Itsme
05-19-2006, 09:30 AM
Iran Jews to be required to wear yellow ribbons, Christians a red badge.
Iranian exiles reveal that ‘National Uniform Law’ authorized by Iranian parliament includes clause obligating Iranian Jews to wear yellow ribbon; Christians, other minority members to wear colored ribbons as well. ‘If law passes non-Muslims’ lives will become intolerable.
WASHINGTON – Iranian exiles revealed Friday that the "National Uniform Law" authorized by the Iranian parliament a few days ago, which is aimed at getting “Western” style clothing off the streets and advancing more traditional “Islamic” attire, also includes a clause obligating Iranian Jews to wear a yellow ribbon.
Members of the country’s Christian minority will be forces to wear a red ribbon, while those practicing the ancient Persian religion will be obligated to place a blue ribbon on their clothes.
The new law is expected to go into effect within the next few months after it receives is authorized by Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ali Bachurzian, an Iranian exile currently residing in Toronto, said that if the law passes the lives of Iranians belonging to the non-Muslim minorities will become intolerable.
Rabbi Marvin Heir, who heads the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, told Ynet that Iran is getting closer to the “Nazi ideology,” adding that only an international outcry can prevent the law from going into effect.
Heir demanded that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan address the matter at once.
Iranian exiles reveal that ‘National Uniform Law’ authorized by Iranian parliament includes clause obligating Iranian Jews to wear yellow ribbon; Christians, other minority members to wear colored ribbons as well. ‘If law passes non-Muslims’ lives will become intolerable.
WASHINGTON – Iranian exiles revealed Friday that the "National Uniform Law" authorized by the Iranian parliament a few days ago, which is aimed at getting “Western” style clothing off the streets and advancing more traditional “Islamic” attire, also includes a clause obligating Iranian Jews to wear a yellow ribbon.
Members of the country’s Christian minority will be forces to wear a red ribbon, while those practicing the ancient Persian religion will be obligated to place a blue ribbon on their clothes.
The new law is expected to go into effect within the next few months after it receives is authorized by Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ali Bachurzian, an Iranian exile currently residing in Toronto, said that if the law passes the lives of Iranians belonging to the non-Muslim minorities will become intolerable.
Rabbi Marvin Heir, who heads the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, told Ynet that Iran is getting closer to the “Nazi ideology,” adding that only an international outcry can prevent the law from going into effect.
Heir demanded that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan address the matter at once.