Or do they just identify themselves as Muslims and not really practice it?
2007-02-06 21:49:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, most Iranians want to be freed from their evil islamic rulers but are trapped and are waiting for someone to help free them. Many Iranians have been murdered for saying they want freedom. We should help them.
2007-02-07 05:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Iranian leftists/communists and Islamists got together to throw off the Shah and then when the Islamists started jailing and killing leftists/communists, most off them escaped abroad, so today's Iran is left without a balancing side. Now, even if you are a moderate, you have to abide by the rules or you get punished. Before Ahmedinecad (or however his name is written in English), the society was trying to go towards a more moderate direction, but the mullahs put a stop to that.
In every day life, Iranians (I consciously donot use the word Persian, as there is an Azeri minority in Iran, which is supressed, too, by the way) flirt, have house parties, use narcotics (very widespread, I hear) and want live a normal life, but the mullahs brainwash the wider, poorer population and get elected again and again.
If you ask the mullahs they will call this a democracy.
2007-02-06 22:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by Totally Blunt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a very strong reformist movement in Iran. Also, I have personally met many Iranians who are not 'hard-core' Muslims.
2007-02-06 21:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There's also a difference between "hard-core Muslim" and the "fanatical Jihadist Zealot." It's like the difference between Ned Flanders and David Koresh.
2007-02-06 21:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by alphazer0 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are a few different religions in Iran including Muslims, and there are varying degrees of how they practice their religion. There are extreme Muslims, those who are the majority and are moderate, and those who know little of their faith. Those that are Muslim are generally Shiite.
2007-02-06 22:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ terry g ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are Americans hard-core atheists? U can never judge a whole nation spritually
2007-02-07 00:53:57 · answer #6 · answered by Jimmy k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well most iranians are muslims. there are also a small proportion of zoroastrians. hundreds of yrs ago when islam spread there were a iranians who wanted to escape the spread of islam and remain parsi, so they migrated to india to places such as bombay and state of gujarat.
2007-02-06 22:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No all are not hard core. Only few groups of people who have some political aim are hard core
2007-02-06 22:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Most are moderates. There are Christians and Jews living in Iran.
Mostly the country's hardline comes from patriotism.
2007-02-06 21:57:53 · answer #9 · answered by bright_neon 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Simple answer, no. They are people who have dreams, ambitions and needs in life just like the rest of us. Whatever religion they decide to follow is their choice and theirs alone. They are entitled to the same amount of religious freedom as the rest of us in Western cultures.
2007-02-06 21:54:08 · answer #10 · answered by wombatusium 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋