What laws does iran have to protect the rights of religious minorities; e.g. Jews, Christians, Zorastrians?
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According to Iranian law Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians are the only recognized religious minorities in Iran but that is so very often violated especially in the case of Christians and Jews.
199460
Sharia law (6th century code of barbarism) tells them to kill the infidel, the unbeliever, hence the execution of christians and jews. It's amazing in the 21st century that people still adhere to barbaric laws.
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The easiest way to achieve support is to incite anger hatred.  The government in Iran oppresses it's own people, so if it weren't for them brainwashing their population into believing Israel is the ultimate threat, their power might be questioned.  Only by maintaining the population's focus on hating Israel and the West can Iran prevent the population from confronting their real problems at home.
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murders have rights too. But most likely catholics control the courts. they are all sex offenders.
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Iran is a strong country with a great and rich historical backgound. We may have some internal problems but it doesn't bad as it looks on TVs. Islamic law is not something that prevent your freedom but limit your freedom to protect others freedom.You may not like it but thats why our streets are more safer than any other country in western world. Freedom is not just about what women can wear. Iranian women are highly educated, working in lots of different proffesions. They can participate in any party, can elect and be elected.
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Of course there are...just the same as there are many people who appear to be Jewish or Christian in public. \n\nI've met many-from various countries-several from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and other former Soviet Republics, just to name a few.  \n\nI think you will see a lot of this in individuals who live in a country where the government proclaims itself to be either an Islamic State, dictatorship or Communist.  These forms of government are so oppressive that it fosters tendencies towards atheism. \n\nLiving in a country where the tv programming(to include news, entertainment and educational), as well as every aspect of one's life, is censored and overly saturated with Islamic ideologies, is overbearing to the human spirit.  God wants us to submit to Him by our own free will, not because it's being force fed to us every where we turn...not because there's secret police watching to see if a woman's stockings are dark enough or if she's wearing nail polish(Iran).\n\nFor Jews and Christians, I believe their tendency towards private atheism would be more as a form of rebellion from overly strict/traditional homelives....one may ask why I say this, but one only has to look at the statistics, or see how full the churches are to see this.  When people are given freedom of choice, they tend to chose well for themselves.  When people are forced to chose something, they tend to question the validity of it as well as rebel against it.
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RELIGIONS: Mostly Christians with 83% of the population Roman Catholic while there are also Protestant minorities. Other religious minorities include Jews and Muslims.
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Actually, they aren't based on that religion.  Some do match laws within that religion, but they aren't Based on Any religion... see: Treaty of Tripoli which expressly states America's Gov't is not based on the Christian religion.  Then, also, see Code of Hammurabi... which are laws written by the Pagan King of Babylon, long before Moses was even born.  (Which some scholars believe the laws in the Old Test were copied from during the Jewish captivity in Babylon).\n\nEven if they were based on the laws in the Bible... it was be strictly Jewish Laws, not Christian... as, if anyone were to ask one, many Christians claim those laws are Done Away With when Jesus died.\n\nIf they get any more contradictory, they're going to have to write their own Bible... all together different from the one they have now.
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No-one can stop Iran developing peaceful nuclear power ; they have every right to it.\nAfter that, if the U.S. continues to bug them to the extent that they feel threatened by it and by Israel, then they will have every right to develop nuclear weapons for self-defence.  In fact they already have this right, as does every country on earth, except the Vatican (which we'll have to call the Vatican't) because it would be unChristian.
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Well that depends.  You can have a nation where the majority votes by their faith and end up with state-sponsored religon (e.g. Iran).\n\nFor my part, I'd prefer it if people voted based on their sense of justice, fair play, and equality.  Most faiths incorporate those notions - but I would hope people leave out their fanaticism when they vote.
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1. Freedom of religion - a person has the right to choose his religion and not to join a religion.\n\n2. Freedom of the press - the people has the right to air their grievances through an independent media.
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in Iran they have to,if they don't,they'll be imprisoned or tortured!IT'S A LAW.in other islamic secular countries like Malaysia they cover their bodies due to their belief
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Vanity has the correct answer...  Pretty much all of them if you can show a tribunal how your rights are affected by not having religious guidance then they have to 'recognize' your religion.  Now just because they recognize it, participants in the religion are still bound by the UCMJ and laws of the country or SOFA.  Basically you can't have a religion where you rape and pillage for 'sabbath'.
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Because religious freedom doesn't mean much to them.\n\nFreedom of religion, if it is going to apply to everyone, also requires freedom from religion. Why is that? You do not truly have the freedom to practice your religious beliefs if you are also required to adhere to any of the religious beliefs or rules of other religions. \n\nAs an obvious example, could we really say that Jews and Muslims would have freedom of religion if they were required to show same respect to images of Jesus that Christians have? Would Christians and Muslims really have freedom of their religion if they were required to wear yarmulkes? Would Christians and Jews have freedom of religion if they were required to adhere to Muslim dietary restrictions? \n\nForcing people to accept some particular idea or adhere to behavioral standards from someone else’s religion means that their religious freedom is being infringed upon.
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That's an interesting question. Anyone, irrespective of religion should be subject to the law of the land not of the religion.\nThe implication of your question is that Islam controls the laws of Muslims.Is that the case?\nIn Indonesia,the worlds largest Muslim land,for example,trafficking drugs carries the death penalty for any one irrespective of race creed or faith.  \nShould a Muslim drug trafficker in Australia,where the penalty for drug trafficking is much more lenient be dealt the death penalty? I don't think so.\nPersonally I think law and religion are or should be totally incongruous . If it was the case that they should be dealt with according to Islam who would carry out the sentence in say the UK or USA or Australia?
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Iran is a theocracy. Their religious leaders are also their political leaders. Although the people themselves are very westerniazed, their leaders are not which leads to a lot of discontent within the people. They are about 10 years away from having a working nuclear program, but are a nuclear threat. Don't know what else you want to know without you asking specifics, but that was some random stuff.
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go here...\nhttp://www.zoroastrianism.cc/