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Baha'i
IN an act that I feel was particularly couragious a Baha'i addresses the court in a letter after being sentenced for three years in prison "due to charges of propaganda against the regime and acting against national security"...read "for being a Baha'i",
"... since I know that my conviction was solely due to my belief in the Baha’i Faith, even though this is not a crime in the eyes of the Almighty; nevertheless this is a crime worthy of punishment in your eyes, so I left my home, my distressed mother, my innocent wife and my children due to this order and entrusted myself to the hands of the law. Surely I wish to meet you in His Lofty Realm at the Court of Divine Justice. Having served my sentence because of your judgment, I leave the tears of my mother, the hardships imposed on my wife, and the deprivations of my children to God’s justice.
"I am presenting this letter to you because I know you also have beloved children and family, and that you have enjoyed your freedom to experience basic social rights. Finally, I wish you success in the correct implementation of civil law, and am hopeful that all the honorable judges of this land have cause to consider themselves fair executors of justice over this wide land, and to be worthy of divine justice. I am most thankful to you for this opportunity and for your consideration of this letter."
Respectfully,
Navid Haghighi
For the complete letter see:
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/11920/
"... since I know that my conviction was solely due to my belief in the Baha’i Faith, even though this is not a crime in the eyes of the Almighty; nevertheless this is a crime worthy of punishment in your eyes, so I left my home, my distressed mother, my innocent wife and my children due to this order and entrusted myself to the hands of the law. Surely I wish to meet you in His Lofty Realm at the Court of Divine Justice. Having served my sentence because of your judgment, I leave the tears of my mother, the hardships imposed on my wife, and the deprivations of my children to God’s justice.
"I am presenting this letter to you because I know you also have beloved children and family, and that you have enjoyed your freedom to experience basic social rights. Finally, I wish you success in the correct implementation of civil law, and am hopeful that all the honorable judges of this land have cause to consider themselves fair executors of justice over this wide land, and to be worthy of divine justice. I am most thankful to you for this opportunity and for your consideration of this letter."
Respectfully,
Navid Haghighi
For the complete letter see:
http://iranpresswatch.org/post/11920/