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From: cramer@sun.uucp (Sam Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: ISLAMIC TOLERANCE
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 22:45:31 EST
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Nidhal Guessoum is woefully ignorant of the status of Jews in
Moslem lands.

He states
> And let me
> note that since we are talking about ISLAMIC tolerance, we should
> also mention the Jews of Iran ( a large community, especially in
> Tehran) who, to my knowledge, have not suffered any attacks, even
> after the Islamic revolution.

The case of Iran exemplifies what we can expect of "ISLAMIC 
tolerance".  Contrary to Nidhal's "knowledge", Jews in Iran are
fiercely persecuted by the Islamic regime.  Since the revolution, more
than 30,000 Jews have left Iran, stripped of their possessions.  More
than 400 hundred are in jail, and more than 10 have been executed
for crimes such as "importing honey from Israel", "recieving letters
from relatives in Israel", "cooperation with Zionism and the state of
Israel", and "corruption on earth".  Those Jews remaining in Iran are
not free to leave, and their position is most precarious.

Note that this persecution is not persecution of "Zionists" as such - 
it is persecution of Jews.  Khomeini stated in his book "Confronting
Israel":

	"Oh brothers!  Let us not regard this holy and sacrificial war as
	a war between Arabs and Israel.  Let us regard it as a war of
	all Moslems together against Jews and their leaders."

Islamic tolerance, indeed.

Sam Cramer	sun!cramer