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Twelve year old writes letter to Judge...

arthra

Baha'i
The boy’s letter to the Iranian court last February was less than 500 words long and nearly two centuries old. Writing on behalf of his mother, 12 year-old Farid Kashani sent a letter to Judge Ghanbari in Gorgan, a city of around 300,000 located 250 miles northeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

His mother, Parisa, had been tried and convicted of illegal assembly for the purpose of teaching the Baha’i Faith, spreading teachings against the Islamic government and collaborating with the enemy. She and a group of other convicted members of the Baha’i Faith, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, had all been arrested at the same time and were now awaiting sentence because, in essence, they belong to the wrong religion. Anticipating a long prison term for his mother, Farid’s letter to the court pointed out that his father, Kamal, has already been imprisoned twice (also because of his religion) and now his mother awaits the same punishment.

In a larger sense, the son’s plea for justice dates back to the very beginning of the Baha’i Faith in mid-19th century Persia (modern-day Iran) when its followers were first persecuted as apostates for their belief in a religion revealed after the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam and designated in the Qur’an as “the Seal of the Prophets.”

The judge allowed the boy to read his letter out loud in court which begins in the effusively respectful Islamic fashion, “In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Salaam.” The 12-year old then highlights the lessons he has learned so far in his young life: “I must always be truthful, always be kind to everyone, always be compassionate to all – even to people who wrong me or wish me ill. I must not wrongly accuse anyone of wrongdoing, I should not backbite or gossip.”

Read more at:
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/12813/
 

Seeker of Ka

Asetian
The boy’s letter to the Iranian court last February was less than 500 words long and nearly two centuries old. Writing on behalf of his mother, 12 year-old Farid Kashani sent a letter to Judge Ghanbari in Gorgan, a city of around 300,000 located 250 miles northeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

His mother, Parisa, had been tried and convicted of illegal assembly for the purpose of teaching the Baha’i Faith, spreading teachings against the Islamic government and collaborating with the enemy. She and a group of other convicted members of the Baha’i Faith, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, had all been arrested at the same time and were now awaiting sentence because, in essence, they belong to the wrong religion. Anticipating a long prison term for his mother, Farid’s letter to the court pointed out that his father, Kamal, has already been imprisoned twice (also because of his religion) and now his mother awaits the same punishment.

In a larger sense, the son’s plea for justice dates back to the very beginning of the Baha’i Faith in mid-19th century Persia (modern-day Iran) when its followers were first persecuted as apostates for their belief in a religion revealed after the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam and designated in the Qur’an as “the Seal of the Prophets.”

The judge allowed the boy to read his letter out loud in court which begins in the effusively respectful Islamic fashion, “In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Salaam.” The 12-year old then highlights the lessons he has learned so far in his young life: “I must always be truthful, always be kind to everyone, always be compassionate to all – even to people who wrong me or wish me ill. I must not wrongly accuse anyone of wrongdoing, I should not backbite or gossip.”

Read more at:
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/12813/

While I do beilive that persuction for non-harmful relgious beliefs is a violation of human rights. I do feel that this is not becuase of the Islamic faith, I beilive that the peoples of many Arab countries are so culturally bound to dogmatism that if they had been a Jewish or Christian organization that the same situation would occur.

Either way: Blessings of Aset upon those poor Baha'is.
 

arthra

Baha'i
Seeker of Ka... Of course bear in mind Iran is a theocratic state...and Christianity and Judaism are recognised in Iran albeit in a secondary status..
 

morphesium

Active Member
The boy’s letter to the Iranian court last February was less than 500 words long and nearly two centuries old. Writing on behalf of his mother, 12 year-old Farid Kashani sent a letter to Judge Ghanbari in Gorgan, a city of around 300,000 located 250 miles northeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

His mother, Parisa, had been tried and convicted of illegal assembly for the purpose of teaching the Baha’i Faith, spreading teachings against the Islamic government and collaborating with the enemy. She and a group of other convicted members of the Baha’i Faith, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, had all been arrested at the same time and were now awaiting sentence because, in essence, they belong to the wrong religion. Anticipating a long prison term for his mother, Farid’s letter to the court pointed out that his father, Kamal, has already been imprisoned twice (also because of his religion) and now his mother awaits the same punishment.

In a larger sense, the son’s plea for justice dates back to the very beginning of the Baha’i Faith in mid-19th century Persia (modern-day Iran) when its followers were first persecuted as apostates for their belief in a religion revealed after the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam and designated in the Qur’an as “the Seal of the Prophets.”

The judge allowed the boy to read his letter out loud in court which begins in the effusively respectful Islamic fashion, “In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Salaam.” The 12-year old then highlights the lessons he has learned so far in his young life: “I must always be truthful, always be kind to everyone, always be compassionate to all – even to people who wrong me or wish me ill. I must not wrongly accuse anyone of wrongdoing, I should not backbite or gossip.”

Read more at:
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/12813/
Incidents like these make me think about my religion - and made me quit it. The deeper you are into your religion, the far you are from your other fellow beings. Only an evil minded person can punish an innocent person. Their religion has made them evil. Clear evidence that religion hinders morality. It is a shame that no one there has a morality matching that of the kids.

Sorry, I posted here in "Abrahamic Religions Dir".
 
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