With reference to the letters "Riposte to ‘acceptance’” (Readers, Forum, Parsiana, April 21, 2016), Faribourz Nariman has written about not permitting people to convert to the Zarathushti faith to which Farrokh Vajifdar has responded.
I would like to remind all who push for conversion that ‘Parsi’ today is synonymous with a caste/clan laying claim to being the sole custodians of the Zarathushti religion. As Vajifdar has stated, in ancient Iran conversions were common with many Iranian rulers intermarrying (though if we read history the rule of such kings had ended tragically).
There is a religious reason for not allowing non-Parsi Zarathushtis......