لوا به این نکته اشاره کرد که با این کار تاریخ شفاهی را به تاریخ نوشتاری تبدیل می کند. می خواهم بدانم که برنامه های زمانه برای چه مدتی بایگانی می شوند؟

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زمانه: دوست گرامی
هیچ مطلبی از روی سایت پاک نمی‌شود و همه مطالب در آرشیو هر صفحه باقی می‌مانند که از منوی سمت چپ هر صفحه، می‌توانید به آرشیو مطالب قدیمی‌تر مراجعه کنید یا با استفاده از کادر جستجو، دنبال آن‌ها بگردید

سوال من این است که اگر بهائیان جاسوسند چرا به محض این که یک کلمه بگویند که بهائی نیستند تمام پرونده جاسوسی آنها پاک میشود؟ سؤال دیگر من این است که چرا برای اینهمه جاسوس فقط یک برگه رو نمیشود و فقط به صورت اتّهام باقی میماند؟ سؤال من این است که اگر بهائیان جاسوسند چرا اینهمه تهمت های دیگر به آنها میزنند و اجازه جواب دادن نمیدهند و اگر کسی به طور شفاهی در جایی در صدد جواب دادن بر آید او را به جرم تبلیغ دیانتش به زندان می اندازند و چون هیچ حکمی در قانون در منع تبلیغ وجود ندارد بلافاصله برچسب همکاری با اسرائیل و سایر کشورها به او میزنند؟ سؤال من این است که پیرمرد دهاتی بیسواد یزدی نود ساله در روستاهای یزد چطوری جاسوسی کرده که اعدامش کردند؟ سؤال من این است که زن و شوهر روستایی نوک بیرجند چگونه جاسوسی کردند و بعد خودشان را برای مظلوم نمایی آتش زدند؟ سؤال دیگر من این است که اگر زمانه در مورد مظلومان مسلمان فرضاً بیست سال پیش مطلبی را بنویسد آیا باز هم آن را نبش قبر بیان خواهید کرد یا با آه و انین از مظلومیت مسلمانان صحبت خواهید کرد؟ لطفاً در جواب دادن انصاف را مدّ نظر داشته باشید.

Regarding the statements by Mr Siamak Farrokhi, the following two remarks are in order. Firstly, the raid and the subsequent siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, had nothing to do with the religious beliefs of the residents of the compound; the raid was carried out because of the reports of child abuse taking place inside the compound. The leader of this sect, David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howell, who took the name Koresh after Cyrus the Great - it appears that there is always an Iranian connection to almost all events worldwide) was reported to have raped children as young as 12. He had claimed that he had received orders from God to have at least 140 wives. It seems that Mr Farrokhi knows absolutely nothing about the entire event and only recalls that it concerned a "religious sect". The interested may consider to consult the following entries of the English Wikipedia:

On David Koresh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh

On Branch Davidian:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidian

Secondly, what is the logical or causal relationship between Baha'is on the one hand and Guantanamo Bay and Abu Gharaib on the other? What “horrifying history of human-rights violations” (Sabeqe-ye vahshatnake naghz-e hoqug-e basher) can be ascribed to Baha’is? Of course, I do realise that Mr Farrokhi may be complaining that while Radio Zamaneh does not report (or does not report sufficiently adequately) on the events pertaining to Guantanamo Bay prison camp and the Abu Gharaib prison, it gives undue attention to the fate of Baha’is in Iran. If so, then I should like to ask Mr Farrokhi the following question: If you see a person drowning in a swimming pool on one side of which you are resting, do you jump into the pool to rescue this person’s life or choose to remain passive on account of the prevailing injustices in the world? I have not the slightest hesitation that you will go to this person’s rescue.

Regarding the comment by Mr Shahram [?], the juxtaposition of the words “Baha’is” and “Traitors” (Bahai-yan va Monafeqan) is remarkable and revealing of Mr Shahram [?]'s particular mode of thinking. What proof is there that would suggest that Baha’is were traitors? I recommend Mr Shahram [?] to take the trouble and consider the essence of his statements. He says: “I know some Baha’is who live normal lives …”. How many Baha’is does Mr Shahram [?] know? Ten? There are some 300,000 – 500,000 Baha’is in Iran. Ten people cannot be a representative sample of this population. In other words, if one knows only 10 Baha’is, one cannot know the condition under which the Baha’i community as a whole lives in Iran. The following example is clarifying. We are all aware of the killings, sectarian and non-sectarian, and mayhem prevailing in Iraq. The owner of a restaurant in my neighbourhood is an Iraqi gentleman. Every time I see him and ask him about Iraq, he assures me that everything is fine in Iraq; calling me his brother, he regularly invites me to spend one of my holidays with his extended family in Iraq. Does this mean that all the killings and the violence in Iraq (not to mention Abu Gharaib) are hoaxes?

Moreover, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not treated/does not treat all Baha’is equally harshly. For instance, in the 1980s some 200 Baha’is were executed, from a population of 300,000 – 500,000 people. In other words, the Islamic Republic has never attempted a pogrom of Baha’is. Rather, it has attempted to decapitate the community. Hence, the execution of some 200 out of 300,000 – 500,000. The exclusion of Baha’is from higher education is another way of pulling down the Baha’i community. By doing so, the regime hopes to achieve several objectives. Firstly, to prevent members of the Baha’i community from reaching prominent and influential positions. Secondly, to encourage Iranian Baha’is to emigrate, thus diminishing the size of the Baha’i community inside Iran. And thirdly, to encourage Baha’is to abandon their beliefs. Depriving Baha’is from higher education is particularly painful to bear when one considers that according to the following Baha’i source:

http://denial.bahai.org/003.php

“By 1920, some 10 percent of the estimated 28,000 primary and secondary school children in Iran were enrolled in Baha’í-run schools.”

As I have mentioned in another comment here on Radio Zamaneh, one should view Iranian Baha’is first as humans, second as Iranians, and third as Baha’is. That this is not a rhetorical statement can be appreciated by considering the fact that one cannot be an Iranian (or American, or French, or German, etc.) if one is not a human; further, one cannot be an Iranian Baha’i if one is not an Iranian in the first place.

BF.

... در لحظه سوزاندنش نوه اش خسرو (پسر علی علیپور که او هم مدتی را بجرم تبلیغ با دو تن دیگر مدتی را در زندان ساری محبوس بودند) حاضر و وقایع را با چشم سر مشاهده کرد.روحش شاد...

In my earlier Comment (published above) I referred to exclusion of Baha'is in Iran from higher education. This morning the following news item came to my attention that may interest readers of Radio Zamaneh:

http://news.bahai.org/story/657

Mr Ahmad Batebi has the following related article (in Persian) published in Rooz Online that might similarly interest readers of Radio Zamaneh:

http://www.roozonline.com/archives/2008/09/post_8980.php

In this article Mr Batebi shows, amongst other things, that exclusion of Baha'is from higher education is in contravention of the terms of Iran's Constitution regarding education.

Mr Shahram [?] who states that the Baha'is known to him "live normal lives", should consider to answer the following question: Is being excluded from higher education on account of one's religious beliefs "normal"? I remind Mr Sharam [?] and the like-minded individuals that Iran is a signatory of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to whose Article 18 freedom to choose one's belief is a basic Human Right. Explicitly, Article 18 states that:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

According to Article 26.1 of the same Declaration:

"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit."

For details please consult:

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

Since Iranian Baha'is are humans (please consult my previous Comment), so that Universal Declaration of Human Rights applies to them, it should be evident that by excluding Baha'is from higher education, Iran is also in clear violation of some explicit provisions of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

BF.