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Iran to try seven Bahais accused of spying
2009-08-16
[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran will put on trial seven members of the banned Baha'i religion on charges of spying for arch-foe Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

Six of the seven Baha'is were detained in May 2008 on security related charges, while another was arrested in March of last year. Iran had previously linked the group to Israel, saying they had received orders from Tel Aviv to undertake measures against the Islamic system.
Israel is the world headquarters of the Baha'i religion, because the Jews support freedom of religion and the Shiites don't. Every Baha'i is supposed to make pilgrimage there sometime in his/her life, like Muslims go on Haj. One signs up, then goes on the week assigned, a year or more later. Only Baha'i are allowed on the headquarters property.
"The trial of seven arrested Baha'is accused of espionage for Israel and insulting sanctities will be held on Tuesday," deputy Tehran prosecutor Hassan Haddad said.

Haddad said that the suspects were also charged with making "propaganda against the Islamic republic of Iran" and that they will be prosecuted in a revolutionary court.

The Baha'i International Community has said they were members of a committee that tends to the needs of Baha'is in Iran. The Baha'i International Community represents the faith worldwide, operating under a governing council which is based in Israel, according to its website www.bahai.org.

Baha'is say hundreds of their followers have been jailed and executed since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The government denies it has detained or executed people for their religion.
No, of course not. Perish the thought! It's just that the Baha'i are all apostate Muslims -- even the ones that converted from Judaism, Christianity, or Other -- and therefore deserve what they've got coming to them. As for the other non-Muslims, submission is their job, so they might as well shut up and get on with submitting.
Baha'is consider Bahaullah, born in 1817, to be the last prophet sent by God. This is in direct conflict with Islam, the religion of the vast majority of Iranians, which considers Mohammed to be the last prophet.

In late 2008, Iran reported the hanging of a Baha'i man for rape and adultery.

The European Union has expressed "serious concern" about the continuing systematic discrimination and harassment of Iranian Baha'is on the grounds of their religion.

The Baha'i faith originated in Iran 150 years ago and Baha'is say the faith has 5 million adherents worldwide, including an estimated 300,000 or more in Iran.

Iran held this month two mass trials of detainees arrested over unrest that erupted after the country's disputed June presidential election.
Posted by:Fred

#3  The Baha'i are not Muslim at all... They're kinda sorta the Unitarians of Islam, as far as I can tell. At their worship services someone reads a selection from their collected book of readings that strikes him or her as appropriate somehow, then all ponder silently until someone else reads whatever strikes him/her as at the moment meaningful for whatever reason, after which all ponder some more. Perhaps they get more excited on holidays, but trailing daughter #2 saw no evidence of it.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-08-16 16:06  

#2  You almost got it parabellum
"Not being Muslim Enough"
there, fixed it for you.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-08-16 13:50  

#1  "Iran to try seven Bahais accused of spying not being muslim"

There we go, all fixed!
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-08-16 09:03  

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