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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynda wrote:
> Sort of.  Iran is a theocracy. 


While the leadership of Iran may have fundamental tendencies, Iran is 
not a fundamentalist, radical country as a whole in the way we describe 
fundamentalism these days.  Ourmanofjihad<g> is just crazy.  Iran is 
mostly Shia, the minority more 'fundamental' sect of Islam.  BUT, 
Iranian women go to college. They don't wear burqas there.  They have a 
lot of freedoms, and Iranians are pretty tolerant of others, as you 
note.  Iran is practically a western country by comparison to say, 
Pakistan or Afghanistan or Yemen or Somalia.
In my comments below, I was referring more to those type of countries 
than Iran.

Bev



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> > I thought of one other aspect that should not be forgotten here.  Our
> > form of government is just that, government.  We have separation of
> > church and state.  I'll grant you that it is a weak separation, but it
> > is there officially.  However, in countries were fundamentalist, radical
> > Muslims have taken over, there is no separation of church and state.
> > Islam is both a way of government and a faith, and there is zero
> > tolerance for dissention or other beliefs.

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