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Zpeakerbox
The Zoroastrian Community's First
Online Youth Magazine
Welcome to Zpeakerbox! This is your portal of free expression from your mind to the eyes and ears of other Zarathushti youth all over the world. What you say matters and is well worth hearing. If you've got something on your mind, pertaining to our religion and community or not, then spill it. This is your space. Have your work published under your own name or discretely under a pen name.
We like to call this a Z-zine which is like an e-zine (electronic magazine) but a Zoroastrian online magazine. Have fun and happy writing. Welcome to the Zoroastrian community's FIRST online youth magazine.
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Jul 23, 2010 - 4:06 PM - by Jimmy
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A Case for Conservatism
By: Ervad Jimmy Doctor
I am born and raised in the United States, and embrace my Parsi culture and religion dearly. I have experienced firsthand the vast contrast between liberal Parsis and conservative Parsis as I grew up in New York, and was part of a Zoroastrian organization there for 18 years. It is perhaps one of the U.S.'s most liberal Zoroastrian communities. They of course believe they are making progress, but towards my 18 year tenure at that organization, it became clearly obvious to me that liberalism, though totally embraced, is erasing our cultural and religious identity. Sudreh-Kustis are few and far between and 'Prayer' classes focus on long courses of Persian history and very basic liberally-slanted Zoroastrian theory. The true meaning of Navroze and other holy days in the year is muddled by socializing, eating, and dancing.
Often times when discussing religion, I hear words like ‘Fascist’, ‘Racist’, etc.... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2010 - 7:45 AM - by Admin
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We're proud to add two new members to our Zpeakerbox team: Jimmy and Paakzaad will join us as our moderators on the site. If you have any questions or concerns, they will be happy to help you out.
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Young Zoroastrian priest (Ervad Desai) meets with Pope Benedict XVI
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