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Secretary Kerry’s remarks on religious freedom and America at the State Dept Iftar #WhiteHouseIftar
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Aziz Poonawalla
The transcript of Secretary Kerry’s remarks at the State Dept Iftar (to which I was invited but was sadly unable to attend) are now posted online and I found this section to be particularly moving: I want you to know that the tradition of sharing respect for this particularly holy month actually reaches back to…
Iranian Baha’i and Saudi Shi’a
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Aziz Poonawalla
With all the attention paid to by the global muslim community towards Uyghurs, Iranians, Rohingya, and other oppressed yet largely unknown muslim minorities, it’s easy to forget that there are examples much closer to the muslim mainstream, but which receive far less attention. One example are the Baha’i in Iran, whose systematic oppression by the…
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