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_ MEMBERS OF: the. North |
Shore's largely Muslim Iranian
community are getting. set to

celebrate Christmas this season..

“By Colin Thomas
Contributing Weiter.
According to Kaywan Dashti who -

edits The franian,\ a local Persian _,
newspaper, the ‘Iranian community ...

‘views Christmas as “a happy celebra- :

tion and not as a religious holiday.” .

There are approximately: 20,000 *
Tranian immigrants on ithe North
- Shore.

Dashti says © in “fran it is not
uncommon to see the image of Santa ‘;’

* Claus, . though “the * current . ‘govemn-"
ment is tying to discourage people’
' there from celebrating Christmas.”
_’»" Christmas decorations can be seen’.
hanging from Iranian ‘storefront win- +:
dows along: Lonsdale Avenue ‘and.

Marine Drive. Dashti says it is ‘a sign

of Tespect to Itanian families buy

picture of Santa.” :
..Dashti: says Iranians living: in
Canada simply want.to * ‘share in the

a happiness 0 of their ir neighbors,”

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stmas

He says people from, tran need an .

“outlet to be happy and joyous, since

the’ fundamentalist’ regime -came to -
power more than 15. years ago. and.
Oppressed’ People’ s freedom . of.’

“that we are a happy,. fun-loving peo-
~ pie. Their intention is not,to pray. or
do something , for: Jesus; but, since
their. environment is celebrating they
“get caught up in it," he y’

: fran’s national holiday is the. new
year's celebration of spring on March
21 called Nooruz.: How Iranians’ rec-'
“ognize Nooruz differs according to

- their religiciis'and political beliefs

on Marine Drive and says he plans on
‘putting up Christmas decorations this

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