Sacha Baron Cohen & other Iranian Jews
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It is not a sight you would expect in a revolutionary Islamic state, but there are synagogues dotted all over Iran where Jews discreetly practise their religion.
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He says the father of Iran's revolution, Imam Khomeini, recognised Jews as a religious minority that should be protected.
As a result Jews have one representative in the Iranian parliament.
"Imam Khomeini made a distinction between Jews and Zionists and he supported us," says Mr Hammami.
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Most of the patients and staff are Muslim these days, but director Ciamak Morsathegh is Jewish.
"Anti-Semitism is not an eastern phenomenon, it's not an Islamic or Iranian phenomenon - anti-Semitism is a European phenomenon," he says, arguing that Jews in Iran even in their worst days never suffered as much as they did in Europe.
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In between chopping up meat, butcher Hersel Gabriel tells me how he expected problems when he came back from Israel, but in fact the immigration officer didn't say anything to him.
"Whatever they say abroad is lies - we are comfortable in Iran - if you're not political and don't bother them then they won't bother you," he explains.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
Jagshemash
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He says the father of Iran's revolution, Imam Khomeini, recognised Jews as a religious minority that should be protected.
As a result Jews have one representative in the Iranian parliament.
"Imam Khomeini made a distinction between Jews and Zionists and he supported us," says Mr Hammami.
.....
Most of the patients and staff are Muslim these days, but director Ciamak Morsathegh is Jewish.
"Anti-Semitism is not an eastern phenomenon, it's not an Islamic or Iranian phenomenon - anti-Semitism is a European phenomenon," he says, arguing that Jews in Iran even in their worst days never suffered as much as they did in Europe.
......
In between chopping up meat, butcher Hersel Gabriel tells me how he expected problems when he came back from Israel, but in fact the immigration officer didn't say anything to him.
"Whatever they say abroad is lies - we are comfortable in Iran - if you're not political and don't bother them then they won't bother you," he explains.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm
Jagshemash
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6069136.stm
But he said it "in no way means that President Putin welcomes rape".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Katsav