Silence Of The Lotus
India should use its new bonhomie with Iran to crusade for
the Baha'is
By Prem Shankar Jha
Laws can, perhaps even should, be judged not by what they decree but by the
effect they are intended to have on society. The proposed revision of the
Islamic penal code in Iran is clearly intended to stop religious conversions by
means of extreme deterrence. That such a bill should be contemplated three
decades after the revolution reflects how severely the theocrats, the ultimate
guardians of the Islamic state, consider themselves to be under siege. But even
after allowing for that, the bill goes too far, for it violates human freedom in
the most fundamental way possible.
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