HERITAGE
LOS ANGELES, CA.
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Bahais must be saved
o A people that has survived the Holocaust mu t
before ver rñ:ndful of attacks upc It others for thezr
special beliefs. Elie Wiesel chãirrnJn of the.U.S..
f-folocàust Memorial Council Eends us this poig
nant appeal:. ‘.. .-• .,
The world has heard disturbing news— rnernbeñ of
the Bahai religious group iii Iran have been impris-
ioned and executed because of their religious beliefs..
Professing the Bahai faith in Iran is enough to. be
imprisoned and kiwed.TOnce gaiñ religious, hatred
has taken a terrible toll
We must protest this outrage with all our power. We
hail the fact that President Rtagan and other govern-
mental authorities have raised their voices in protest
sofar,to no avail. ‘• , :,. ,
I am' particularly troubled that echoes of' the Nazi
cruelties are again being heard in our world. ,
It is especially distressing that this occurs in a land
ruled by represeptatives of one ‘of the world's ‘great'
religions — Islam . —
Believers in the God of 211 men should spread i :
passionç not persecution; understanding; not
All governments and private citizens shóud t
stand idly by while people are ‘ xec uted for ligio iis
beliefs ,. - ...
Perhaps the Human Rights Commission. of the'Un
ited Nations should look into this matter,, and peap
‘an international conference should be called deal with
the qtiestion. , .‘ . ‘• •‘ ,. - .
We all vowed after the Nazi outrag&s — Nei er
Again Now is the time to act on that vow.
- ‘E1.te Wie e1
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