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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]

[b]Well, the sentence of stoning of a woman accused of adultery and the killing of gay Iranians in Iran do show a certain lack of ethics or at least an insensitivity to humanity. Muslims from other countries, even non-Arab countries still follow the same Islam as the Arab Islam. But Iran seems to have deviated and created their own interpretation of Islam. They revere mullahs (like the Ayatollah). They inflict injuries on themselves as a show of love and loyalty toward Ali. Can you explain why they deviated so much from the Arab Islam? Is it because of their hatred of Arabs? [/b][/quote]

I don't think it is fair to hold the entire nation guilty, or to specifically hold our visitor from Iran guilty, for something in which he/she probably didn't participate. There is a thread in the forum about three recent attacks against LGBT individuals in DC. I don't think you would enjoy being confronted in an Iranian forum about why Americans attack gays so frequently (or why our state governments suddenly seem determined to inspect vaginas). As to your second question, it deals with the difference between Shia and Sunni Islam. There are also Shia Arabs who also observe Ashura with self flagellation. The Shia/Sunni split has its origin the line of succession to Muhammad and is not a strict Arab/Persian split.

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Good response! Shiite Arabs do indeed also celebrate Ashura in this way, though some clerics have been criticizing it.  There are large Shiite populations in Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain and even some in India, where of course they are neither Persian nor Arab.[/quote]

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