If deported, the Iranian nationals will undoubtedly not receive a warm welcome in their native country, where arbitrary arrests, arson and torture are threats Baha’is must face.
Regardless of whether or not the Baha’is were engaged in proselytizing, criminalizing the act in itself is absurd and constitutes an abuse against human rights.
Just as we Muslims value being able to share our religion with others, we should grant all faiths the right to share theirs with us.










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The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights » Blog Archive » Yemen’s Baha’is still facing risk
23 December, 2008
[...] On the 20th of June, Yemeni authorities detained six Baha’is (2 Yemeni nationals, 3 Iranians and an Iraqi) under suspicion of engaging in proselytizing. The Yemeni nationals were subsequently released, while the remaining faced the grave risk of deportation. [...]