Forfølgelse og Undertrykkelse af Bahá'íerne i Iran

Her kommer et forsinket indlæg… Jeg vil bare kort gøre opmærksom på det systematiske forfølgelse og undertrykkelse der sker af Bahá'íerne i Iran. Siden Bahá'í troens fødsel i 1844, har de Bahá'íer som levede i Iran været forfulgt og siden revolutionen, i 1979, er over 200 Bahá'íer blevet dræbt af det Iranske præstestyre. Der har været flere FN resolutioner mod denne forfølgelse, som dog ikke har ændret på det. Blandt andet er det på nuværende tidspunkt ikke muligt for Bahá'íer, bosiddende i Iran, at få en universitetsuddannelse - da der lovgivning som gør det ulovligt for Bahá'íer at tage uddannelse på Iranske universiteter. Den 20. marts 2006 udtalte en af FNs special rapportør for menneskerettigheder, om hendes frygt for medlemmerne af Bahá'í troen forfølgelse. Jeg vil ikke sige mere end det, men hvis der er interesse for at undersøge sagen nærmere har jeg sat nogle links i bunden af siden.

FNs pressemeddelelse

Kort beskrivelse af situationen for Bahá'í i Iran

Længere redegørelse af forfølgelsen Bahá'í i Iran

Bad Service = Boycott

I promised my friend Jesper Isbo to post this, after our trip around Århus and trip to Kurger Bing. Basically we had been standing in line for about 10 min in KB and then we se that the line next to us is practically empty, so we move over (to tell the story truthfully, I forced Jesper over). As we get to the front of the new line, and are about to happily make our order, the girl standing at the register leaves. We think, "fine she will be right back", but no! 5 min later we are still standing there waiting. So at that point we do the analysis - stay in this line or get to the back of the line in our old line. Well to make this sad story short, we stayed - out of principal, I must add. I think we were in the line for about 15 more minutes, during which Isbo was constantly telling me how much he hated me and that he was going to kill me. After those aggrevating 20 min (during which I must have been in some sort of shock, since I didn't complain - loudly) we decided to change back to our old line. So after about 35 min of waiting we get our burgers. As it turns out the girl had gone for lunch without even closing her register... The ultimate outcome of this story is that I am boycotting KB. When it comes to junk food only shawarma, falafal and pizza from here on out - not even McDs can tempt me.

Playoff time again...

So here I am again, it is NBA playoff time and I am again stuck in a remote part of the world and about 8 time zones away from the action. Many of you are thinking: Denmark isn't remote, is it? Well, NBA-wise it is pretty remote. All I want to do is watch Kobe go for 50 points against the Clippers in the next round, maybe see the Pistons Team kill their opponents and who wouldn't mind watching Eva Longoria cheering for Tony Parker (and the Spurs)? Thats what I want to see. After my good ol' days in Texas, with Monday, Tuesday Thursdays on TNT, I have been able to catch about one NBA game a year. Not satisfying!

This season I been keeping up with the NBA action all year, thanks to ESPN Motion (you can see the sportscenter clips for free the next day). It has been great to at least be able to see the highlights. So yeah, Denmark when are you going to start showing the NBA games, on one of the 25 cabel channels I have in my dorm?

I guess the best news right now is that the World Cup is coming up. Even without Denmark it is going to rock!

If you are wondering who I support, all I am going to say is that my favorite player scored 81 points in four quarters...