DINI AVAZ COMMITTEE, PARSI PUKAR COMMITTEE,
DADAR JASHAN TRUST

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From:   H M Mistry <hmmistry@tec.co.in>

To:     'davier' <davier5@aol.com>; 'dolly' <dasdol@douglas.mcgiIl.ca>; 'dastoor'    <dastoor@total.net>

Cc:     'Birdy' <jalnb@earthlink.net>

Date:   Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:43 AM

Subject: Protest against inclusion of Ali Jafarey in the WZC2000 

LETTER OF PROTEST FROM
DINI AVAZ COMMITTEE
PARSI PUKAR COMMITTEE
DADAR JASHAN TRUST 

Ist February 2000

Dear Mr Davier/Ms Dastoor, 

It has come to our knowledge that the Executive Board of the World Zoroastrian Congress 2000 is actively considering the participation inter alia of Mr Ali Akbar Jafarey. 

We have also learned through unimpeachable sources that the Bombay Parsi Panchayat is also actively advocating FEZANA and the Executive Board of the World Zoroastrian Congress to invite Mr Ali Akbar Jafarey as a participant and is suggesting that Mr Jafarey be considered for an AWARD for his 'contributions' to the Zarathustrian Religion. 

We, the undernamed organisations, wish to put on record our PROTEST in the strongest terms against any such move by the Executive Committee of the WZC 2000. 

It is our considered and collective view that, if any single individual is responsible for creating tremendous damage to the tenets of our pristine pure Religion, its efficacious and time-honoured practices and the faith of those unsuspecting individuals born into it but who fall prey to this mischief, it is Mr Jafarey. His lists of misdeeds is long, disgusting and vulgar, to say the least. Though we are sure you are aware of them, some of them are given below for your information : 

1  Calling Asho Zarathushtra "not an Athravan", "not a Prophet" and "an anti-priest". 

2  Calling "Hormazd Yasht a "Forgery" 

3  Calling our consecrated "Nirang" : "Bull-piss" 

4  Branding our sacred "Hem" : "Wisdom-wasting drink" 

5  Demeaning our Sudreh-Kushti 

6  Calling our fire temples "Precincts for prostitution", his dirty, filthy, twisted mind putting forth the argument that women did not go to the fire temples during their menses because prostitution was practised by priests there.

7 Constantly pouring scorn on our sacred scriptures and prayers 

8 Wrongly translating and ridiculing our holy Vendidad and calling it "Un-Zarathushtrian'', thus misguiding the community 

9 Calling pious Dasturan Dastur Aderbad Maraspend (who was of the rank of a 'Rainidar' (Saviour) and who preserved our religion and our sacred scriptures) who underwent the trial of molten metal without his body being hurt: "Publicity Stunt and a trick" 

10 Referring to himself as a RATU (A Spiritual Leader) which title is reserved for Asho Zarathushtra 

11 Performing Navjotes of JUDDINS though he is not an ordained Mobed, being himself a Muslim 

12 Purporting to convert JUDDINS to the Zarathushtrian faith in spite of there being a clear religious injunction against it 

13 Establishing the Gatha-Alone-Cult with emphasis only on his perverted version of the Gathas and dismissing the rest of our scriptures 

In the Parsiana of October 1991, it was claimed that he obtained his Doctorate in Persian literature from Karachi. This claim has been debunked by the University of Karachi exposing yet another of his lies. 

He has spared no efforts to create a rift in the community thanks to his dangerous and perverted preachings. Thus he has only done DISSERVICE to the community and it is our considered view that he is UNWORTHY of any award, now or in future. It is our belief that Mr Jafarey must be permanently restrained from appearing at any Zarathushtrian forum or assembly. This will also prevent his perverted views gaining legitimacy and will stop the spread of disinformation to present and future generations of Zarathushtis. 

Our noble forefathers left no stone unturned to ensure the survival of the community at great personal cost. They gave the Zarathushti Religion and community a future by sacrificing their sweat and blood. Let us not dishonour their revered memories by submitting to the whims and fancies of the likes of Jafarey and his ilk. 

We hope good sense prevails and you, along with other concerned members, take appropriate action for the sake of preserving our precious Mazdayasni Zarathushti Daena. 

DINI AVAZ COMMITTEE
PARSI PUKAR COMMITTEE
DADAR JASHAN TRUST

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LINKS:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS  and Their Links 

Foreword  

Introduction & the Gist of "The Plain Reality Behind The Intricate Falsity"