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It's never been this bad before...
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 82%. (I'm a bot)


The Sunni Friday prayer leader of the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan has urged the country's Shia clerical leaders to respect the rights of all religious minorities and to stop accusing members of Iran's persecuted Baha'i religious community with apostasy.
Molavi Abdolhamid, Iran's most prominent Sunni cleric, has repeatedly criticized the Islamic Republic's harsh response to an ongoing wave of protests demanding more freedoms and women's rights.
At least 100 protesters are facing death penalty charges or execution, according to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group.


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It's a nice sentiment, but Iran is a mostly Shiite country. The Sunni cleric is in the same boat if being a minority. >

I wonder what he says about Sunni nations suppressing their minorities… >

One step at a time. It’s hard to make everyone be nice at the same time. So you get one side to be a little nicer. Then you get the other side to be a little nicer. This way by making several small changes over time. You shed less blood because it feels like their own idea. >

The problem with tradition (on which many organized religions are huge) is that it vilifies change… you can not turn a 1200 year old boat overnight because it now suits you to publicly disagree with the other slightly-different-but-inherently-still-equally-oppressive sect.