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UPDATED AT BOTTOM.
For anyone having problems figuring out whether Ahamdinejad is the new Hitler (for instance, my reason-challenged relatives in Europe), well, here you go:
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.
"This is reminiscent of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis."
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.
Ok, so Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, who, at the same time, uses all the methods and rhetoric of Hitler. Still having trouble figuring it out?
UPDATE: Commenter Jordan writes in to say: News update: This actually might not be a true story. There are conflicting reports and the Canadian National Post is trying to sort it out.
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Green Energy
Iran Eyes Badges For Jews And Christians
UPDATED AT BOTTOM.
For anyone having problems figuring out whether Ahamdinejad is the new Hitler (for instance, my reason-challenged relatives in Europe), well, here you go:
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.
"This is reminiscent of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis."
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.
Ok, so Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, who, at the same time, uses all the methods and rhetoric of Hitler. Still having trouble figuring it out?
UPDATE: Commenter Jordan writes in to say: News update: This actually might not be a true story. There are conflicting reports and the Canadian National Post is trying to sort it out.
-
UPI: Christians arrested in Iran Published: Jan. 7, 2011 at 11:23 AM TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Amid widespread outrage over Christian persecution, Iranian authorities said they arrested dozens of Christians who had converted from Islam. Tehran Gov. Morteza...
- Balls: Iran Wants Dialogue With Europe On Human Rights Issues
From Press TV: An Iranian official has called for open dialog between Tehran and Europe directed at the promotion of human rights and freedoms. In a Wednesday meeting with French Human Rights Minister Rama Yade, Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters...
- Is Mike Wallace Insane?
Drudge Report reports on the upcoming Sixty Minutes interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad (no link available): PITBULL JOURNALIST GOES SOFT ON IRANIAN MADMAN: 88-year-old CBS journalist says Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a 'reasonable'...
- Iran And The Badges: They Aren't Just For Jews
Atlas has a very important post up this morning on the subject of Iran and the dhimmi badges: Andrew Bostom hits the nail right on the head in today's American Spectator. The badge is not a Jewish thing. It applies to all non muslims and Jewish lay...
- Iran Denies Religious Dress Code Law, But It's In The Legislature Up For Passage
From the Jerusalem Post Iranian officials on Saturday denied a report published by the Canadian National Post on the previous day, claiming that a new dress-code law was passed in Iran this past week, which mandates the government to make sure that religious...