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varun

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Tue Jul-19-05 10:44 AM
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Zoroastrians search for their roots

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4675343.stm

...The Parsis' collective memory of Iran may have faded after 12 centuries of integration with the Indian mainstream, but Mr Mistree says there is a "genetic memory one has about Iran and ancient Zoroastrian history"...

...Zoroastrian Iranians came to India 12 centuries ago to avoid Islamic persecution.

They settled in the western state of Gujarat.

Today the majority of the 69,000-strong community lives in Mumbai in the neighbouring state of Maharashtra...

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Jul-19-05 10:49 AM
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1. The Illuminati are Zoroastrians

I got it on double-plus-good super duper background from a White House official. His last quote to me was "Ooops, I've said too much".

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