Posted by Hormuzd on February 8, 2007, 4:16 am, in reply to "The Zoroastrians of Iran: Conversion Assimilation, or Persistence" --Previous Message--
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It is just as well, the Zoroastrians did not mix with the resident Muslims, otherwise they would have contracted Syphilis, Gonorrhea or Aids.
It is a well known fact that the Muslims take a bath every Friday, before they attend the Friday prayers, feel themselves cleansed of all the earthly sins they committed and then start all over again, till the next Friday.
I am glad I was never there when the rains came down otherwise today I would be an infected wreck.
I thank Ahura Mazda for his powerful prayers of Yatha ahu vairio and Ashem vohu. For the Zoroastrians there must have been a constant battle between Good and Evil, and as we all know, The good won, therefore the Zoroastrians still flourish in Iran
Long live Zoroastrian Iran!!!
: by Janet Kestenberg Amighi (The
: Zoroastrians of Iran: Conversion
: Assimilation, or Persistence
:
: In Yezd and Kerman (though the early
: 20th century), Moslem pollution
: prohibitions were strictly observed
: and extended to most aspects of
: life. A Moslem would not eat out of
: a dish touched by a Zoroastrian.
: Zoroastrians were forbidden the use
: of most community facilities such as
: barber shops, bath houses, water
: fountains, and tea houses. Water and
: wetness were considered to be
: particularly strong carriers of
: pollution. Zoroastrians were not
: permitted to go to the market in the
: rain. They could not touch fruit
: when shopping in the bazaar,
: although the dry goods could be
: touched.
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