>>>>>>>>>Tamar (a liberal born and bred)
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>>>>>>>>See how far that gets you in an Islamic country.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Are you saying Tamar's choices are "a liberal in an Islamic country" and... what was the other?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>(somehow I don't see you offering a dozen choices, two should be more than enough, specially when you prove off the cuff that one of them is wrong)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The glaringly obvious point is that the United States, though founded by English speaking Christians, allows freedom of religion, speech, and thought. Try that in Iran.
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>>>>>I don't know how true it is, but I've seen many Iranians on talk shows mention that Iran has a Jewish community that is doing OK.
>>>>Did they also mention that the Jews are not permitted to gather and worship? Did they say that the Jews are severely restricted from doing business in Iran? Did the mention that hang people in Iran for not having the accepted gender attraction?
>>>
>>>Grady,
>>>
>>>How does the following match with what you've read? Seems quite at odds to me.
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Jews#Current_status_in_Iran
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>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/outrage/sets/72157594175121502/
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>>At least 13 Jews have been executed in Iran since the Islamic revolution 19 years ago, most of them for either religious reasons or their connection to Israel. For example, in May 1998, Jewish businessman Ruhollah Kakhodah-Zadeh was hanged in prison without a public charge or legal proceeding, apparently for assisting Jews to emigrate.7
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>Isn't that a far cry from "...not permitted to gather and worship" and "...severely restricted from doing business"? And is the gender thing restricted to Jews?
>
>Thousands have left (fled?) Iran since the revolution of 1979. But there's still a sizeable number there. Why would they stay if things are as you say?

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