25000 strong to be precise. How then can the Iranians be accused of anti-semitism.
2006-12-10 14:04:16 · 14 answers · asked by Blessed 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes,I knew it...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
2006-12-11 06:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by Tinkerbell05 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I did know that.
And whoever said that Iranians are Anti-Semite? It is their leadership and president that been accused of being Anti-Semites for obvious reasons (I don't reckon that the attempts of wiping Israel off the map and the Holocaust off the history of humanity are pro-Jewish deeds).
2006-12-11 08:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
25,000 out of, what 50 million - that's 1/2000 or 0.05% There's also an estimated 500,000 Zoroastrians and an indefinite number of Christians, but they're all subject to religious oppression.
When the leader of the nation calls explicitly for the destruction - meaning the genocide - of Israel; and when the nation supports terrorist organizations whose founding documents set the genocide of all Jews worldwide as a primary goal; then yes, it is perfectly reasonable to describe that nation as anti-Semitic, or more exactly anti-Jewish. In fact, any other claim leads one to question the motives (if not the sanity) of the speaker.
Pre-1940 Germany had one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe; by your logic the Nazis were not anti-Semitic. In fact, at the time Nazi sympathizers in America made precisely the same argument. I wonder why you would try to foster such a perception...
2006-12-10 22:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Because the president of Iran said (it's on video) that Iran wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Can you be any more racist, or worse murderous?
2006-12-10 22:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I knew that. They are the second best represented religion in parliament. There are also lots of zoroastrans and Christians in Persia.
2006-12-10 22:08:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
25000 strong? or oppressed? Have you ever seen one of them in person?
That is like saying the Saudis treat the Bedouins well.
2006-12-10 22:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Great, the Iranians didn't even know about it. Now that cat is out of the bag, here comes a genocide
2006-12-10 22:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
I also heard there were two people from Texas with brains, but I think that number is too high also.
2006-12-10 22:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by Scott C 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is true. It's an encyclopedic fact.
2006-12-10 22:18:27 · answer #9 · answered by MATTHEW A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I didn't. It shows the leadership of Iran is hypocritical.
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2006-12-10 22:11:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋