FOREWORD

 

Dear reader: 

Ushta! 

I have, in my writings and postings over the last 37 years, never attacked any religion or person. I have risen in self defense and that too after several obnoxious attacks. Yet I have been systematically under personal attacks for the last 17 years. The attacks are made under the pretext of defending Traditional Zoroastrianism. They are marked by false allegations. The attacks have their fluctuations. They rise as soon as there is a special occasion -- FEZANA elections, congress, conference or seminar. They drop, even disappear, when the occasion ends to the satisfaction of the "leaders" who want to perpetuate their "lead" over the simple laity. Various tactics are used -- uproar, rumor-mongering, threats of boycott, withholding of helping hands, delays through postponement of deciding meetings.  

The advent of the Word Zoroastrian Congress to be held in Houston made the attacks rise, drop and rise with changing tactics. The reason: The attackers -- all the self-styled Traditionalists at the control of the Congress -- expected or suspected that I would be one of the key speakers on the occasion. They rushed with their now several-year old repetitive allegations to bar me. It started a reaction they had never anticipated. The trouble started by them began to badly trouble them in return. Since then the events have made the attacks rise, drop and rise. 

That is why you see that the campaign has re-appeared in shape of what appears to be "Protest Letters" by individuals with or without their family members. A new tactic. They are being regularly "forwarded" as e-mails by certain persons, one a Member of the Executive Board of the Congress. That shows only one side of the problem – the Allegations. And this tactic is not only misleading the laity but some of the elite. 

This has made me to think of presenting both sides of the coin – Allegations and Facts – on my Internet Site. The Title is: The Plain Reality Behind The Intricate Falsity. You may click to read all the accusations made and the rumors spread and then click to see the facts as they were and are. It is all at your fingers to figure out the TRUTH.  

Ushta! 

Ali A. Jafarey 

1 Tir 3738 ZRE
22 August 2000 CE

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LINKS:

TABLE OF CONTENTS  and Their Links 

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

  Analysis of the 26-page "Global Protest"