In NY, Ahmadinejad meets with rabbis
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05-May-2010 (5 comments)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran will continue to “fight for the rights” of oppressed nations in the face of global tyranny.
In a Wednesday meeting with a group of anti-Zionist rabbis in New York, Ahmadinejad said the rights of religious minorities is of primary importance for Iran.
He further added that Zionist groups are taking advantage of Judaism to further their political gains in Israel and other parts of the world.
The Iranian President praised the Jewish leaders who had shown the dark side of Zionism to the world by distancing themselves from pro-Zionist policies.
For their part, the rabbis praised Ahmadinejad and presented him with a book as a token of their gratitude for Iran's efforts in maintaining the rights of the Jewish people of Iran.
Iran has the largest Jewish population in the Middle East next to Israel.
Like the country's other religious minorities, the Jewish people are free to practice their faith and have one reserved seat in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis).
Ahmadinejad is in New York to attend the month-long nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, which opened on May 3 at the UN headquarters.

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Thanks Shifteh

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu May 06, 2010 08:59 PM PDT

Link is fixed!


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humanbeing

jigsaw, the szatmar community is not into human right either

by humanbeing on Thu May 06, 2010 01:35 AM PDT

their women are oppressed babymaking machines whom they marry off under age and force to shave off their hair because the man can't deal with the temptation on his own, and they are racist their relations with their neighbours in brooklyn led to rioting.

during the holocaust, their imam, the szatmarer rebbe, told his flock to stay in hungary, it's better for them to be martyred than to flee, to the zionist entity, or anywhere for that matter. but you know what, when kastner made a deal with eichmann to let out a trainload full of jews into switz for millions of dollars, the rebbe went on that train and left his whole flock to die. he started over in the land of opportunity, in new york.

these very visible jews are a great photo-op of ahmi. nothing more.


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HollyUSA

Shifteh jan

by HollyUSA on Thu May 06, 2010 01:31 AM PDT

That's because the story is at PressTV! here's the link

//www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125546&sectio...

 


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Shifteh Ansari

Link doesn't work

by Shifteh Ansari on Thu May 06, 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Hi IranMilitaryForum.Net!

This link doesn't work.  Please fix.  Thanks.


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jigsawnovich

Iran's religious minorities free to practice their faith?

by jigsawnovich on Wed May 05, 2010 06:40 PM PDT

I spoke with some of the American Ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist Jews across the street from the U.N. on Monday. I asked them whether they support human rights, and one of them said they do. I pointed out that Ahmadinejad's administration has a very bad record on human rights. And that although anti-Zionist Jews may like Ahmadinejad for his stance regarding Israel, they could also criticize him for violating human rights.  They don't have to support him on every issue.  

The American anti-Zionist Jews I spoke with told me that Jews in Iran are treated well, not persecuted. Hopefully he's right. But it might not only be out the "goodness" of Ahmadinejad's heart. If Iran persecuted Jews, Zionists would benefit politically.

The part of the above article that says, "Like the country's other religious minorities, the Jewish people are free to practice their faith" may be based on the text of the Iranian Constitution. Unfortunately, the Iranian Constitution is currently being trampled upon by those in power.  (I believe Mehdi Karroubi has been pointing this out.)

The persecution of Bahai's in Iran is extensively documented.

Muslims who convert to other religions in Iran can be legally executed for this. 

Even Sunni muslims are banned from praying in Military Camps, Universities, Homes

//jigsawnovich.blogspot.com/2010/04/iran-government-bans-sunnis-from.html 


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