One of the most serious charges in sharia law is the highly flexible, ‘spreading mischief upon the earth’ which of course means stopping Muslims from doing exactly that when and howsoever they like. As a consequence, 20 Baha’i leaders have been sentenced to twenty years in Iranian prisons. I wonder if that law is what Obama meant when he praised all the fantastic contributions Muslims have made to America today.
For those of you who have not met a Baha’i, they are, at least in my experience, the nicest bunch of people you would ever hope to meet. Naive as hell though about Islam, but terrifically nice people. This found via the important site, The Religion of Peace
From Iran Press Watch:
- USCIRF Condemns 20-Year Sentence of Baha’i Prisoners
- August 13th, 2010
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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
August 11, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – Seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison for two years were sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Iranian court, according to Baha’i activists who spoke with the media.
The five Baha’i men and two women had been charged with several baseless and unsubstantiated crimes which carry the death penalty, including espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, and spreading “corruption on earth.” Their attorneys are in the process of filing an appeal.
“This is an outrageous miscarriage of justice and one more example of how the Iranian regime is a gross violator of human rights and religious freedoms,” said Leonard Leo, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) chair. “The prosecutions and sentences are, pure and simple, politically and religiously motivated acts, and the Commission calls for the unconditional release of these seven individuals.”
The Iran Sanctions Act, signed into law by President Obama roughly a month ago, for the first time imposes sanctions on Iran because it continues to engage in serious, systematic, and ongoing violations of human rights, including suppression of freedom of expression and religious freedom. USCIRF urges the Obama Administration to immediately implement sanctions on human rights and religious freedom violators included in the Iran Sanctions Act and urge our European and other allies to do the same.
The United States also should make use of another available and important tool, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), to impose additional sanctions for the government of Iran’s violations of religious freedom or belief. Each year, since 1999, the State Department has designated Iran a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, due to its systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. As a CPC, Iran can be subjected to economic and other sanctions under the IRFA. Despite being designated a CPC for 10 years, no IRFA-related sanction has been imposed on Iran, with the U.S. government relying on existing sanctions already in place. USCIRF concludes that the rapidly deteriorating conditions for religious freedom justify specific, additional sanctions under IRFA.
“Sanctions against religious freedom violators signals the United States’ solidarity with the Iranian people and sends a stark message to the Iranian regime that it should end more than 30 years of repression,” said Mr. Leo.
In recent years, religious minorities, particularly Baha’is, as well as Christians and Sufi Muslims, have suffered intensified physical attacks, harassment, detention, arrests, and imprisonment. Heightened anti-Semitism and repeated Holocaust denial threats and activities by senior government officials have increased fear among Iran’s Jewish community. The government continues to impose lengthy prison sentences on prominent reformers from the Shia majority community, many of whom have been tried on charges of “insulting Islam,” criticizing the Islamic Republic, and publishing materials that allegedly deviate from Islamic standards.
USCIRF highlighted these abuses in a National Press Club seminar in May and has worked on the Iranian persecution of Baha’is in the past.
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. USCIRF’s principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.
To interview a USCIRF Commissioner, contact Tom Carter, Communications Director at tc*****@us****.gov or (202) 523-3257.
Source: http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3159&Itemid=1
This is the OIC sending a message to the Bahai running the UN.
Nice people, yes. But not ignorant of islam in any sense at all. Bahai are constantly facilitating their version of the new world order.
All the Bahai I know, insis that Islam is another facet of Judaism-Christianity. They refuse to see it for what it is. Its like arguing with a leftist except Bahai are actually wonderful people who walk the walk. In my experience anyway.
Bahai want the book of Revelation to come true. Islam is part of the grand plan.
Imo, the last time God dealt with islam, Noah was our only hope. In that sense, islam has been around since time immemorial.
All Bahai want is for the end of the world to come. Bahai are positioning their influence to rule the Age of Aquarius. Maurice Strong is Bahai not an environmentalist. The Agenda 21 is directed at local communities to start the basis for new world order.
Bahai need islam to be entrenched at the local level because sustainable living is practised by muslims around the world. We know poor and ignorant and local community controlled is what this means. The green/Bahai agenda needs America to be islamicised. Prince Charles admitted the connection.