Iran may force non-Muslims to wear badges

The Islamic Republic of Iran is evil.

From Canada's National Post:

Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.

"This is reminiscent of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis."

Godwin's Law absolutely does not apply here.

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Mr. Behroozian (an Iranian-exile living in Toronto) said it will make life even more difficult for Iran's small pockets of Jewish, Christian and other religious minorities -- the country is overwhelmingly Shi'ite Muslim. "They have all been persecuted for a while, but these new dress rules are going to make things worse for them," he said.

The new law was drafted two years ago, but was stuck in the Iranian parliament until recently when it was revived at the behest of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Taliban tried something similar with its small Hindu population before they were overthrown.

UPDATE 11:05PM CDT: A couple of media reports are claiming this story isn't true. AFP tracked down Iran's only Jewish member of parliament who is vehemently denying the National Post report.

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