Comments on: Attempt to torch a Baha’i in Shiraz http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/ Defending the human rights of the Baha'i minority Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dan http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-442 dan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:55:21 +0000 http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-442 At a time of great test for the Baha'is in Iran, may I let you know how profoundly moved I feel, as a Baha'i living in the West, to see the moral courage of increasing numbers of ordinary Muslims who are willing to defend Baha'is, and who recognise that the Baha'i faith has respect for Islam and the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) as one of its most foundational beliefs. I would never have read any of the surahs of the Qu'ran nor investigated the history of the Muslim Ummah if I had not become a Baha'i. Through interfaith activity I have come to befriend, admire and love a number of Muslim friends. Thank you for what you are doing, and may God bless you. At a time of great test for the Baha’is in Iran, may I let you know how profoundly moved I feel, as a Baha’i living in the West, to see the moral courage of increasing numbers of ordinary Muslims who are willing to defend Baha’is, and who recognise that the Baha’i faith has respect for Islam and the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) as one of its most foundational beliefs.

I would never have read any of the surahs of the Qu’ran nor investigated the history of the Muslim Ummah if I had not become a Baha’i. Through interfaith activity I have come to befriend, admire and love a number of Muslim friends.

Thank you for what you are doing, and may God bless you.

]]> By: soulfulady http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-440 soulfulady Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:56:47 +0000 http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-440 Baha'u'llah says, "The essence of true safety is to observe silence..." Indeed, there are no words for this situation. They would only add fuel to the fire anyway. Perhaps it suffices to say, in the Sacred Words of His Holiness, the Bab: "God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself, the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent." Baha’u'llah says, “The essence of true safety is to observe silence…” Indeed, there are no words for this situation. They would only add fuel to the fire anyway. Perhaps it suffices to say, in the Sacred Words of His Holiness, the Bab: “God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself, the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent.”

]]> By: Peter Jackson Deer http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-438 Peter Jackson Deer Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:20:06 +0000 http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-438 They tried to burn him to death...with gasoline they got from his generosity? That's so dishonorable that I can hardly find words for it. They tried to burn him to death…with gasoline they got from his generosity? That’s so dishonorable that I can hardly find words for it.

]]> By: leyla http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-437 leyla Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:25:59 +0000 http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-437 i totally agree with khalil. all the acts of crime committed in the name of Islam do not reflect true Islam. and Baha'is love and respect true Islam. in my persian language video blogs i discuss such issues: http://www.elham.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=30 thanks, leyla www.elham.tv i totally agree with khalil. all the acts of crime committed in the name of Islam do not reflect true Islam. and Baha’is love and respect true Islam. in my persian language video blogs i discuss such issues:

http://www.elham.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=30

thanks,
leyla
http://www.elham.tv

]]> By: Khalil A. Khavari http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-436 Khalil A. Khavari Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:27 +0000 http://www.bahairights.org/2008/03/21/attempt-to-torch-a-bahai-in-shiraz/#comment-436 These creatures who did this horrific act are Muslims? To my thinking, they are the real and most effective enemies of Islam. And all those "nice" people who simply walked by and did nothing to help the man! Shame. Shame indeed. These creatures who did this horrific act are Muslims? To my thinking, they are the real and most effective enemies of Islam. And all those “nice” people who simply walked by and did nothing to help the man! Shame. Shame indeed.

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