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2003-01-31 Axis of Evil
Defiant Iranian cleric vows to continue his fight for justice
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Posted by Steve 2003-01-31 11:59 am|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 A Grand Ayatollah who's considered a reformer? In Iran? How strange is this? I think the situation in Iran could get very interesting in the next year or so.
Posted by tu3031 2003-01-31 12:25:34||   2003-01-31 12:25:34|| Front Page Top

#2 They let him out so he wouldn't die on their (the ultra conservatives') watch, as he's old and ill with a variety of problems. We'll have to wait and see exactly what the conservatives, who control everything in government except the presidency, will let him do. But Tu's right, it's going to get real interesting. Especially post-Saddam.

Fran
Posted by fran  2003-01-31 12:41:33||   2003-01-31 12:41:33|| Front Page Top

#3 What do you want?


Freedom!


When do you want it?


NOW!


Them old slogans just keep resonating.

Posted by Chuck  2003-01-31 12:59:42|| [blog.simmins.org]  2003-01-31 12:59:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone REALLY interested in the purity of their relgion would treat secular power like a poison: The non-believers, hypocrites, and power-seekers would pretend to holiness just to get their hands on the levers of power. Once there, the religion becomes secondary, with any fervor just for show except where perverting the religion serves their purposes. All the Bishops of Rome were good and pious men until Constantine put him in charge of the Western Roman Empire, at which time it all began to go downhill...
Posted by Ptah  2003-01-31 20:01:28||   2003-01-31 20:01:28|| Front Page Top

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