"Iranian protesters pelt UK embassy with stones," from Reuters, with thanks to Mackie:
TEHRAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) Demonstrators angered by European cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad and by London's hostility to Iran's nuclear programme pelted the British embassy in Tehran with stones today.The crowd smashed several windows and chanted ''Death to Britain'' and ''We are willing to sacrifice our lives for the Prophet Mohammad''. Some of the protesters tried to charge the embassy's main gate, but a cordon of police drove them back.
''We are here to protest Britain's role in sending us to the UN Security Council. We must defend our right to nuclear technology,'' said protester Mohammad Ali, 32.
All,
I just received a message that gives the extent of the problem in the US. In Greenville South Carolina (remember, the upstate of SC, Greenville, is the home of Bob Jones U and the center of the Bible Belt): A local radio personality and his friends/family are under death threat after he put one of the Danish Cartoons on his web site. The reason he posted the "Bomb/Turban" picture was because his callers kept asking about the cartoon that put the world on fire.
This radio announcer is now under security after a number of calls threatening to kill him, his family, and his co-workers. He has wife and children. If this sort of thing is happening in Greenville SC....... Americans had better wake up and smell the coffee. There is no where to retreat. If we don't fight back now, we are gone.
Robert, can you re-post the cartoons with some way to e-mail them out? I'm going to do my little piece in this thing. Death is far better than to quietly watch everything we have fought for go away. Where is the courage from the free speech Left? As a conservative, I'm about sick of watching the inconsistency/Cowardice of so many Liberals (note: I am not talking about talking about the Libs on this site. I'm talking about the Liberal media establishment and Liberal Academia: They should put their lives on the line to defend what they have acted so passionate about for years).
On the topic of cartoons, head over to
http://www.drawmohammed.com/
here you'll find the Danish cartoons and a series of other Mohammed depictions:)
And if you haven't already signed: http://www.petitiononline.com/danmark/petition.html
Cheers
We might as well have gone ahead and published these cartoons. Just like good dhimmies, we told our media not to publish these cartoons, we didn't, and guess what - our embassy in Iran has been smashed up. So much for trying to reason with these demented savages. I say "Publish and be damned", because we are certainly getting damned for our PC spinelessness. The US must take note from this.
Abu Laban, the 'Danish Muslim cleric' who is one of the instigators, is constantly on TV telling you "that the Muslims have been very patient, but can't take any more..."
Quaradwi tells us that the Muslim Arabs will rather 'drink camel-milk and eat dates' than deal with countries that 'don't respect' the filthy prophet, if only!
The western media has mostly gone into hiding, most despicable in the US, in the 'land of the free' they are shitting themselves when it comes to the Mohammedan scourge, but shy away from nothing when it comes to smearing their own government.
The spineless Bush/Condi/Cheney-team would rather hide from this as well: What we hear from them is not in any way helpful when it comes to dealing with Mohammedans. Looks like the flow of oil is paramount and liberty takes a second seat.
This is the time for Denmark to throw Abu Laban and his followers packing, and to tell every other Muslim troublemaker that internment and mass-deportations follow.
A situation where the publishers and the cartoonists are in hiding and fearing for their lives in their own country is unacceptable.
Muhammedans out of EUROPE!
I think you'll find that most towel-heads are similar to our neighbors to the south....as long as they have the upper hand (out number you) they talk real loud. But if you get most of them one-on-one, they're not much of a threat.
British Muslim scholars are asking Britain to outlaw drawings of Muhammed.
Islam is so "tolerant" - isn't that what we're hearing?
Islam is so "moderate" - isn't that what we're hearing?
Islam is so "noble" - isn't that what we're hearing?
WHO ARE WE HEARING IT FROM?
Idiots in the West.
Iranian basiji asshole protestor says:-
''We are here to protest Britain's role in sending us to the UN Security Council. We must defend our right to nuclear technology,'' said protester Mohammad Ali, 32."
So I guess it's not about the cartoons afterall? Figures as much, I always had a feeling they wanted to riot and prove themselves absolutely ignorant mindless bufoons as opposed to really caring about their piece of shit prophet mohamed and a bunch of innocuous cartoons.
CRUISE MISSLE THEIR BUNGHOLE NOW!!!!
Shunkleash(PBUH)
Meanwhile, churches are burning in the US. Could it be that the police is not looking in the right places? Churches have a nasty habit of 'combusting' when there is a mosque in the vicinity....
Muslims in Europe 'demand the same rights as Jews and Sikhs'-
cracks me up: The same will not do, they want to dominate and they demand our submission.
Is there any polit-prop in the west who supports internment and deportations?
Here is a basic difference between the way a freedom loving society and a Islamic totalitatian one handle freedom of speech issues:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4694328.stm
Israeli gay pride attacker jailed
"Yishai Schlisel told police he wanted to kill homosexuals "in the name of God" for parading in the holy city.
One man and two women were hurt when Schlisel attacked the colourful crowd of dancing, kissing revellers.
The gay pride march was held after Israel's top court overturned a municipal order banning the event.
Jerusalem's mayor had opposed the march, describing it as a provocation, and the city's Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities had also protested against it.
Thousands eventually took part in the parade through the centre of the city, where a banner had been draped reading: "Welcome to Sodom".
Speaking after his arrest, Mr Schlisel said: "I have come to kill in the name of God."
A Jerusalem court convicted him of attempted murder.
As well as receiving the jail term, he was ordered him to pay 150,000 shekels ($30,000) as compensation to the victims."
Now compare this to the way the Islamic world is treating those who attack "infidels."
The Islamicists of Europe have broken a fundamental contract between assylum seekers and the those offering sanctuary: the need to respect the culture of the host and to comply with the laws of the country offering sanctuary.
It is therefore not unreasonable for the Europeans to ask those who traduce their values to leave.
I wouldn't use the slogan "Muslims out," because it has some nasty connotations, but I would ask that they be deported.
There is a university close by that has a Muslim student population.
http://bama.ua.edu/~msa/
Let me tell you ...after seeing my rights disappear in front of my eyes over the last 25 years in Pak has been no fun.
US and UK the world over has been told that they are the beacons to freedom of speech....they have been lied to ....you have been lied to!
Do you think opportunities will come by everyday?
What will happen now (I guarantee it) is that the muslim will be successful in getting the government to pass anti-blasphemy laws in the US and UK.
Much less that publishing a cartoon you will be thrown in jail for even raising your voice against Muhd.....and that in your own country!
"""The crowd smashed several windows and chanted ''Death to Britain'' and ''We are willing to sacrifice our lives for the Prophet Mohammad''"""
By the grace of God their desires will be fulfilled.
To the cartoonists in America, stand up for your freedoms and the freedom of the press and produce cartoons showing the true nature of the murderous pedophile Mohammed and his Muslims followers to go with the myriad amount of photos and film that already exists showing the atrocities and depravation of Islam and the Muslims.
The Muslims should become enflamed so their fire can be extinguished with fire.
The war with Islam is fastly approaching and it is near.
Be prepared.
The Texican,
It is better to fight and die free than to ever live under Islam.
Freedom only. No other choice.
How long before our leaders start telling us that we are being insensitive to the desires and beliefs of the Iranians? Surely, we don't want to humiliate and emasculate them by denying their rights to have huge throbbing incontinental ballistic missiles.
"The freedom to have nuclear weapons comes with a responsibility to share that technology with all mankind"
"Any action taken to limit the nuclear capabilities of the Iranians must be avoided"
"We shouldn't diminish the love and respect the Iranians have for nuclear weaponry"
Naseem:
Quick spelling lesson. Mud is spelled m-u-d, not Muhd (yeah, I know it sounds like it needs an "h"). Also, sounds like it's time to refill that Thorazine script (might help with those severe distortions of thought and perception you've been having).
huh? the british still have an embassy in tehran?
are they mad?
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Why do the British have an embassy in Iran?
"We must defend our right to nuclear technology."
Iran gave up this right long ago when the Mullahs took power and installed an Islamic theocracy. There is no way that a nation that is a known exporter of terror, violence and hatred towards its neighbors both close and abroad can be allowed to wield the most deadly weapons in human history.
The Muslims of Iran are truly mad to believe that the world will sit back and allow them to build up a nuclear arsenal.
Persians must rise up and take back the dignity and future of their nation from these insane clerics. These mullahs prepare to throw them all into the 'firepit' because of the bigotry and self-fulfilling prophecy for which the Koran reads like a textbook.
They must be overthrown!
Islamic Britain lures top people by the Times of London, 2004
"The new study by Yahya (formerly Jonathan) Birt, son of Lord Birt, former director-general of the BBC, provides the first reliable data on the sensitive subject of the movement of Christians into Islam."
yes - thats Lord Birt , who used to run the BBC and was a special advisor to Tony Blair.
are the pieces in the jigsaw of british dhimmitude beginning to fit together yet?
naseem-
Don't know about the dhimmitude of the U.K. (since they don't have an official Constitution), but we in the U.S. have that and a Bill of Rights.
"Blasphemy" is a popular spice in our cultural minestrone. (We like it hot.)
So blasphemy will be outlawed here about the same time that the "prophet" Mohammad returns to apologize to Aiyesha for raping her when she was 9.
Dream on, doll.
(Artists from coast to coast are trying to think of something equivalent to a "Piss Mohammed"... but it's harder to scare up anything worse than what he claimed to have done- gleefully- in the Koran ...or what was reported of his shameless behavior in the Hadiths. I mean, how do you mock a guy who claims to be a "prophet" and is proud of fondling a teenaged girl while she's menstruating? He's like a demented Monty Python skit, already. But we'll find something...)
Like I always say, those who follow Islam are happiest when disemboweling other members of humanity.
How much more of this do any of us really need to see?
Islam can truly and only be one thing: the earthly manifestation of Lucifer.
sheikh yer'mami:
Don't you think it is about time we got ALL Muhammedans OUT OF THE UNITED STATES TOO?????(And Canada and Mexico too???).
I don't want to see another one of these death-cultists EVER AGAIN!!! If I never saw another Muhammedan again it would be TOO SOON!
Oh and by the way Islam should be labeled a crime and banned in the civilized world ASAP! Oh and by the way I can't stand Islam!!!
pythagoras-
But how do you really feel?
I think you'll like:
http://www.wae.org/islam/free-islam.htm
Well, we know what happened to Princess Diana.
Lets wait and see what happens to Yahya Birt.
Whats the name of the radio guy in Greenville, South Carolina? What is the name of his station?
the U.K. (since they don't have an official Constitution)
We do have a Constitution. Our Constitution really seems to worry Americans. I mentioned here once before the incident when my boss was trapped in the lift with some American students on an educational visit. She tried to defuse the rising tide of panic with some black British humour which went down like a lead balloon. One of the boys decided that a better move was to question her about the British Constitution and whether not having a US style one made us feel insecure. Which it doesn't, quite the reverse actually.
Our Constitution is is drawn from a variety of sources. These sources include Acts of Parliament, judicial decisions, Canon Law, custom and policy. Which as I was taught means that revoking it is impossible. 3 years ago Tony Blair suddenly announced that the office of Lord Chancellor was abolished. 3 years later he is still with us because there are too many things that he does that could not be removed. His responsibilities have been adjusted to take account of current ideas, but he could not be deposed on a whim. In 1400 years (yes the office is as old as Islam) the duties have changed many times. What Thomas a Becket did was not the same as Sir Thomas More's duties, and the modern LC was totally different again. My lecturer always pointed to the written Constitution of Soviet Russia, which sounded wonderful on paper, but most of which was held in suspense and not adhered to.
this is kinda long but interesting.
Iran’s new President has a past mired in controversy
Sat. 25 Jun 2005
Iran Focus
Tehran, Jun. 25 – “Ahmadinejad? Who’s he?”
This was the typical reaction of most Iranians a day after the first round of presidential elections in Iran, when they heard that the two candidates facing each other in the run-off were veteran politician Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and the little-known, ultra-conservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Last week’s surprise was all forgotten by the much bigger shock on Friday, when Ahmadinejad defeated the former President and iconic figure in the ruling theocracy in a landslide victory that consolidated power in the hands of the ruling Islamic clerics.
With spotlights now trained on the small, bearded figure in a trademark dilapidated grey suit, Ahmadinejad’s murky past is causing deep anxiety in Iran and growing concern abroad over the new President’s policies and orientation.
Born in the desert town of Garmsar, east of Tehran, in 1956, Ahmadinejad was the fourth child of a working class family with seven children. His father, who was a blacksmith, moved the family to Tehran when Ahmadinejad was barely a year old. He was brought up in the rough neighbourhoods of south Tehran, where a cocktail of poverty, frustration and xenophobia in the heydays of the Shah’s elitist regime provided fertile grounds for the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
After finishing high school, Ahmadinejad went to Elm-o Sanaat University in 1975 to study engineering. Soon the whirlwind of Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini swept him from the classroom to the mosque and he joined a generation of firebrand Islamic fundamentalists dedicated to the cause of an Islamic world revolution.
Student activists in Elm-o Sanaat University at the time of the Iranian revolution were dominated by ultra-conservative Islamic fundamentalists. Ahmadinejad soon became one of their leaders and founded the Islamic Students Association in that university after the fall of the Shah’s regime.
In 1979, he became the representative of Elm-o Sanaat students in the Office for Strengthening of Unity Between Universities and Theological Seminaries, which later became known as the OSU. The OSU was set up by Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, who was at the time Khomeini’s top confidant and a key figure in the clerical leadership. Beheshti wanted the OSU to organise Islamist students to counter the rapidly rising influence of the opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) among university students.
The OSU played a central role in the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran in November 1979. Members of the OSU central council, who included Ahmadinejad as well as Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, Mohsen (Mahmoud) Mirdamadi, Mohsen Kadivar, Mohsen Aghajari, and Abbas Abdi, were regularly received by Khomeini himself.
According to other OSU officials, when the idea of storming the U.S. embassy in Tehran was raised in the OSU central committee by Mirdamadi and Abdi, Ahmadinejad suggested storming the Soviet embassy at the same time. A decade later, most OSU leaders re-grouped around Khatami but Ahmadinejad remained loyal to the ultra-conservatives.
During the crackdown on universities in 1980, which Khomeini called the “Islamic Cultural Revolution”, Ahmadinejad and the OSU played a critical role in purging dissident lecturers and students many of whom were arrested and later executed. Universities remained closed for three years and Ahmadinejad joined the Revolutionary Guards.
In the early 1980s, Ahmadinejad worked in the “Internal Security” department of the IRGC and earned notoriety as a ruthless interrogator and torturer. According to the state-run website Baztab, allies of outgoing President Mohammad Khatami have revealed that Ahmadinejad worked for some time as an executioner in the notorious Evin Prison, where thousands of political prisoners were executed in the bloody purges of the 1980s.
In 1986, Ahmadinejad became a senior officer in the Special Brigade of the Revolutionary Guards and was stationed in Ramazan Garrison near Kermanshah in western Iran. Ramazan Garrison was the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards’ “extra-territorial operations”, a euphemism for terrorist attacks beyond Iran’s borders.
In Kermanshah, Ahmadinejad became involved in the clerical regime’s terrorist operations abroad and led many “extra-territorial operations of the IRGC”. With the formation of the elite Qods (Jerusalem) Force of the IRGC, Ahmadinejad became one of its senior commanders. He was the mastermind of a series of assassinations in the Middle East and Europe, including the assassination of Iranian Kurdish leader Abdorrahman Qassemlou, who was shot dead by senior officers of the Revolutionary Guards in a Vienna flat in July 1989. Ahmadinejad was a key planner of the attack, according to sources in the Revolutionary Guards.
Ahmadinejad served for four years as the governor of the towns of Maku and Khoy in northwestern Iran. In 1993, he was appointed by Minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance Ali Larijani, a fellow officer of the Revolutionary Guards, as his cultural adviser. Months later, he was appointed as the governor of the newly-created Ardebil Province.
In 1997, the newly-installed Khatami administration removed Ahmadinejad from his post and he returned to Elm-o Sanaat University to teach, but his principal activity was to organize Ansar-e Hezbollah, a radical gang of violent Islamic vigilantes.
Since becoming mayor of Tehran in April 2003, Ahmadinejad has been using his position to build up a strong network of radical Islamic fundamentalists organised as “Abadgaran-e Iran-e Islami” (literally, Developers of an Islamic Iran). Working in close conjunction with the Revolutionary Guard’s, Abadgaran was able to win the municipal elections in 2003 and the parliamentary election in 2004. They owed their victories as much to low turnouts and general disillusionment with the “moderate” faction of the regime as to their well-oiled political and military machinery.
Abadgaran bills itself as a group of young neo-Islamic fundamentalists who want to revive the ideals and policies of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini. It was one of several ultra-conservative groups that were setup on the orders of Ayatollah Khamenei in order to defeat outgoing President Mohammad Khatami’s faction after the parliamentary elections in February 2000.
Ahmadinejad’s record is typical of the men chosen by Khamenei’s entourage to put a new face on the clerical elite’s ultra-conservative identity. But beyond the shallow façade, few doubt that the Islamic Republic under its new President will move with greater speed and determination along the path of radical policies that include more human rights abuses, continuing sponsorship of terrorism, and the drive to obtain nuclear weapons.
Related story: Iran elections candidates: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 14 June 2005
www.iranfocus.com