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2016-10-10 Iraq

Zoroastrianism experiencing a revival among the Kurds of Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2016-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 also, many Persians are looking for a less awful religion and finding out that Zoroaster is a Persian

unfortunately, the existing sacred texts of Zorasterism are loaded with arcane details of litergy and ceremony and in a language which is only partly known

Posted by lord garth 2016-10-10 09:54|| 2016-10-10 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 That's ok, lord garth. They can be Reform Zoroastrians rather than Orthodox. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2016-10-10 10:10|| 2016-10-10 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 A bunch of Zorostrians flee to India. Some of them might have kept the arcane details alive.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-10-10 12:13|| 2016-10-10 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Always thought they were worth a look for this kind of thing alone:

Ehtirám-i sag; or “great respect for the dog;” is a command among Zoroastrians. In Zoroastrianism, the dog is regarded as an especially benevolent, and virtuous creature, which must be fed and lovingly taken care of. The dog is praised for loyalty, intelligence and having special spiritual virtues.

Dogs receive a striking degree of attention in the “legal” (dâtîc) books of the Avesta, notably in the “Vi-dêv-dâd” and the “Dvâsrôb” or the 16th Nask/Volume of the Avesta, the contents of which are known from Dênkart (q.v.) 8. Detailed prescriptions for the appropriate treatment of dogs are found in the Vi-dêv-dâd (one of the legal Avestan scriptures), especially in chapters 13, 14 and 15, where the faithful are required to assist dogs, both domestic and stray, in various ways. Help or harm to a dog is equated with help and harm to a human. Responsibility toward dogs is repeatedly linked with responsibility toward humans.

Posted by JHH 2016-10-10 19:23|| 2016-10-10 19:23|| Front Page Top

#5 The late Freddie Mercury (Farouk Balsara) was one of the more well known Indian Zoroastrians.

Posted by John Frum 2016-10-10 21:22|| 2016-10-10 21:22|| Front Page Top

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