Re: WORLD WAR II and JEWS

Afshin Azhari (azhari@cycds1.nscl.msu.edu)
Fri, Feb 10 1995 22:51:41 GMT

In article <1995Feb10.025154.27138@cs.cornell.edu>, 3av2@qlink.queensu.ca (Virk Audil) writes:
|> I have a question(s) relating to the Bahai law which does not allow for
|> self defense in the face of religious persecution.
|>
|> When Adolf Hitler was killing Jews, should they have sat back and been
|> killed ?
|> Or should they have fought against Hitler to the best of their abillity
|> and stop him from comitting such atrocities against innocent people ?
|> Jews were only being killed off because they were Jews, followers of the
|> religion Judaism, a religious belief.
|>
|> Do you now understand why I believe the Islamic law is much wiser ?

As a Persian Bahai who escaped death at the hands of the Moslems in
Iran I do not see any wisdom in Islamic laws as they are being applied.
I was one of the lucky ones who managed to get out, thousands did not.

|> It makes so much sense to be able to fight back against an oppressor when
|> he reaches extremes such as killing due to religious belief.
|> Then justice demands punishment. Doesn't it ?

What punishment would you decree for the above persecutions?

|> It is so incredibly wrong to think that it is wrong to fight in the face of
|> religious persecution. Sometimes a person has to fight, not to kill off
|> other people, but to protect innocent people from being killed.

There are many ways of protecting oneself and killing does not have
to be one.

|> This teaching is so wrong that the whole world fought against Hitler and
|> proved the Islamic teaching as correct.
|> Even Christians who believe in the Bahai teaching (ie. if slapped on one
|> cheek, turn the other) gave up this teaching and fought against the
|> Nazis and in effect when the time arose the Christians took on the Islamic
|> teaching.

Well I wonder where the world was when Islamic teachings told the
Iranian government to murder Bahai's

|>
|> Thanks
|> Audil Virk (my opinions only)
|>

I am very happy to see your posts since they bring up questions that
I would like to see answered also, but in this instance my personal
hardships got the best of me and I had to speak up.

Thanks,
Afshin Azhari
azhari@cycds1.nscl.msu.edu