Tuesday, May 16, 2006

On the Treatment of Baha'is in Iran: Nima Milaninia's Comments

I ask you, was it not Prophet Muhammad who preached tolerance for people of different faiths? And yet your government continues to disenfranchise, torture, and discriminate against Bahai's. [Read the entire post]

Nema Milaninia, "My Letter to Ahmadinejad," Iranian Truth

Iranian Truth is a group blog maintained by Nima Milaninia, most posts of which are political in nature and, therefore, for Baha'is are not suitable for comment. This blogger has rise to the defense of the Baha'is on several occasions, however. Read here for a previous excerpt I have drawn from a previous post. Interstingly, he has been a Graduate Student of International Human Rights Law at the American University in Cairo, Egypt now being a center of controversy in the Muslim world right now for its treatment of Baha'is. Nima Milaninia has been the executive director of the International Studies Journal executive director of the International Students Journal, a bi-lingual (English and Persian) publication in Iran on human rights, international law, economic development and good governance.

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