're still meeting in private homes.[/quote]But, you're aware of them... which sort of proves IMO's point.[/quote]ATue, 08 May 2012 16:03:54 -0500I had already heard of their existence because I met a person who travelled the entire country in his youth and he had either met or heard about them, but I have never met one in person that ever said. And I have travelled quite about both in this cohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29103319/Separate_Water_Fountains_in_Iran_for_Bahais;_Shades_of_Segregation!?post_id=519473777#519473777I had already heard of their existence because I met a person who travelled the entire country in his youth and he had either met or heard about them, but I have never met one in person that ever said. And I have travelled quite about both in this coTue, 08 May 2012 16:02:18 -0500