Mandaean Crisis

[DumpsterDiversX2]

As a Muslim myself, I personally would like to apologize for what Muslims do to Mandaeans in the name of Islam. These Mandaen people are of great historical importance to us Muslims and their history and legacy doesn't deserve to be forgotten. And these so-called "Muslim" marauders will and should burn in hell for their evils.

May the blessing and intercession of Prophet Yahya be with the Mandaean people. :)

[SuuziiK]

My friend is Mandaean, I learned about this religion by them. It is very interesting, I've heard that it's the oldest religion.

[ashsoccer960]

@adiostraitorobama No offence, but I heard Discordian is a parody religion, is it true?

[nashwanghazy]

@ashsoccer960

No it is not true :)

[ashsoccer960]

@nashwanghazy then, sometimes wikipedia has false information

[ashsoccer960]

@adiostraitorobama What religion are you in?

[ashsoccer960]

Why the U.S.? U.S. pose a greater threat for the Mandaeans. Canada would be the best choice

[ashsoccer960]

These Muslims are not Muslims but Zionists under the name of Islam. Islam says, "There is no compulsion in religion". Even a slightest bit of forcing someone to believe is compulsion and wholly against Islam. If Islamic rule was established, these people would have been protected under the care of the Caliph or Head of the State but Islamic rule is not there.

[ashsoccer960]

@adiostraitorobama They follow baptism as opposed to circumcision and revere John the Baptist. Interesting to see that they call John by both Yuhana, the Biblical name and Yahya, the Quranic name.

[ashsoccer960]

@adiostraitorobama They baptizing Gnostic who revere John the Baptist. Interesting to see that they call John by both Yuhana, the Biblical name and Yahya, the Quranic name.

[atoosa500]

I´ve heared that this is the oldest relegion in the world and it comes origionally from south of Iran : the city of Ahwas

[GruftieJF]

Is it right that Mandaeans are the last gnostic Group in the World? Do You see yourself as gnostic? I need an answer in this for my philosophy Exam an University (about Eric Voegelin), if you could please answer me per message, very thanks :)

(Web 2.0 rockz)

[bahroem]

@ellee92 why are you not proud to be one??

Our religion is dieing out

who ever said jesus is FALSE or EVIL?

does the Ginza say that? No, it doesn't so why are you acting like it does?

[ellee92]

im mandaean and im not proud lol ;P why do u think that Jesus is evil and false? i believe he died for our sins and he is the only way to God

[bahroem]

I'm also mandaean and im proud to be one

[purzheen]

Does anyone here know Mandaic? (Hope I spelled that right.)

[netodigo]

O que é intolerancia para voce?

[kimbo1178]

Mandaean religion magnificence

[Aramaye]

Jesus loves you all,

long live the Aramean Nation

TIHE SURYOYE Oromoye.

for a United Aram.

ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ

[utopiakilla]

Most Christians are Paul's followers, beware they are easily lead down the wrong path.

Jesus was a Devout Jew not a christian.

Uneducated masses looking to buy salvation from a TV Evangelist..

I have respect for these people and their beliefs.

One Love

[nijjhar1]

Do you understand Matt.13.v24-30 please? Tares are bundled up in Israel.

[viancullen]

hello im also mandean i am very interested in my religion but its true we dont really know much about our religion thats really sad but iam though very proud to be mandean because for me it means to be diffrent like the otherrs!!

[jeekilla4]

@viancullen hi, that's true , it's because we are only 50.000 or 500.000 (i don t remember exactly) in the world i guess

[ishtarIrak]

AMERICAS -CREMINALS COLOINZATORES ARE RESPONSABLES OF ALL THIS CRIMS ...

WITH THEIR COLLABOS (KELLABS) : ISREALO -SIONISTE NON JEWS : POUR REMPLACE THESE IRAKY -PEOPLe - MEANDAEYS BY THE ISREALO -BASTARD NON-JEWS AND IRANO-MAJOSSE NON MUSLEMANE BY FALISTY SHIITES . WHAT CHANCE FOR AMERICAS : SHE CAN LIKE THAT CONTROL THE IRAK AND STEAL ALL HIS RICHNESS..... BUT , THE IRAKY PEOPLE KNOW ALLL THESE OBJECTIFS .... SO THEY RESSISTE TO LIBERATE IRAK Yallaa Yaaaa Irakyyyyyy Yalaaa Yalaaaaaa

[swinewarrior]

well i never knew this

[tridogirl]

Mandaeans love Christians, Muslims, Jews, and all the other religions in the world because they are peaceful. And that is definetly what the world today needs.

[tridogirl]

PLZ READ :)

Mandaean people are among the greatest people ever. They built the basis of life that still stands today. They invented millions of things and generated millions of ideas, and they are the first religion to ever exist among the earth. Yet, even today, these poor people are getting persecuted becase of there beliefs.

PS Mandaeans respect Jesus. and they would never say anything bad about any other religion, even the people that hurt them ever so deeply.

[ellee92]

i'm not praod of being mandae, because u say that jesus christ is devil :O i love jesus with all my heart! how can u say that.. i cried when i heard it. Later i'm will be christian no matter what

[Astroventura]

haha excuse me what? there is nothing in the mandaian book about that. Dont just make stuff up mate. The religion is very old and is mostly about the soul and I kind of releate it alot to Buddism.

Here is the fun thing mate...Mandai has no devil what so ever ;) read the book

[ellee92]

im not making up stuff, look on the most sites in internet and u will see that the mandaens call him a false messiah and so on

[Astroventura]

That has nothing to do with the religion. Imo mendains now days dont know anything about the religion and ive tested them for it and they really dont know anything.

Belive in whatever you want to belive mate thats the best way to go dont listen to peoples opinions that dosent matter.

cheers

[galaxygirljumana]

WOW thats soo stupid i know nearly everything there is to know bout it "mate"

[Astroventura]

I dident even respond to you..how disrespective to just cut in but who cares really if you know everything about mandains they are domed anyway and the religion is not going to be here in some years cause people are dying or dont give a shit...as a mandaen myself I think its sad

[galaxygirljumana]

that is not a deffinate thing people are still giving birth to mandae kids but as you are saying that are you trying to say u also are not proud of being mandeae

[TilGabrielCalls]

i think thats a terrible thing for you to say - "they are doomed anyway". if you yourself as a mandaean speak like this, how do we expect hope for the people to go on? even one contribution such as yours will move mandaeans forward.

i hope mandaeans and people who want to help them can join groups such as the MHRG mentioned in the video, 'the new generation' on facebook, mandaean crisis international (MCI) and others to discuss possibilities and sooner rather than later, take action

[yorubablk3]

lol..u wouldn't know 'Jesus' if he was standing on your foot!..& no,i'm not Mandaean...i just find people who believe things without proof and then condemn others who believe differently very funny!!

[qimotho]

Shlomo, I am a suryoyo and I know that mandeans speak a variety of aramaic too, a very pure kind of aramaic (hebraisms , arabisms and hellenisms or persian origin infuence words are rare in mandaic).

This is the diversity of the aramaic speaking people all that variety must survive, christians or mandeans.

God bless them all, syriacs, assyrians , chaldean or mandeans they keep safe and alive a real treasury.

[funnyvalentine1983]

I am an American-Swedish Catholic Christian, and I am extremely sorry for the war we have started in your country...and for all of the chaos and pain it has caused you. May God forgive us and protect you. You are a very beautiful people with a rich history. I will pray for you. God save Iraq. God save the Mandaeans!

[hishamm76]

a minor group who prohibits carrying a weapon deserves full protection by majority, may god save them as an example to whole mankind forever.

[khalidegy2008]

god save the old religions of iraq

[911iraqlie]

God bless Mandaean People

[mandaeangirl]

iam mandaean and i love my people very much!

[Oranjee1089]

I am originally from Iraq..from an Islamic background, but I have no religion, and I hope your people survive the ordeal that you have been through, god bless you all

[mandaeangirl]

thank you oranjee

[Aramean1]

I have read that the Mandaeans revere Adam, Abel, Seth, Enosh, Noah, Shem, Aram, and especially John the Baptist. And their language is Mandaic, that's a member of the Aramaic family of dialects. The Arameans are the sons of Aram, son of Shem and speak the Aramaic language.

[uUnoperlaa]

I'm mandaean and I'm proud to be one :)

[Aramean1]

I am a Christian Aramean (Syriac-orthodox) and are the original inhabitants of Mesopotamia and have made a great contribution to the world civilisations, especially through their language -- the Aramaic- also spoken by Jesus Christ, Abraham, John the Baptist, which is still in use by various Aramean denominations throughout the world and are a people with a glorious history, but they are now in danger of being forgotten. My question is of the Mandeans are actually familiar with the Arameans?

[ashsoccer960]

@uUnoperlaa Hello, never met a Mandean before. I learned that you revere Adam, Abel, Seth, Enosh, Noah, Shem, Aram and especially John the Baptist although consider Jesus to be false Messiah, but do you recognise Hood as a descendant of Aram? Is John the Baptist's actual name Yahya Yuhana and do you recognise Zechariah or Zakariah, John's father, as a prophet?

[buyorseel]

Its not all muslims that are not good but its ther religius leaders that turn ther religin to extrem,infact any religin that would be driven to extrime by its lider the pepole will translat it ther way.i dont want to say much but whay cant we just live along in peace if it was up to me i would take all realigions and ther extrimist and flash them in to the toilet(exuse my languige)for peace and harmony i would do that,we Mandaeans did sufer and are still sufering for thosens of years.

[1sensiblesolution]

Muslims are the worst assholes. I see them all the time working at my local mall. They cover their heads and show their breasts. And they always ask you one thing..."are you a muslim?" What if I'm not bitch?

LONG LIVE THE MANDAEANS!

[MandaeanCrisis]

Muslims themselves are often victims of oppression, for example in Uzbekistan. I live in a predominantly Muslim country surrounded by many Muslims who are the most decent people one could hope to meet. The purpose in making the video was to draw attention to a group whose suffering is not widely known.

[1sensiblesolution]

muslims are stupid

[MandaeanCrisis]

Hatred will not solve anything.

[vasterastjej]

you're NOT Manaeans because I know Mandeans/Sabi2a Iraqis, are the noblest people ever and Ive never never seen a Mandaean being hatred, I swear in God who created us all even criminality in Manaean population has always been 0%, YOU ARE NOT Mandean, you are just trying to spread hate

[1sensiblesolution]

Who cares what you think vasterastj? If I'm not mandaean, why would i come to this page. and tell me genius, if i am not mandaean and I hate muslims, then what am I. Hatred will not solve anything...but I think in this time of the world, this is too late to say....the damage has already been done...so change your mindset.

[BaghdadSon78]

Can you stop showing your hate here! Im Subi and I ask you to stop the hate right now! its haram to show or have hate in our religion, the girl vasterastjej is telling the troth about us, and she asked you to stop the hate because the Iraqi muslims are anyhow ones of the best muslims Ive seen around the world believe me you will not see more noble ppl as the Iraqi ppl dosnt matter religion they are good hearted we need peace,stop the hate please!

[ashsoccer960]

@1sensiblesolution You can't just generalize the whole community with just some people. If the Nazi killed 6000 Jews, should the Jews say all Christians are the worst assholes?

[1sensiblesolution]

@ashsoccer960 yes.

[zbvvc]

@1sensiblesolution tell me what is it that you dont like about muslims or islam?

[buyorseel]

as a Mandaean my self who is bin living from a contry to contry without a familie for 17 years i must thank you very very much for doing this for this smal minority group that is facing instingtion very fast and the world and the peapole who cosed this proplem is not doing any thing about it,agine thank you for your work John.

[Darkaila7]

I think Mandeaans is the only religious group which doesn't accept any converts. The opposite of Islam

[1sensiblesolution]

additionally, both your parents must be Mandaean to be born one.

And for the record I hate muslims

[yorubablk3]

I don't think Zoroastrians except converts either.

[unoperla]

yes, very proud to be Mandaen

[1sensiblesolution]

me too

[y91h]

you is a proud mandaean just like me.

power to all them

[samalmendoy]

Proud your self you are mandaean

do not care to what all others say thank to god I am mandaean

[MandaeanCrisis]

If you are speaking to Mandaeans generally, I certainly agree. But if you are speaking to me in particular, I must tell you that I am not Mandaean. My name is John Bolender, and I teach philosophy in a university in Turkey. I approach this as a human rights issue, not specifically a religious one.

[teonanacatl]

We need to brain storm to draw more attention to this video and the Mandaeans. I've sent the video out, as well as other posts, to several hundreds of people, not much response yet.

Not sure what direction to approach, but don't give up.

You might also consider talking about the Mandaeans - like a documentary.

Send me a note if you do anything new and I"ll send it out for you again.

[zng685]

thank you for this nice video

[MandaeanCrisis]

You are certainly welcome.

[mjay22]

MandeanCrisis - I'm just wondering, if a Mandean decides to get him or herself circumcised, would he or she still be accepted as a Mandean? What's the Mandaeism ruling on this?

[MandaeanCrisis]

I recommend that you try answering religious questions by looking into the relevant literature: books by Jorunn Buckley, Elizabeth Drower, Edmondo Lupieri. Good luck.

[zng685]

if he do it he will not be accepted as a mandaean animore

[Astroventura]

Mandaian religion does not accept circumsision no and no tattoos either.

I think it was that you dont ruin the body that Mari (The light which we came from or God in other translation, its not a person) gave you and just live with the body you have.