Today, a great many Iranian opposition blogs and websites trumpet the secular nationalist ideology as the flag of opposition to the current Islamist government of Iran. The pre-historic glory of Persepolis is the other component to the complex Persian/Islamic binary of modern Iran.
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Shortcomings of extremist secular nationalism
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Extremist Image Masks Iranians' Many Faiths
Extremist Image Masks Iranians' Many Faiths 1)
Some Religious Minorities See Increase in Harassment
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, June 18, 2006; Page A16
YAZD, Iran -- The legend describes one cloud of dust chasing another across the... -
Extremist Image Masks Iranians' Many Faiths (Zoroastrianism)
YAZD, Iran -- The legend describes one cloud of dust chasing another across the epic desert landscape. Arab horsemen were gaining on the Iranian princess, it is said, when she reached the looming cliffs, slipped into a seam in the rock and disappeared forever.
As told by followers of...
