From: nsohrabi@athena.mit.edu (Naghmeh Sohrabi)
Subject: Re: Az Div o Dad Maloolam
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 02:30:23 GMT


In article <ku9fgsINNc0a@spim.mips.com>, cheragh@alborz.mips.com (Mash Cheragh_A
li) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr8.232345.563@athena.mit.edu>, nsohrabi@athena.mit.edu
|> (Naghmeh Sohrabi) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> > Cheragh AghA,
|> >
|> > |> I wish I could say that Islam isn't part of Iran's culture.
|> However, that's
|> > |> not an easy claim to make.  So let's say that Islam is there.
|> >
|> > I was just wondering why you would wish to say that Islam isn't part
|> of Iran's
|> > culture?
|> >
|>
|> Naghmeh khAnoom,
|>
|> Let's just say that I don't appreciate Islam because to me it
|> represents a black veil.  And I'm not talking about that black rag
|> that's covering our beautiful women.  That's definitely not desirable.
|> However, I'm talking about that black veil that's covering our whole
|> country.  The one that doesn't let the sun through.  The one that stops
|> growth.  And that's the reason I wish I could say Islam wasn't part of
|> our culture.  I see Islam as an external element that has succeeded in
|> throwing itself on our culture and in feeding from it, without offering
|> anything for return.
|>
|> And let's say that I don't appreciate all the mourning and sadness that
|> Islam has brought to Iran.  I wish people would have real fun for a
|> change.  I wish they would stop wasting their Thursday nights (shabe
|> jom-eh) on crying for Shah Abdolazim or Hazrate Massoumeh, and their
|> Friday mornings on "Komail" prayers and more crying; and their vacations
|> on going to Mashhad and circling around Emam Reza and crying still more
|> so they can become a Mash like me :-). And I wish their biggest goal in
|> life wouldn't be visiting Mecca so they can purchase all the
|> electronics goods there and be called a Hadji upon return!  I wish they
|> would stop thinking about the best ten ways to mourn or to beat
|> themselves, and I wish they would start thinking about the best ten
|> ways to make love, to be happy, to excel.
|>
|> I guess since I'm only 42 years old (and not bald like Reza CM), I can
|> still wish as much as I want.  Haven't you heard:
|>
|>      "Arezoo bar javAnAn eib nist"
|>      (It's not wrong for the young men to have wishes)
|>
|> MCA
|>
|>
|> P.S. Testing :-)
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MCA jAn jAn keh still not kachal you,


Ever thought that the problem is not necessarily Islam?  The problem is maybe
what you're doing even right now, always wishing for something else, always
looking for something else to blame this "horrible state we are in" [whatever
that means].

Ever thought maybe there really wasn't a "black veil" over the country, rather
you and me, and others  have been wearing black sunglasses all this time?
I don't know.  Who am I to express my opinion in such matters of grave importanc
e
to fellow men, and women, of SCI?  I just find it ironic (what does one use as
the farsi equivalent in this case?) that no matter what shit people go through,they never stop wishing for some unreasonable thing to happen.

Naghmeh