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| President denounces 'Secularism' and 'Liberalism' On Campus | |
| 2006-09-05 | |
| Tehran, 5 Sept. (AKI) - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday "there is a need to cleanse the country's universities from secularism and liberalism," remarks which could signal a purge of academics opposed to the government's hardline policies. Ahmadinejad, addressing a group of students in Tehran, said that for "150 years" Iran's education system "has been dominated by secular thinking leading to a loss of our Islamic identity." "The time has come for students not to limit themselves to protesting against thier secular and liberal professors but to shout their outrage at the top of their voices," Ahmadinejad said. Students committed to "isolating" such secular and liberal thoughts would receive the government's "full support," Ahmadinejad said.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Keep pushin fuznuts. They'll push back sooner or later. |
| Posted by: Gleager Snurong5374 2006-09-05 22:32 |
| #3 It's OK because he's a member of a different (oppressed) third world culture with different but valid values. And besides Bush = Hitler. |
| Posted by: Some Lefty Idiot 2006-09-05 15:24 |
| #2 Paging Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Noam Chomsky, et al- You've been purged!...aryan taleban on line 1, put on your burkas first. Hope you like hummus |
| Posted by: Galloways Outcropping 2006-09-05 14:47 |
| #1 Excellent! They promote polarization at a time when we need allies in Iran. All the better when we make war on the Ayatollahs. It is my belief that Teheran won't have to be destroyed during the intervention. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-05 12:55 |