Do you think Persians are Arabs ????

Question

Persians are not Arab , Persians are Aryan ,
Cyrus the Great established the Persian Empire in 550 B.C, the first empire in the world
Persians have 17000y History
Arabs are savage
Arabs attack Persia and Kill woman and children for nothing and destroy our buildings our language .
they burn many books of Persians
and you say they are not savage???

The Books you are speaking are stolen from persia
arabs didn`t have any knowledge

Answer 1

Yes you are right. Persians are not Arabs although they have the same religion and alphabet. Their language belongs to the Aryan group whereas Arabic is a Semitic language. If you are Iranian (Persian) you might remind people of the cultural achievements of Iran. The great architecture in Isfahan, Shiraz, etc. The wonderful Islamic painted manuscripts, the ceramics, etc. Iran has been producing great art in every time period. Even before Islam, the Sassanian dynasty produced great art. Its tragic that current events have poisoned Iran's image in the eyes of most westerners.

Answer 2

Is this a question or a lesson? Why would you say any entire ethnic group is savage? I think if you meet individuals you will find Arabs that are the same as you and you will find Persians that are as savage as the Arabs you talk about.

If you watch the HBO Series Band of Brothers (it's on DVD and a true story), you will find near the end that the Americans came to realize that the Germans there were fighting and hated, were just like them. The were just doing as they were told. In an interview today, one of the solders in the movie, who had seen more than half his friends killed or blown to bits by Germans said that a German might like to hunt or fish just like he does. I think you have something to learn from these Band of Brothers--the WWII veterans.

Answer 3

No. I had a wonderful experience working in a Persian bakery one year and learned many things that aren't taught to young Americans about the Persian culture, like Persians are a completely different culture than Arabs.

Answer 4

the share lots of things, but are not the same. By the way. Arabs are far more than what you think. we should thank them for algebra, lots of medicine knowledge, language. They kept Aristotle books for the western world, Spain and Portugal are what they are partly because of them. Architecture.
And savages you'll find also in us citizens, Europe, Latin America, Africa. That is more of a human nature than a cultural thing.

Answer 5

Assyrians had an Empire way before Persians. But I'm all in favour of calling you Persians and not Iranians. I know you're not Arabs.

Answer 6

No defenitively not:

Persian have his own religions, language and culture, although there are many muslim ,and some christian and jevish communities. They are descendant of Aryan people.

While arabic people are member of semitic race

in the other hand ,all humans can be savage

Answer 7

Of course not. Persians are, well, Persians.

As to the supposedly savage Arabs, they are no more (and no less) savage than anyone else...

Answer 8

HECK specific they have huge almond formed eyes and mushy dark pores and skin , i think of Persian and Arab adult males are the main well liked. my friends all think of i'm extraordinary yet those boys from the east are attractive!!!

Answer 9

Persian are not arabs. The persians speak FARSI. OK.

Answer 10

We should not forget that almost every nationality, ethnicity, race, creed and color has executed some form of barbarism in response to some form of potential or real threat or in pursuit of some form of potential or real gain.

Though the Persians had historically been very gracious to the vanquished, you will note this was not the case after the defeat of Leonidas and the Spartans at Thermopylae (background to the movie "300").

Persians suffered greatly under the Shah, but the regime in power today causes a substantially greater amount of suffering by restricting freedom, dictating action, movement, speech, marriage, press, etc. And yes many men and women have died savagely at the hands of Persian leadership.

We are all afraid at some point in our lives, either as individuals or better yet individuals with responsibility and power (a la the US and Iranian presidents today). We fear difference, we fear extinction, we fear the loss of our language, culture, custom, faith, etc.

Within that fear, we rise to a defense, whether legitimate or not, history will decide. But there is plenty of barbarism within that so-called defense, and that barbarism often is unnecessary. I say often. Sometimes it is not.

And I'm sure that most sane and logical readers would agree, when the lives on the line are YOURS or THEIRS (whoever THEY may be, fighting you out of fear and trepidation and self-proclaimed necessity), THEIR lives will always be less important, less meaningful, less subjective, less precious. Is it barbarism? Perhaps. But we don't think of it as such when in OUR minds (whether you are American, Arab, Persian or Martian!), we are fighting against an existential threat.

That is where the world finds itself today, many fear the US (VERY unnecessarily); many Americans fear the spread of Islam (sometimes unnecessarily, sometimes justifiably); many Iranians fear a US attack, and the response is to defend, to be proud, to stand tall, to do all within your might to save yourselves from the impending doom. Sometimes we play right into our own fears and make the very thing we don't wish to happen, a reality. The US and the Arab states and the Iranian government are all guilty of this.

There is a standard in the world, and that is of freedom, to walk, to talk, to read, to write, to date, engage, marry, have children, and to live our lives by our own dictates with little to no government oversight. To those who bear this standard, the rest of the world that does not subscribe to these simple beliefs seem barbaric.

Sometimes it is custom and faith that mark our differences (look, we can all use a little less porn in the States, maybe not enforced as it is in Iran or Saudi Arabia, but the porn and booze and drugs and abortions and moral decay is a symptom of weakness that is uniquely American, and we can learn a thing or two by being a tad more chaste, again, not to the extreme, government-enforced degree you see in Muslim states, but as I said, we can learn a thing or two).

Sometimes our differences are simply born out of irrational fear. Many Iranians live in the US, and most will tell you it is a fantastic nation that is well worth defending in the face of ANY ENEMY. Many Iranians in Iran would also agree, given the chance to. The reason is simple, the US is the standard bearer of the freedoms all humans hold dear. This nation is not the Great Satan or the Scourge of Humanity. Far from it. We may commit random and isolated acts of stupidity (Abu Ghraib, Koran-bashing, Dubai Ports), but we do not commit consistent acts of irrational nature (i.e., Islamic Totalitarianism).

There is a wide ocean between the US and Islam, also for a good reason. While the US has allowed itself to evolve and progress technologically and civically, a great deal of Sharia-based regimes have gone the opposite way, clinging to the days of simplicity and isolation. Sometimes we wish we could do that too! (Whatever happened to the drive-in theater and milk delivery!), sometimes it just needs to stop.

The barbarism, from everywhere, will cease when we can all agree what a human being should expect from another human being. I always refer to Hobbes/Locke in this respect. There is a social compact that binds legitimate nations together. "I won't harm you if you won't harm me, and then we can live and prosper in peace." Forget laws, forget governments, forget militaries. CAN you, reading this, agree to that tenet of self-respect and human respect that guarantees safety without arms, threats or deterrents? If so, then your life is free of barbarism. IF not, you use some form of barbarism to rob others of what they have rightly earned and are due, and also to gather to you all that is rightfully yours and also that which is rightfully someone else's.

Speak as you wish about the barbarism of others, the world cannot refute the American standard of freedoms, 300 million people enjoy it, can attest to it and when push comes to shove, will use barbaric means to defend it. The problem is, push has not come to shove, and unfortunately the world is fearful, and from that barbarism ensues. We should be apologetic for excess, but not for rightful defense. And the world should not fear freedom, but do all it can to embrace it, for it is generic, universal, all-encompassing and not up for debate or revision. And like it or not, the Middle East is not, nor ever has been, a standard for freedom. This is what we fear as Americans, and what Arabs fear with the growing power of Shi'ites and Iran.

How will the Persian people ask their government to treat a democratic, Arab nation to the West? How will the Persian people ask their government to treat capitalist satellites like Bahrain, UAE, Qatar? How will the Persian people ask their government to treat the US, who understands the nature of nuclear weaponry, the costs and consequences of it, and the necessity to reduce, not proliferate, these military uses?

The US has not used a nuclear weapon in a theater of war for 60+ years. It used that weapon specifically because an elongated air, water and ground campaign against Japan would have resulted in MILLIONS of deaths ( a minimum of 500k deaths via air attack alone ). No life is meaningless, but in war it is always a matter of numbers (for either side). The Iranian regime fears an Arab resurgence that would threaten the culture, land and people as you mentioned. The response is (not to Israel, but to the US and its Arab allies) the development of a nuclear deterrent. In the hands of the Iranian military alone, these weapons will likely never be used. The issue is the security of these weapons in an area where stateless militias and terrorists are actively looking to buy such weapons. The smell of money is alluring to EVERYONE, not to mention those living on Iranian military pay. The US and the world have legitimate fears over the security of Iranian nuclear material and weapons. The government isn't stupid, it will never use such a weapon as it risks complete annihilation (even though Khameini doesn't mind, his people might!). But the government is not adept at controlling such weapons and their keepers from selling to the highest bidder. There is a market there, it is well-funded, a nuclear weapon, if it hasn't already, will get into the hands of someone willing to use it (sorry, it's not an American!).

In the name of Islam, of the security for all Iranians, of world vibrance, productivity and stability, the Persian people must demand of their leaders a global position on trade and foreign policy. This demand is made of American leaders, by Americans and the world alike. The same demand should be made of Iran. It has nothing to fear, until it threatens others. The weapons program threatens others, and may (or WILL) lead to more barbarism against the Persian people (by Arabs or Jews or Christians). Isn't that the savagery you seek to avoid?