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2006-05-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran eyes badges for Jews
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Posted by Steve 2006-05-19 09:30|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 to ahmadinajad: keep digging

To Iranian Jews and other non-muslims: Get out, now!
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-05-19 09:49||   2006-05-19 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 These laws will not be followed and are unlikely to be enforced. The net effect of such a law is good for our side in that it further erodes respect for the regime and provides a visible daily example of disobedience (wearing normal clothes). I wish they'd make it effective immediately.
Posted by JAB 2006-05-19 09:51||   2006-05-19 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I truly look forward to seeing how my liberal friends and family members seek to frame the discussion on this. I expect it to be something like:

ah yes, terrible, terrible. They should get out now.

Should they go to Israel?

Israel, yes. The US, Europe, Canada, anywhere but Iran.

Should they be allowed to move into the West Bank?

No - the evil zionist occupiers should not settle the West Bank.
Posted by 2b 2006-05-19 10:13||   2006-05-19 10:13|| Front Page Top

#4 anywhere but Iran

or France or the UK or Venezuela or . . .
Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan  2006-05-19 10:18||   2006-05-19 10:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Unlike the early to mid 1930s when the Nazis were willing to lets the German Jews emigrate, I'm not sure the mullahs would permit their minorities free emigration at this point.
Posted by Odysseus 2006-05-19 10:30||   2006-05-19 10:30|| Front Page Top

#6 How about they all migrate to the border with either Iraq of Afghanistan ? Claim a piece of land, preferable with an airport. See ya there.
Posted by wxjames 2006-05-19 10:34||   2006-05-19 10:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Iran eyes badges for Jews

unfrikin believable...

The asskicking is getting closer every day..I just hope the USA kicks it in a massive way while Israel crushes Hesbolla on the way to Damascus.
Posted by the Twelfth Imami 2006-05-19 11:56||   2006-05-19 11:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like this might be a hoax.
Posted by JAB 2006-05-19 13:32||   2006-05-19 13:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks like this might be a hoax.

Iran report of Holocaust-style badges questioned
2006-05-19 09:06:12

The National Post is sending shockwaves across the country this morning with a report that Iran’s Parliament has passed a law requiring mandatory Holocaust style badges to identify Jews and Christians.

But independent reporter Meir Javdanfar, an Israeli Middle East expert who was born and raised in Tehran, says the report is false.
“It’s absolutely factually incorrect,” he told The New 940 Montreal. “Nowhere in the law is there any talk of Jews and Christians having to wear different colours. I’ve checked it with sources both inside Iran and outside.” “The Iranian people would never stand for it. The Iranian government wouldn’t be stupid enough to do it.”

Want to bet your life on that? Now, all the stories so far report the Canadian paper National Post as their source, so we'll see.
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-05-19 14:06||   2006-05-19 14:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Harper of Canada and Howard of Australia have spoken about it, denouncing it IF it is true. Apparently the Majlis is looking at legislation to establish a standard Islamic dress code (pretty bizarre on its own) and I suppose in that context the issue of dress for non-muslims has come up. As Harper says, even if this hasnt been passed, the notion of it being considered is pretty bad.
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-05-19 14:16||   2006-05-19 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Haaretz:

Some Israeli commentators suggested the story still needed to be fully verified, pointing to the fact that the source of the story was Iranian exiles strongly opposed to the regime ruling their country.

We'll see.


Posted by liberalhawk 2006-05-19 14:21||   2006-05-19 14:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Keep in mind that the current Majlis is made up of 156 hardliners, 39 reformists, 31 independents, and 5 designated minority seats, which means that the hardliners have a supra-majority for any whacked-out legislation they want to pass. This is different from the pre-2004 set-up in which the Majlis was dominated by the Islamic Participation Front but was rendered impotent from actually doing anything by the Council of Guardians.

I would also note the Abadgaran movement is one of the leading lights within the current Majlis and is Ahmadinejad's party. There's a lot of overlap between them and the Shi'ite supremacist Hojjatieh cult that Ayatollah Mohammed Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (the real power behind Ahmadinejad) runs, which believes that chaos and violence has to be created in order for the 12th Imam to emerge. This apocalypticism distinguishes them from Rafsanjani, Khamenei, and quite possibly Hassan Rohani, all of whom are basically classical tyrants without any eschatological ambitions.
Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling  2006-05-19 15:03|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]  2006-05-19 15:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Dan,

I am impressed with your ability to follow the various groups, etc.

Another example of what you get when you have too much sex sects.
Posted by Brett 2006-05-19 15:21||   2006-05-19 15:21|| Front Page Top

#14 I wonder if they're thinking of leveraging their relationship with North Korea in implementing their dress code.

I'm sure, for a few barrels of fuel oil, Kimmie would be happy to put a few unitard experts on the next boatload of missile parts.
Posted by JAB 2006-05-19 15:33||   2006-05-19 15:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Mohammed Taghi Mesbah Yazdi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Taghi_Mesbah_Yazdi'

Sounds like a reasonable fellow.
Posted by Threremp Jetle7420 2006-05-19 16:44||   2006-05-19 16:44|| Front Page Top

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