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Show 140 (may God multiply the like of them l ), and the whole people of the Persian nation, be at variance with the sacred principles of Islam the laws established by His Holiness the Best of Mankind (on whom and on whose household be the Blessings of God and His or Peace! ). hereby declared that it is for the learned doctors of theology (the 'ulama)--may God prolong the blessing of their It is existence! --to determine' whether such laws as not conformable to the of are or are therefore prfnciples may be Islam; 'proposed and it is officially enacted that there shall at all times exist a Committee composed of not less than five [clergy] or other devout theologians, congizant also of the requirements of the age, (which committee shall be elected) in this manner. The [clergy] and Proofs of Islam shall present to the National Consultative Assembly the names of twenty of the [clergy] possessing the attributes men tioned above; and the Members of the National Consultative Assembly shall, either by unanimous acclamation, or by vote, designate five or more of these, according to the exigencies of the time, and recognize these as Members, so that they may carefully discuss and consider all matters proposed in the Assembly, and reject and repudiate, wholly or in part, any such proposal which is at variance with the Sacred Laws of Islam, so that it shall not obtain the title of legality. In such matters the decision of this Ecclesiastical Committee shall be followed and obeyed and this article shall continue unchanged until the appearance of His Holiness the Proof of the Age (may God hasten his glad Advent! ) (Article 2). As a result of these articles in the Constitution of Iran, the position and situation of the religious minorities dom, opportunities and security, actually remained the continued, especially same. in in in regard comparison Persecution of the regard to the Baha'is. to their to the rights, free- pre-Revolution, religious minorities For instance, during the Revolution in the city of Yazd (in central Iran) several hundred Baha'is, including women and murdered in public. children, were ruthlessly tortured, banished and |
