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So it is true, that history repeats itself…the first time as tragedy, the second time in Farsi.

Not that there’s anything even remotely amusing about Iran’s new initiative. It merely confirms the suspicion of some that we’ve found ourselves in the 1930’s all over again.

“So it is true, that history repeats itself…the first time as tragedy, the second time in Farsi.”

Great line on an unfunny subject.

There are conflicting reports on it’s truth

http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=1200 (ht: Jeff Goldstein)

I’m not sure which to hope for–that we spend another couple years arguing over whether or not Iran really threatens a nuclear holocaust, or get confirmation.

Did that come out clear? I meant that if this is true, there’s no more plausible deniability and we can no longer dither over the extent of the threat.

Why should anyone be suprised? This regulation is simply a modern reincarnation of rules of Dhimmitude which existed in the Muslim world for centuries. For example Bat Ye’or remarks in an article published in The Myth of Islamic Tolerance (Robert Spencer, Ed.), that:
…The dhimmis were obliged:
to live separated from Muslims
to have shorter houses than those of Muslims
…to distinguish themselves from Muslims
by their exterior aspect; to wear clothes
distinguished not only by shape (length,
style of sleeves, etc.) but by specific
colors assigned to each group of
dhimmis, i.e., for Jews, Christians and
Samaritians,/i>…..

Hey, Roger…James Taranto of WSJ Opinion Journal scored a two-fer on us this afternoon. He stole your line…and mine!

You’ll need to scroll down a bit:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110008402#wing

This story may only be partly true. Your readers might be interested in these two updates on my site.

RBT

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Update III:

Kenneth Timmerman just posted these updates to his original post:

UPI reported from Tehran that the Majles passed the law this week.”This law recalls the Holocaust immediately to mind when Jews were forced to wear distinctive yellow Stars of David on their clothes,” said American Jewish Congress Executive Director Neil Goldstein.

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Sam Kermanian, of the Iranian Jewish Federation in Los Angeles, urged Jewish activists to caution in a mass email today. “So far the two reports we managed to obtain from our own independent sources from inside the country suggest that the original reports are false,” he wrote. “Both Mr. Morris Motamed the Jewish member of the Iranian Parliament and Mr Parviz Yeshaya the former head of the community have strongly denied the reports.”

Stay tuned….

Note: Mr. Kermanian has acknowledged to FDI that he currently does business in Tehran, but says that he has received a “waiver” from the Treasury Department to sanction his commercial activities.

http://www.iran.org

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Dr. Zin is on this story and will updating shortly

RBT just got off the phone with Dr. Zin of Regime Change Iran who was about to board a plane to return home from DC. He said he will be posting further on this story when he gets back home.

Dr. Zin said he first learned of this in 2004. Dr. Zin’ sources have said until recently this has been in the context of a discussion on an Islamic appropriate dress code. The last he heard was it was’t in writing but was making it’s way through the lower levels of what serves as the Irainian legislative process. [ed note: A stacked deck :--)]

Dr. Zin said the President Ahmadinejad is in support of this dress code. Dr. Zin doesn’t know if there is enough agreement to pass and implement it.

Stay tuned as Kenneth Timmerman said . . .

RBT

Update IV:

The Great One Allahpundit himself is on this over at Hotair.com and is posting regular updates as they come in.

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