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Irans Murderous Course
By Robert SpencerIf setting fire to embassies of countries that insult the Prophet aims to show that these countries no longer have any place in Islamic countries then this act is permissible. So says Ayatollah Dorri Najaf-Abadi, the Chief State Prosecutor of Iran, in ruling in favor of burning down the embassies of countries in which newspapers print the notorious Muhammad cartoons. It is not surprising that the regime that triggered the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979 would deny the sanctity of embassies, but the Ayatollahs words here fit into a larger pattern in Iran. According to the dissident Iranian publication Rooz, as reported by the Middle East Media Research Institute, Shiite clerics in the religious center of Qom have endorsed the use of nuclear weapons as well: Mohsen Gharavian, a disciple of [Ayatollah] Mesbah Yazdi [who is Iranian President Ahmadinejads spiritual mentor], has spoken for the first time of using nuclear weapons as a counter-measure. He stated that in terms of the sharia, it all depends on the goal. ... In terms of the sharia, it all depends on the goal -- and that goal for the Iranian regime and the global jihad movement is to be ruthless to the unbelievers and to fight against non-Muslims until they pay the Jizya [the non-Muslim poll tax] with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued (Quran 9:29) under the hegemony of Islamic law. Anything that may advance that goal -- nuclear weapons, burning embassies -- is permitted. If Paradise is guaranteed to those who slay and are slain for Allah (Quran 9:111), there is no downside to a nuclear attack on Israel or even on American troops in Iraq, even if it draws a crushing retaliation. Rest at link. Posted by: ed 2006-03-02 |
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