Editor:

As a member of the Zarathoshti Faith (called Zoroastrian in the West), I wish to point out that we do not have any connection with these perverts in question. Smoking of cannabis or even tobacco is a severe no-no in our faith.

We are an ancient faith with only 70,000 adherents (mainly concentrated in Mumbai, India) and request your help to prevent any misunderstanding about our faith. By the way, our prophet Zarathushtra was born in 7100 B.C., and his writings (the Gathas ) as per language studies have been dated prior to the Vedas.

Nader Patel

Mumbai, Maharshtra, India