Sorry about that, I had misread, I thought you had said “eight years”, not “eighty years”, my bad.

As to the Baha’is in Iraq, I only meant that in the long-run, they’re probably better off in the post-Saddam era, which seems, at least on the surface and in theory, to be operating under a framework of democracy and liberty. Of course, in practice, there is a long way to go, mostly because of the vile suicide bombers and other criminals trying to destroy Iraqi society, but as soon as this smoke clears (and I hope it’s very soon) I think our Baha’i brothers in Iraq can look forward to being respected, so that they can serve the Cause we all love so much.

But as I said, only time will tell and we can only hope for the best.

By the way, I should have mentioned this before, but thank you very much for writing this article. It is quite enlightening.

thanx for your responses , i always say the problem is not in the religion but in the people who misunderstand the words and why these words where there and in what time ?and they try to force there hatred and fear any one who seems different

as for some of my article uncorrected translations ,please forgive me i had to use Google to translate the legal parts and Google not always accurate

as for the part where i say the situation was better 80 years ago ,well Saddam was only in power for 28 years ,if you add the years of other bath leaders ,it will be 35 years ,that mean i was not talking about Saddam days i was talking about all the time of Iraqi state

my personal view is iraq had seen his worse times after 2003 ,but that doesn’t mean that the death of our Kurdish brothers in the massacres in his times are not one of the darkest times of iraq history ,but i mean that in general condition of the state and for minorities ,

the last few years in iraq are very bad time ,saddam destroy people ,and today we see them destroying people and history and civilization ,it tear your heart to see your country like this

as for Bahi they lived under saddam days under oppression of being recognize as religion and had no rights ,today they still not recognize and had no rights and more than this they fear opening there mouthes to complain in fear of being displace ,kidnapped ,killed and thrown in the streets,the same thing happen to the others minorities in iraq after 2003 ,so is this good compare to saddam? ,it is like comparing lethal injection with the electric chair ,one death is worse than the other ,

Further should ones opinion on ANY philosophical question be on an official form. Should belief in String Theory be on a form?

In my opinion, absolutely not. There was basically no liberty whatsoever under Saddam, including for Baha’is, although admittedly, they were probably better off in Iraq than in Iran.

I agree with the article that the Baha’is in Iraq still face many hardships, but to my knowledge, compared to life under Saddam’s sadistic crime family, there is a night and day difference. It would seem that the Baha’is are better off under the Maliki/Talabani leadership.

But only time will tell.

I think you meant Jewish instead of “Israelis”. You don’t have to be Jewish to be Israeli. I don’t think anyone identified as Israeli in 1936.