Ariana; history of Iranian, Iranic, Persian and Persianate civilization.

Darius A. Kamali ·1h ·

I've written for years that Iranian civilization, with figures like Zoroaster, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Mani, Razi, Avicenna, Omar Khayyam, Farabi, Tusi, Khwarizmi , Saadi, Ferdowsi, et al --is a founding member of Western Civilization.

But when I say Western Civilization, I'm taking about the values of secular, liberal-democratic enlightenment--not the snake-handling anti-Christ(ian) evangelical yokels, neo-Nazi thugs, or Kardashianized degenerate ho's.

--A. Darius Kamali