08-04-2008, 07:42 AM
You'd think this would get more response. Maybe it just speaks for itself. My Iranian friend showed me this video. He didn't convert to Zoroastrianism but left Shi'a Islam and all religion altogether. There are suburbs near Karaj (a city just west of Tehran) where the wealthy live that look just like East Grand Rapids where Sharia law doesn't apply. Pretty much in Iran if you're rich enough you can buy your freedom. My friend said you can do anything you want in these neighborhoods.
You have to remember that Islam is a foreign religion to Iran. It was imposed by the 1979 revolution, and is a marker of arab culture, not persian. For thousands of years most of Iran was Zoroastrian (a monotheistic religion as old as, if not older, than Judaism). Interest in the pre-Islamic Persia is growing among the younger generations.
You have to remember that Islam is a foreign religion to Iran. It was imposed by the 1979 revolution, and is a marker of arab culture, not persian. For thousands of years most of Iran was Zoroastrian (a monotheistic religion as old as, if not older, than Judaism). Interest in the pre-Islamic Persia is growing among the younger generations.