Comments on: Do My Countrymen Have a Freedom Of Faith? http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/do-my-countrymen-have-a-freedom-of-faith/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Schwartz http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/do-my-countrymen-have-a-freedom-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-16762 Schwartz Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:51 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6249#comment-16762 <a href="#comment-13970" rel="nofollow">@Turgai Sangar</a>, actually, the Baha'is aren't very wealthy overall, their professionally successful members in the West notwithstanding. Most Baha'is in the world are actually rural and quite poor. As to whether the incident is overrated or not, I don't agree, but this is a disagreement over tactics rather than strategy. The point is that there is no freedom of religion in Uzbekistan. The problem is manifested in different ways for Bahais and Muslims, but it's a common problem nonetheless. @Turgai Sangar, actually, the Baha’is aren’t very wealthy overall, their professionally successful members in the West notwithstanding. Most Baha’is in the world are actually rural and quite poor.

As to whether the incident is overrated or not, I don’t agree, but this is a disagreement over tactics rather than strategy. The point is that there is no freedom of religion in Uzbekistan. The problem is manifested in different ways for Bahais and Muslims, but it’s a common problem nonetheless.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Uzbekistan: Freedom of faith questioned http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/do-my-countrymen-have-a-freedom-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13973 Global Voices Online » Uzbekistan: Freedom of faith questioned Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:36:51 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6249#comment-13973 [...] Musa tells about the persecution of minor grouping of Bahá’í religion in Uzbekistan. Cancel this reply [...] [...] Musa tells about the persecution of minor grouping of Bahá’í religion in Uzbekistan. Cancel this reply [...]

]]> By: Turgai Sangar http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/do-my-countrymen-have-a-freedom-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13970 Turgai Sangar Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:04:04 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=6249#comment-13970 Other sources put the number of Bahá’í at 7.5 million, with by far the largest group in India, followed by Africa and indeed the Iranian diaspora (Bahá’í were protected and privileged under the Pahlavi tyranny and are based in Israël). They're also a wealthy sect. I think though that the incident is overrated especially since Bahá’ísm is marginal in Uzbekistan, and Sunni and Shiite Muslims bear the brunt of Karimov's criminal rule. Other sources put the number of Bahá’í at 7.5 million, with by far the largest group in India, followed by Africa and indeed the Iranian diaspora (Bahá’í were protected and privileged under the Pahlavi tyranny and are based in Israël). They’re also a wealthy sect.

I think though that the incident is overrated especially since Bahá’ísm is marginal in Uzbekistan, and Sunni and Shiite Muslims bear the brunt of Karimov’s criminal rule.

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