Re: Believer Beware- Turf War

Thanks for your brilliant demonstration of protecting the core
principles of Baha'i justice Pat.
What do you do when the cry-"Stop thief!" goes up in your
neighbourhood?....Begin discussing the motivations of organised
criminals in other lands?

Pat Kohli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Dermod Ryder wrote:
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> > "Jerry Joplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Rod wrote:
> > > > Jerry Joplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >>I'm saying that all attacks against the Baha'i community are attacks
on
> > > >>the whole of the faith.
> > > >
> > > > Without even establishing that ANY ATTACK on COMMUNITY OR WHOLE
FAITH
> > > > has transpired.
> > >
> > > Everyone (except you) has agreed that the attacks on the Iranian
Baha'i
> > > community are attacks on the whole of the Baha'i Faith.
> >
> > Everyone has NOT agreed on that.
>
> You are entitled to disagree, of course.
>
> > The attacks on the Iranian community have
> > been precisely that - no other Bahai community, or part thereof,  in the
> > world has been subject to attack by Iranian religious nutters.
> >
>
> It did seem that they took the approach of defending the homeland first
from the
> cancer of Bahism.  However, it did seem that their goal was the
elimination of
> the cancer of Bahism.
>     "A plan must be devised to confront and destroy their cultural roots
outside
> the
> country."
> - 1991 Iranian Government document on "the Bahá'í question"
> http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&selm=an_420696835
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> >
> > It has not been established even, that the attacks are the product of
> > religious intolerance.  Motivation therefor may be other than hatred of
the
> > BF as blasphemous heresy.
> >
>
> It does not appear to be a racial or class thing, gauging by the quoted
IRI
> statement.  For example:
>
> "They can be enrolled in schools provided they have not identified
themselves as
>
> Bahá'ís.  Preferably, they should be enrolled in schools which have a
strong and
> imposing religious ideology."
> and,
>     " ... their religious and propaganda activities should be answered by
giving
>
> them religious and cultural responses, as well as propaganda.
> Propaganda institutions (such as the Islamic Propaganda Organization) must
> establish an independent section to counter the propaganda and religious
> activities of the Bahá'ís."
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> >
> > You might begin to understand the complexity of this subject if you
were,
> > for example, to consider the praxis of Ian Paisley.  He says some pretty
> > nasty things about the Cathoilic faith yet does not attack the Catholic
> > community, many of whom acknowledge his good work as a politician to
advance
> > their interests.  Here is a man who attacks a Faith yet desists from
> > attacking a community, indeed, doing the contrary by endeavouring to
look
> > after it.
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> Love the sinner, and deny him education, professional advancement, etc.
After
> all, the garbage man doesn't need these things.
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