Badges for Jews

Posted by: ST on May 19, 2006 at 2:08 pm

This is frightening:

Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country’s Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.

“This is reminiscent of the Holocaust,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. “Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis.”

Iranian expatriates living in Canada yesterday confirmed reports that the Iranian parliament, called the Islamic Majlis, passed a law this week setting a dress code for all Iranians, requiring them to wear almost identical “standard Islamic garments.”

The law, which must still be approved by Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenehi before being put into effect, also establishes special insignia to be worn by non-Muslims.

Iran’s roughly 25,000 Jews would have to sew a yellow strip of cloth on the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges and Zoroastrians would be forced to wear blue cloth.

Sounds familiar.

Hat tip: ST reader scmommy

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Update: There are some questions as to the veracity of this story.

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    Comments

    1. scmommy says:

      I hope this story is false but I wouldn’t put something like this past that crazy **** running the show over there.

    2. NC Cop says:

      That is absolutely terrifying, I hope it’s not true.

    3. - Actually, we’re watching the lunitic Iranian President, and the Theocratic Imams behind him, steadily marching toward oblivion, with each step taking them closer to overplaying their hand, and the edge of the cliff.

      - Better sooner than later, before they get the nuke.

      - Bang **==

    4. Severian says:

      I wonder how many Jews there are in Iran, after all the anti-Semitic hatred and Islamic revolutionary zeal since the late 70′s? How many yellow stars could they need, 2 or 3? I may be wrong, there may be more of a Jewish presence than I think, there probably are a number of different Christian sects with significant numbers there from what I’ve heard.

      Bad for them though, this is of course not helping Iran’s image or credibility with the rest of the world. Oh, who am I kidding, the left and the rest of Europe still love them with a zeal only matched by their love for Che and Mao.

    5. Theconwue says:

      China and Russian will nuke us anyway=))

    6. Marshall Art says:

      If this is true, I wonder how it’s going down with the moderate element we here so much about. I hope it inspires them to act. I hope they don’t hate Jews and Christians enough to not see the problem.

    7. forest hunter says:

      You’ll see very soon where the peace/hate pukes can’t/won’t, EVER.

      Not even blood in the streets can tear their blinders down. Bush has done it again. He’s reached such an extreme level of omniscience that even the Islamodopes will change from Allah Akbar to a shortened BUSH, right before they die.

    8. Damn it….. and the Zoroastrians owe me money….Oh well…In for an atom in for a nuke as they say….

      - Bang **==

    9. Severian says:

      Damn it….. and the Zoroastrians owe me money….Oh well…In for an atom in for a nuke as they say….

      They’ll never pay up Bang, they’re as bad as the Rosicrucians when it comes to debt. :d

    10. You guys were quick off the mark spreading the latest “look they really are the Nazis!” slur. I guarantee this drivel will be quoted on right wing blogs as fact for the next 5 years.

      http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060519/wl_mideast_afp/iranrightsreligion_060519200726

      Golly, Iran has a jewish MP, who knew? Maybe this “black ops” slur will have a positive effect.

    11. Baklava says:

      Mr. Globalconfederacy Brian,

      Did you look at the story? The law being passed had to do with a dress code for Ismlamic women according to the MP himself. :o

      But that’s ok Mr. Globalconfederacy, you can go live there. Bye.

    12. Lorica says:

      Well good to hear that the News got it wrong again Brian. Wonder what else these guys get wrong on a daily basis. I like how you attempt to make us look like idiots for reacting to what, once again, the news gets wrong. Nice try tho – Lorica

      LOL Also, click the link to the news story. It is no longer available. Jackasses.