Tag: Bahai
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Blasphemy
I had heard of this woman some time ago, but I was unaware that she was still in isolation. In 2010, Asia Bibi was put on death row in Pakistan for making what, for us, would normally be a rather off-the-cuff and harmless comment. The latter mentions the “crime” Asia Bibi (pictured here with two…
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A Tale of Many Countries, Many Faiths, Many Cultures, and (In)Tolerance
The always-readable and always-informative Michael Totten took a slight detour from his usual topics to compare and contrast several different Middle/Near Eastern & Southwest Asian countries faiths and cultures. His jumping-off point was the question “What is Iran’s most repressed religious minority?” I initially thought “Jews”. Then I thought “Zoroastrians”. I was wrong on both…