Iranian civil society and Persian Jews
Michael Harvey wrote to recommend an article from the Christian Science Monitor which examines cleavages in Iran that separate Jews there from Muslims, but also the ties that bind people to the country.It's a great opportunity, as Michael suggests, to examine not only the concept of cleavages, but also political integration, nationalism, and legitimacy. A review of important ideas and some basics about Iran.
In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space
"Enmity runs deep between arch-foes Iran and Israel. And that confrontation complicates the lives of Iranian Jews, who make up the largest community of Jews in the Middle East outside the Jewish state.
"Iran's Jews are buffeted by inflammatory rhetoric from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about 'wiping Israel off the map' and denying the Holocaust, and a politically charged environment that often equates all Jews with Israel and routinely witnesses the burning of the 'enemy' flag.
"But despite what appears to be a dwindling minority under constant threat of persecution, Iranian Jews say they live in relative freedom in the Islamic Republic, remain loyal to the land of their birth, and are striving to separate politics from religion..."
See also
- Brief History of Iranian Jews
- Iran's proud but discreet Jews
- Iran's Jews learn to live with Ahmadinejad
- Iranian Jews Reject Outside Calls To Leave
- IRAN: Life of Jews Living in Iran
- Iran's Jews struggle in the shadow of Holocaust denials
- Trial puts spotlight on Iran's Jews
- Arrests hang over Iran's small Jewish community
Labels: civil society, concepts, Iran
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:16 AM
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