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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:29 PM Original message |
Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s Fatwa (IRAN) |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. This is very big. Many were hoping this would happen. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES YES YES!!!!!! Oh happy day! Let the frigging games begin. |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. This guy is just another so called "Reformist" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh bull. |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Oh yes. |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. You mean you think a week of massive street demonstrations was organized by western powers? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Tin-foil-hatters by definition force facts to fit their distorted view of the world. |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. don't broad brush "tin-foil hatters". |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Google is your best friend... |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Even if entirely true |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You are entitled to your opinion, but facts are facts |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Bingo! Odin's response to your post just confirms it. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. The government overthrown by the U.S. in 1953 was progressive and secular |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Correct. The US had different objectives then. Saddam Hussein was a |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Saddam was actually seen by the U.S., in the Eighties as a...wait for it... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yep. Just like Hitler was viewed in the West. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Hitler was, in fact, the FIRST person to be called a "bulwark against Communism" |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. by who ? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The right-wing press of the Thirties |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. No doubt. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Saddams military hardware come from Soviet inventories back in the 70's |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Really? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Iran did not have the US' best hardware, they had what we'd sold the Shah. |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Read again |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I think th situation is more urgent than in 1953....now that Israel is involved |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Israel has been involved since..... 1967. Why is today different ? |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Israel's involvement is an extension of America's involvement in the ME |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. Absolutely! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. And the identity and credentials of this "iranian scholar"? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. He's a short little bastard, with a crazed look in his eye, wears a |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. The delicate subtlety of your analysis is utterly underwhelming. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Deleted message |
Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. What, pray tell, are "DU credentials?" (nt) |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. self delete |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. No he isn't. He's the religious authority who has more "juice" than the Supreme. NT |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brave man., I'll send this to my girl from Tehran, and see what she thinks, and get back. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. post a link or follow up when you can. In the meantime, here is an interesting take on what religion |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I think the Chinese Muslims are Sufi |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Iranian religious leaders spoke out the situation in thee Xinjiang province |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. glad to hear it n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. but did they allow the concerned citizens to pelt the Chinese embassy with rotten eggs? |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. My suspicion is that they are using diplomatic channels to express their concern |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. China controls the religion and they closed them down last friday and it is of no concern to |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Just proof "some are more equal then others" |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
65. well, most are Sunnis of the Hanafi school |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Strong words |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is a very interesting turn of events |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R n/t |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Good |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. WOW |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Professor Kadivar teaching at Duke U in North Carolina - go Tarheels! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Fatwa? Love his liberal credentials! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. If the theocrat witch hunt puts him on trial, you can count on the fact they will link him as being |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. k/r |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. May the fatwas give the Iranian people the courage |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. OMG, I am stunned. |
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nradisic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh snap! |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's difficult to understand all the subtleties of this, but the most disturbing |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. In a related development -- Rafsanjani to lead prayers on Friday |
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SeeHopeWin (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I like this guy, Rafsanjani - I think he is the real deal! |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Rafsanjani is the biggest fucking crook in Iran.. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. Beautifully stated. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. ".... the people can dismiss him." Nice! (nt) |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. if true, this is very good news for the eventual freedom of Iranians. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. k&r |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
62. I believe this is a good development for the Iranian People. |
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