The Iranian demands to protect religious minorities from Houthi terrorism. What did they do?
In response to incitement by the leader of the Houthi terrorist militia, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, against religious minorities in Yemen, foremost among them the “Baha’i community”, Muammar al-Iryani warned Yemen against Houthi incitement campaigns against religious minorities in the country, “declaring them infidels and trying to create strife among the components of peaceful Yemeni society”.
In a series of tweets, Yemeni Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani said: “The militia leader’s incitement of the Baha’i community in Yemen confirms that militias, under Iranian guidance, are continuing their policy of systematically targeting those communities and persecuting their followers for their beliefs.”
“Religious minorities, including the Baha’is, have been systematically targeted and terrorized by Houthi militias since their coup,” al-Eryani said. “The violations ranged from raiding homes, terrorizing families, kidnapping, detention on trumped-up charges, disappearances, psychological and physical torture, forced exile, being subjected to illegal trials, looting their property and storming and confiscating their headquarters.”
Al-Eryani warned against attempts by Houthi terrorist militias to publicly incite their members to sow discord among the components of Yemeni society, including the Baha’is, “who have lived in harmony and brotherhood for centuries”.
Al-Eryani called on the international community and the United Nations to pressure al-Houthi militias to stop their racist practices against religious minorities, and to stop all forms of persecution and harassment against people based on their beliefs, as they are a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions, foremost among them the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The leader of the Houthi militias had addressed his followers on Friday, inciting against religious minorities in the country and threatening to escalate the military escalation. He denied the existence of a truce that requires his militia to stop military operations.
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“The U.S. Center for Justice, in an end-2022 report, revealed hundreds of violations of religious freedoms and minorities in Yemen by Houthi militias who persecuted the Jewish minority, subjecting them to several crimes and abuses including kidnapping, forced displacement, looting of real estate and movable property, and the closure of religious schools.”
According to the report; The Houthi militias have abducted 10 members of the Jewish minority, closed two Jewish schools, forcibly displaced 64, and looted their property, leaving only six in Yemen, and abducted and tortured six members of the Christian minority, who have been subjected to other abuses, including seven killings by al-Qaeda and ISIS, and two cases of storming, destroying, and burning of churches.
Last December, the U.S. State Department designated the Houthi militias as groups that violate, in particular, religious rights and tolerance; Along with a number of organizations in the Arab region and Africa, such as Jabhat al-Nusra, Boko Haram, and ISIS, the United States has already spoken of the Houthi militias’ harsh treatment of religious minorities.
Since its rise, Houthi militias have posed a threat to freedom of religion and to different sects and minorities, according to various reports and accounts;” “The militias began pursuing and expelling the Jewish minority in the militia’s stronghold of Saada Governorate for more than 15 years, seizing their property, even though the minority was found only in a small village and in limited numbers.
