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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
Is Iran's Jewish community really thriving? They are considered "Dhimmies", and enjoy no civil rights. They are not allowed to build new synagogues, they are not allowed to vote. They are not allowed to speak, pray, or hold hands in public. They are outsiders and serfs, and are only allowed to exist if they accept these conditions and pay a heavy tax to the government. The penalty for disobeying any of these prohibitions is death. They are not thriving, they are merely enduring, as they always have.
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Dude, that is just ridiculous!!! I know this isnt the thread for it, and we're not supposed to speak about it, but what you just wrote here is a joke!
Having read a lot about Iran and Iraq, I can safely tell you that since the Islamic revolution and the Khomeini protection in Iran, Tehran has 11 functioning synagogues, many of them having Hebrew schools. There is a Jewish hospital, an old-age home and a cemetery. There is a Jewish representative in the Iranian parliament. There is a Jewish library with 20,000 titles. All of this for a comunity of around 25,000 in the country!
As for the last part, "always have", when did always start for you? People seem to forget that the middle east was a peaceful place for centuries until the west (English and French mainly) came and disturbed the peace. In Iraq, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived happily together for centuries.