New Iranian law to require Jews to wear yellow band
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A new
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mandates the government to make sure that religious minorities, Christians,
Jews and Zoroastrians, will have to adopt distinct colour schemes to make
them identifiable in public, the Canadian National Post reported on Friday.
Jews, under the new law, will have to wear a yellow band on their exterior
in public, while Christians will be required to don red ones.
Furthermore, according to the law, the Iranian government has envisioned
that all Iranians wear "standard Islamic garments" designed to remove ethnic
and class distinctions.
The purpose for the law was to prevent Muslims from becoming najis "unclean"
by accidentally shaking the hands of non-Muslims in public.
"The new law resembles the Holocaust," said head of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center in Los Angeles, Rabbi Marvin Heir, and warned that, "Iran was nearing
Nazi Ideology."
According to Army Radio, Wiesenthal Center officials sent a letter to United
Nations Director General Kofi Annan urging him "not to ignore" the new law,
and reminded him that, "The world ignored Hitler for many years."
The new law was drafted during the presidency of Muhammad Khatami in 2004,
but was blocked. That blockage, however, has been removed under pressure
from current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
According to Ahmadinejad, reported the National Post, the new Islamic
uniforms will establish "visual equality" for Iranians as they prepare for
the return of the Hidden Imam.
The final shape of the uniforms is yet to be established but there is
consensus on a number of points.
David D. Preiss Ph.D.
Profesor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Escuela de Psicología.
Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860.
Macul, Santiago de Chile.
Chile
Teléfono: (56-2) 354-4605
Fax: (56-2) 354-4844.
Web: <http://www.uc.cl/psicologia> www.uc.cl/psicologia
Blog: http://psicologiacultural.blogspot.com/
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