My friend Amil Imani, the Iranian freedom fighter, wrote this in September 2007, but with the Thug-In-Chief back in town it is worth revisiting:
To understand Ahmadinejad’s mind set and behavior requires a close scrutiny of the elaborate and intricate theology of Hujjatiyyah Shiism, perhaps the most fundamentalist of the numerous Shiite sects.In the 1950s, a group of Islamic clergy led by Sheikh Mahmoud Halabi (a close associate of Ayatollah Khomeini) formed a society called the Anjoman-e Khayryyehye Hujjatiyyah-ye Mahdaviat (Charitable Society of the Mahdi), based in Mashhad, Iran. The Hujjatiyyah membership was mostly composed by the bazaar-i businessmen and fanatical mullahs. Among many things, they were against the communists, Marxists, and atheists. Their overarching "raison d'être," however, was to prepare the world for the upcoming of the 12th Imam -- the Mahdi.
However, the most important immediate agenda item on their list was to harass and persecute the Baha'is, a religious group representing a small percentage of Iran's population. In fact, the Hujjatiyyah-y's alternative name became "The anti-Baha'i Society" (Anjuman-e Zidd-e Baha'iyat). They collectively worked for a single purpose: the eradication of Baha'is.The terrible plight of the Baha'is in Iran is particularly heart-wrenching, since they are the largest non-Muslim population in the country and have been, from day one, severely brutalized by Muslims. Baha'i teachings of tolerance and openness to science are anathema to the Islamofascists on many levels, but the history of the faith includes direct challenges to the theological legitimacy of the mullahs. These slaveholders find the Baha'i faith a threat to their own version of Islam and the absolute theocratic power it puts their hands.
The egomaniac President Ahmadinejad is a member of Hujjatiyyah. He sees himself as the personal vassal of the Mahdi-Messiah or Hidden Imam, with whom he has fantasized tête-à-têtes frequently.
Ahmadinejad, a man driven by his religion, has a spiritual advisor in Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi (the defacto leader of the Hujjatiyyah). The President's advisor is known for his extremist views on Islam and promotes suicide bombings and attacks on civilians in the West. There is only view of Islam for him. He once said, "...if anyone tells you their own interpretation of Islam, punch them in the mouth!"
President Ahmadinejad has in a short time acquired great many descriptors at home and overseas: zealot, fascist, fanatic, anti-Semitic, lunatic and more. One prominent Western columnist called him "unhinged." But we cannot just dismiss the man as an aberration, someone who is in urgent need of psychological help, a person out of touch with reality, who represents nothing of substance.
Once again the West is misreading and misjudging people and events in the Middle East, due to the fact that it views things through its own prism.
Looking at the man through Western spectacles, he indeed appears to be all of the above and more. Yet Ahmadinejad is far from unhinged. As a matter of fact he is firmly hinged to a set of beliefs that dictate his views of the world, and inform him how he should deal with it from his position of power.
An unhinged man has the potential of becoming once again hinged. But, there is very little that can be done to a person who is inseparably hinged, and Ahmadinejad views are firmly rooted in the most orthodox philosophy of Shiism.
For our purposes, however, it is sufficient to document the fact that Ahmadinejad is not mentally disturbed; there is no display of contradictory thoughts and behavior. There is a full internal consistency in Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad's words, deeds and beliefs show a fully hinged person.
Below are a few examples of his sayings, beliefs and actions. Whether one agrees or disagrees with them, they all fit perfectly into a consistent pattern.
▪ He literally believes in the imminent emergence of the Mahdi - the Shiites' promised one who is expected to appear to set aright a decadent and wretched world.
▪ He views himself as the vassal of Mahdi, working for him and being accountable to him.
▪ His main task is to prepare the world so to hasten the Mahdi's coming. If this preparation requires much destruction and bloodshed, so be it.
▪ As a former mayor of Tehran, he developed elaborate detailed plans preparing the city for the arrival of the Mahdi.
▪ He allocated generous sums for extensive road improvement to a mosque at Jamkaaraan near the city of Qum where it is believed the promised Mahdi is hiding in a well since the age of four, over 1100 years ago.
▪ He reportedly visits the well frequently and drops his written supplications into the well for the hidden Mahdi to act upon them.
▪ He has said in private that it was he who asked the Mahdi to inflict the massive stroke on Ariel Sharon.
▪ He sees the Jews as the sworn enemies of Islam. The hostility dates back to the time of Muhammad's own treatment of the Jews in Medina. At first, expediently, Muhammad called the Jews "people of the book," and accorded them a measure of tolerance until he gained enough power to unleash his devastating wrath on them.
▪ He says that the Holocaust is a myth. He is, in this respect, in good company with a number of other revisionist fanatics.
▪ He wants Israel to be wiped out of the map or transferred to Europe.
▪ In his speech at the UN general assembly, he implored the Mahdi to come and save the world. He claimed that during his speech of some twenty odd minutes, a powerful light enveloped him and all participants were held transfixed, unable to move their eyes.
▪ He believes that the earth is Allah's and all people must either become believers of his brand of Islam or must perish as infidels najis (unclean) who by their very presence defile Allah's earth.
▪ He believes that this earthly life is passing and worthless in comparison to the afterlife awaiting a devoted and faithful believer. Hence, he holds to the old belief that if a faithful kills an infidel, he goes to Allah's paradise; and, if the faithful gets killed in the process of serving the faith, again he goes to Allah's paradise. Hence, it is a win-win proposition for the faithful.
Ahmadinejad is a true devoted Muslim. Being unpredictable, self-contradictory and inconsistent are major symptoms of the mentally unhinged. By these standards of insanity, Ahmadinejad emerges as completely sane. He is fully predictable, consistent and has shown no self-contradiction. He does not even pretend that he misspoke or apologize for his outrageous statements. He is not a typical politician who practices the devious art of doublespeak, deception and change of position to suit his immediate convenience.
He knows who he is, what he believes, and what his own mission in life is: serving as the instrument for the revered Mahdi. Allah will make him emerge from the well as soon as the world's conditions hit absolute hopeless bottom. Ahmadinejad sees himself as a driver who can play a critical role in doing just that, driving the world to the very bottom. And he plans on having an arsenal of nuclear weapons as soon as possible.
There is nothing really "unhinged" about Ahamadinejad's thinking, statements and actions. They are internally consistent. He is simply a fanatic who is wedded to an extremely dangerous exclusionary system of belief. Humanity must learn that dismissing him as a lunatic will result in great suffering, as it did with Hitler.
Tragically, Ahmadinejad is the embodiment of several million people who are hinged exactly like him and who are willing to give their lives, and take with them as many lives as required in the service of their belief. In this age of Weapons of Mass Destruction a man with huge sums of petrodollars can serve as the catalyst of total annihilation.
Prudence would err on the side of being an alarmist than a complacent dismissive.
Ahmadinejad and his ilk are not interested in any negotiation, any compromise or any live-and-let-live final solution. They are determined to be the soldiers of Mahdi come-what-may. They have no problem with the total destruction of the world. They are headed for a life of eternal bliss in Allah's paradise. They hardly care, even rejoice, if the rest of humanity is subjected to a tragic death in the nuclear, biological and chemical wasteland of planet earth.Humanity cannot afford and must not ignore the emergence of the final threat to its very existence on this planet.
Then it is Islam that is unhinged.
Neither should we call his "brothers" crazy, lest we not take them all seriously.
In the words of Neville Chamberlain, "peace in our time".
The rest of the world is giving this guy the same consideration as they gave Hitler in the 1930's.
There is death, destruction and hard times inthe near future.
Stock up on supplies and reload ammo. You're going to need it.
Unfortunately, law enforcement thinks that dedicated jihadis are mentally unstable rather than sanely focused on their agenda.
And didn't Obama say that a little nation like Iran couldn't hurt the US? Echos of Snivelle Chamberlain?
Who is unhinged?
What's really sickening is that the media is giving this guy the soap-box to spew his hate. Why is his speech a lead story on all the networks?
"Ahmadinejad is a true devoted Muslim."
The most dangerous kind of Muslim.
Let's refresh our memories:
• Michel Foucault (French philosopher and historian of systems of thought) speculated at the time of the Iranian revolution that "Islamic government" could initiate a new "political spirituality" and herald a "transfiguration" of the world, the sort unknown in the West since the rise of modernity.
• "The Islamic Revolution of Iran presented a new example of perfect human beings and society... This is the reason behind the West's enmity towards it. Khomeini gave a new meaning to the lives of the Iranians." - Roger Garaudy, (French intellectual and Holocaust denier )
• "The ideological monopoly of Marxism among Third World liberation movements seems to dissolve. ... The Persian Revolution strikes into the heart of the Western belief in progress. ... In Persia, the people try to elude from a process at whose beginning they stand; in contrast we try the same from the peak of this development. And from this peak of development, something essential in our life comes to the fore: I’m speaking about religion and the Holy. ... Too much is asked where this will lead and what to do, and there I don't know an answer, and don't even want to know one." Joschka Fischer, (German Foreign Minister, before starting his political career in 1979.)
• "Imam Khomeini and the Iranian nation performed a great historical act. In my opinion, as a western and non-Muslim person, I believe, it is a miracle that a divine revolution in today's world takes place in such a manner." Robert Kalson, (Canadian scientist)
• "The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honorable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience." - William Wersey,(American author and journalist )
• "One should express his viewpoint regarding what he performed in his country and in a vast part of the world with great respect and deep thought." - Pope John Paul II
• "The name of Khomeini will always remain in the new chapter of Iranian history." - Erich Honecker,( East German Communist Leader)
• "Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words." - Norman Mailer,(American writer and innovator of the nonfictional novel)at a meeting of authors regarding the fatwa, New York City, February 1989
• "The freedom-lovers of the world mourn the sad demise of Imam Khomeini." - Ernesto Cardinal, Nicaraguan combatant scholar
My favorite:
• "I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea." - Oliver North (American Vietnam veteran and Cold War insider in the cabinet of Ronald Reagan)
NEWSFLASH:
Pakistanis Shoot Down U.S. Military Drone
more on this:
U.S. Drone Shot Down in Pakistan
So, do all those that spoke glowingly about the Iranian Revolution still feel so warm and fuzzy about absolute TOTALITARIANISM, whether religious or secular, in Iran or elsewhere?
Apparently, the Cold War didn't kill the fungus of leftist, socialist, marxist, stalinist, maoist totalitarian thought, it just allowed it to ferment.
If the world were split left and right, I might be able to accept that. But the left always seeks to infiltrate, foment violence and crush anything at variance with their own failing system. Now it seems the left and Islam have united. The human suffering will continue.
Ahmadinejad sounds a lot like ol' Charlie manson to me.
Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
You mean that scrawny pencil-necked geek in the Members Only jacket?
A puppet of the Ayatollah Khamaini.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's secret MySpace entry:
Hi there fellow Islamic bloggers. My name is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and I am the great and fearless President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and soon to be the defacto President of Iraq too!
I was was born one of seven children to a humble blacksmith and when I was a child growing up I worked on a farm to earn extra money for my poor father and I got to know a lot of the farm animals very well. I was a real nature boy back then. I was a real animal lover. My favorites were the goats of course. I still have such fond memories of my boyhood.
Later I excelled as a student, earning my master's degree and a Ph.D in civil engineering. I have only three wives, but as the leader of such a great Islamic country and soon to be the dominate power in the Middle East I feel that it is time for me to take my fourth wife. If any nice Islamic ladies are reading this you should email me some time soon. You must be between the ages of 12 and 28 years old. If you are under 12 that would be alright too but you must have a note from a male relative of course.
In addition to my important duties as the Great President of the Islamic Republic of Iran I am now working on my post graduate science project, which when completed in a very few years, I will test on Evil Israel and the Great Satin America.
Who I would like to meet ... ...
In addition to my fourth wife, and remember if you are under 12 years old, you must have a note from a male relative, I would like to meet other dedicated members of the Great Religion of Peace, Islam of course. We can all get together after work and spend time reading inspiring passages from the Koran and comparing notes on our mutual love of farm animals. We can also go over a list of priority test sites for my developing science project. It will be a blast!
President Ahmadinejad of Iran is one rouge leader who SHOULD be wearing for the safety of the world a clean white straight jacket he is so CRAZY with Islamofacism.
With a straight face he intoned:
The time of the big bomb is over. We need to live in peace and harmony!
Iranians don't care who wins the Prez in America. it's up to the American people!
Does anyone believe him?
With a straight face he intoned:
The time of the big bomb is over. We need to live in peace and harmony!
Iranians don't care who wins the Prez in America. it's up to the American people!
Does anyone believe him?
With a straight face he intoned:
The time of the big bomb is over. We need to live in peace and harmony!
Iranians don't care who wins the Prez in America. it's up to the American people!
Does anyone believe him?
Ahmadinejad is an evil little shiite!
Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
He is a bastard son of a dirty bitch. Currently, he is the head terrorist of a rogue country.
The Hujjatieh cult and the Khomeinist cult are each dreadful on their own. In Ahmadinejad, we have both coming together and mutating into something even worse. Even as this mad suicide bomber is getting close everyday to getting his hands on the ultimate bomb, Bush, Rice, Robert Gates and the entire US military top brass just stand there, paralyzed with pathological cowardice. Even worse yet, they are panickily restraining Israel from taking any action to prevent the horror of nuclear jihad.
COWARD COUNTRY USA!
DISGRACEFUL COUNTRY USA!
The only thing it is good for is murdering Serb Christians and brutally eradicating Christianity from Kosovo in a compulsive, pathological dhimmi effort to please the Muslims and buy from them "peace in our time" with Serb blood.
Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.