“…And Now They Hang Women” (The New York Times – 7/10/1983)

          
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          Copyrigkt©198 3 The New York Times
          Section 4
          Sunday, July 10, 1983
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          . . AND NOW THEY
          • HANG WOMEN
          On June 18th the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged ten
          women, three of them teen-age girls. Their “crime” was
          refusal to recant their faith.
          They were Bahá'Is and as Bahá'fs believed In:
          • The unity of mankind
          • The unity of all religions
          • The equality of all races
          • The equality of men and women
          • Universal education
          • Universal peace
          • The harmony of science and religion
          Iran's mullahs threaten to destroy the entire Bahá'I community.
          The judge who condemned the women to death, and recently sent
          seven Bahá'I men to the gallows, warned: “The Islamic nation
          will, God willing, fulfill the prayer mentioned in the Koran,
          ‘Lord, leave not one single family of infidels on earth.'
          The President of the United States appealed to the Ayatollah
          Khomeini to stop the killings, and the Congress in a concurrent
          resolution has condemned the persecution.
          Only the concerted pressure of world public opinion can avert a
          tragedy of appalling proportions: genocide.
          We invite Americans of all races and creeds to express sUpport of
          Presidential and Congressional appeals to end these killings. The
          people of the United States should be in the forefront of world
          demands that the barbarous persecution of a peaceful Inmunity
          cease.
          For the ,Bahá'is Of America
          NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'!S
          OF THE UNITED STATES
          536 Sheridan Road
          • Wilmette, Illinoi, 60091
          (312)869-9039