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| Iran's Jews - Iran |
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May 2007
The fiercely Islamic Republic of Iran, is
perhaps the last place you would expect to
find a large Jewish community. But despite
political use of anti-semitic, anti-Israeli
slogans, Iran's Jews appear remarkably free.
"Anti-semitism has never been the general
policy of the Iranian government" explains
Maurice Mottamed, the country's sole Jewish
MP. There are of course "glaring differences"
in treatment between the majority Muslim
population and religious minorities. But
remarkably most of the time Iranian Jews are
"comfortably doing everything they want to do
here. We can perform all our religious
celebrations." This is an image very much at
odds with fashionable Western opinion.
Tags : journeyman pictures islamic republic iran jewish community political anti-israeli anti-semic government muslim |
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