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CAIR is hosting a private reception and dinner with Khatami tonight. But yesterday Iran's "reformist" former president revealed his true colors by defending Iran's nuclear program and his unhinged successor, the Thug-In-Chief, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Will CAIR now demonstrate the veracity of its claims to be a moderate Muslim organization by canceling the event for Khatami, on the grounds that defending the genocidally-minded Ahmadinejad and his nuke program is just the opposite of what American Muslims who accept and revere American values should be doing? What do you think?
"Khatami defends Ahmadinejad, Iran's nuke plans," from the Washington Times, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami yesterday defended his country's nuclear program and rejected suggestions that freedom and human rights in Iran had deteriorated under his hard-line successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Mr. Khatami, who is considered a moderate in Iran's political spectrum, told reporters at the Washington National Cathedral [which is disgraceful enough -- RS] shortly before delivering a speech on "dialogue of civilizations" that Iran's nuclear effort is peaceful and that the world should focus on the atomic arsenals of Israel and other states before criticizing Iran....
Remember at this point the Thug-In-Chief's oft-repeaed genocidal ambitions toward Israel.
The "reformist" has-been also indulged in a bit of irresponsible and inaccurate moral equivalence:
"Iran has its problems, but they are not greater than the violations of human rights we saw at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo," he said....Mr. Khatami acknowledged that his two-week American tour had been criticized by religious hard-liners in Iran, but he said he did not think that Iran had regressed under Mr. Ahmadinejad.
"I don't think things have reversed," he said. "Of course their interpretation may be different than mine, but on women and youth, the new president has said things that are very hopeful."
Mr. Ahmadinejad has enforced dress codes requiring that women be dressed in black or dark blue Islamic garb from head to toe and has begun a campaign to purge liberal and secular professors from the nation's universities. Mr. Khatami's successor has also called for Israel's destruction....
Reza Pahlavi, son of the late shah who was ousted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, said that despite Mr. Khatami's image as a "moderate," he has been a critical part of the "clerical dictatorship that holds our country hostage."
Religious minorities in Iran were harshly persecuted under Mr. Khatami, Mr. Pahlavi said. "Regardless of his smiling rhetoric, the true nature of the regime is far different from what Khatami wants us to believe."
Posted by Robert at September 8, 2006 8:43 AM
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Hamas supporters, Hezbo supporters, Sharia supporters. Nevermind the fact that these CAIR wahabis might otherwise consider this shiite a "radifite dog". Of course they're having dinner with this "moderate". What else would anyone expect from an Islamic Terror support organization like CAIR?
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at September 8, 2006 9:23 AM
Small children are not allowed to handle knives, loaded guns, or fireworks.
In the same vein, Moslems are not allowed to run nuclear reactors.
Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at September 8, 2006 9:28 AM
Ok. So we have a genuine Unicorn bucking and bolting, and on a Condi visa no less.
It is time to put the horse down.
Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer at September 8, 2006 9:48 AM
C'mon Folks, everybody knows this gentleman Khatami is a moderate: he just wants to moderately slit our throats, to moderately submit me and you to shari'a law...
Posted by: POITIERS-LEPANTO at September 8, 2006 10:28 AM
Khatami was the leader of a country while women were stoned to death for adultery and beaten by the religious police for daring to show an ankle at the bottom of their robes. So where are all the protests by the feminists - the ones that were on Harvard president Larry Summers case? The silence is deafening.
Posted by: RBLA at September 8, 2006 10:40 AM
be wary of anyone or anything MUSLIM. Muslims represent Islam, and Islam is the enemy.
Posted by: exsgtbrown at September 8, 2006 11:50 AM
I agree with Robert that Khatami's presence in the Washington Cathedral was a disgrace--typical of the Episcopalians of late. Did anyone check Khatami for a tape measure? I'm sure he was envisioning it as the next Hagia Sophia and was taking measurements for less-offensive window treatments.
at September 8, 2006 11:57 AM
I agree with Robert that Khatami's presence in the Washington Cathedral was a disgrace--typical of the Episcopalians of late. Did anyone check Khatami for a tape measure? I'm sure he was envisioning it as the next Hagia Sophia and was taking measurements for less-offensive window treatments.
at September 8, 2006 11:58 AM
What is your opinion Ralph Peters? Moderate yet?
Wait until they have nukes, then it will be on.
You know Hooper loves the Iranian regime. He's licking his chops, thinking how we will be under Sharia sooner than he anticipated.
/never never never
at September 8, 2006 11:59 AM
The disturbing thing about this is the National Cathedral holding this event! Apparently, the Roman Church is electing to be the whore of the Islamic cult -- all under the guise of "understanding and tolerance".
According to Robert Fisk, Khatami will meet with the Pope in Rome in October!
The Roman Church is playing the role of the harlot here, willing to get into bed with whomever it is necessary for future self-preservation. Her worldly material wealth must be protected at all cost!
All true believers within the Roman Church should be outraged. Surely the leadership within the Roman Church is not ignorant to the teachings of the Qur'an and the connection to Islamic Jihad. They are not illiterate fools! Certainly the scholars within Catholicism with access to the leadership have revealed what the ramifications of a world of Islam envisions.
Is it a matter of keeping the enemy (although the Church will not refer to these Muslims as that!) close at hand? Why doesn't the Roman Church condemn the cult of Islam, as per Robertson and Falwell? Do they hope to persuade Khatami towards moderation? Or is the Church looking out for herself and her self-preservation just in case this Islamic Jihad crap gets further out of control?
As the wealthiest church on the planet (materially, not spiritually) according to Malachi Martin (a Jesuit priest), I might suspect that the preservation of her material wealth is foremost on the Roman Church agenda!
Robert -- even you referred to this meeting at the National Cathedral as "disgraceful", and you are Catholic ... correct?
I pray that the Roman Church does not decide to play the harlot to Islam under the auspices of religious tolerance and goodwill toward men. Jesus Christ is not Muhammad, and Muhammad is not Jesus Christ. Christianity is not Islam, and Islam is not Christianity.
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! ... Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous man!" (The Book of the People: Jews and Christians!)
P.S. Enjoy your books, Robert, and look forward to the new one. TheEvidentSmoke
Posted by: TheEvidentSmoke at September 8, 2006 12:02 PM
By the way, the Episcopalians are in the same boat as the Roman Church, and it all is "disgraceful"!
Posted by: TheEvidentSmoke at September 8, 2006 12:06 PM
Khatami defends Ahmadinejad, Iran's nuke program -- will CAIR cancel its reception for him?What a silly question! Americans are Infidels. CAIR would want Iran to nuke America, since it knows that there is no way the US is going to Islamize. In the eyes of CAIR, the only good American is a Muslim American, or a dead American.
Therefore, this reception for Khatami makes perfect sense.
P.S. Ritter and CAIR, since you care so much about the comments that we make, prove my above assertion wrong. Hint: No way you can!
at September 8, 2006 12:16 PM
"Iran has its problems, but they are not greater than the violations of human rights we saw at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo," he said....
This is yet another ridiculously transparent tu quoque argument, which is par for the course for Islamic propagandists everywhere, including Dearborn. "Iran has its problems" alright, like stoning rape victims for adultery, hanging Bahai adherents for "apostacy", summary executions of more than 20,000 suspected regime opponents over the last 16 years, scores of assasinations of dissidents living outside of Iran, and thousands of political prisoners held without charges, trials or representation. Compared to the human rights situation in Iran, Abu Ghraib and Gitmo are summer holiday retreats.
Posted by: Hulegu Khan at September 8, 2006 12:39 PM
Khatami's visit was carefully orchestrated with Amadinajad. First the invitation by Amadinajad for the pitiful American to join Islam. Then Khatami comes to speak to the squishy dunderheads at Harvard whose softspots on top of their head never closed up as infants.
Oooh, he's such a nice man (a man of peace) and so misunderstood by the oppressive, white Christian American government. He represents everything - the exotica they long to embrace. This hater of the West gets an automatic pass by the quivering, gelatinous, heritage of the 60's radicals who yearn to resist the "establishment" and present themselves to the straight world as "activists." At long last a man to help the guilt ridden purge their white man's guilt and burden.
All quiet on the Western Front? I doubt it. Whence comes the other shoe..
Posted by: Kemaste at September 8, 2006 12:47 PM
Maybe I am wrong, but as I remember, many in the news media indicated that Khatami was considered to be a moderate and voiced opinion, that during his Presidency, moderate elements in Iran were gaining momentum.
I particularly remember a CBS piece about an Iranian ski resort, where rich Iranians enjoyed a western style recreational experience. Women skiied in western ski garb and many had their heads uncovered. These young and rich Iranians were supposed to start a grass roots movement that would cast off the totalarian rule of the council of 12. I guess Khatami wasn't so moderate, and the young rich Iranian "moderates" must have buried their skis in the back yard a long time ago.
Posted by: GrimReaperxxx at September 8, 2006 1:48 PM
-RBLA,
Good point. Those coddled harridans reserve their whining for men who wouldn't even think about raping and beating them to death or hanging them from construction cranes for it.
But I guess when you know it all, you get to decide what is right and wrong, what needs to be "fought" (have you ever seen any of these various flavors of activist dorm monkeys actually risk anything? "ooh, Buffy. I spent a night in jail after the sit-in!) and what can be ignored.
Don't hold your breath.
Posted by: Eisenhund at September 8, 2006 2:17 PM
I was across the street from the National Cathedral last night, protesting the visit of Khatami. The line to get into the Cathedral was long, mostly well-dressed, "enlightened" white Americans, eager to listen to the Smiling Mullah's lies and then congratulate themselves on their ability to listen to "other voices." There were also a good number of Iranians entering the Cathedral, the women in long dresses and hajabs and the men with beards, which, to me, does not paint a picture of moderation. Where I was standing, with the opposition, the police cars and police tape were everywhere. Our crowd was mostly Iranian Americans, who had suffered and left Iran when they able to do so. The ones I spoke to knew that they were being filmed and photographed by Iranian agents...to a person, they didn't care, although they knew that it could endanger family members back in Iran. In the crowd were Iranian Muslims, Christians and Jews. We were quite noisy, with bull horns, Iranian flags, posters, and terrible photos of tortured and dead Iranians. One young woman, who had flown in from Australia, was passing out photos and fliers about her brother, who had been a student leader/protestor during the reign of Mullah Moderate Khatami. Khatami had had him arrested and put in jail. After six years of torture and suffering, he had died this past July. She told me that when her parents went to claim the body, they did not even recognize him as their son. I am sorry to say that few native born Americans joined this brave group. They will be outside tonight (Friday) to continue the protests as CAIR entertains the Smiling Mullah. BTW, the "greeters" at the Cathedral were very selective about who they let in the door. I talked to a young Ethiopian who was turned away when he was asked if he belonged to any "group" and gave the truthful answer that he belonged to a human rights organization. Another man turned away was the Saudi who lives in the US and runs the Saudi Institute (I think that is the name) that is critical of the current Saudi regime. Yup, those high-brow Episcopalians were very choosy about their guest list last night. None of the unwashed masses or "unenlightened" were welcome, despite all of their banners about diversity and multi-culturalism.
Posted by: Mary Rose at September 8, 2006 2:39 PM
As for CAIR and Khatami, "birds of a feather flock together."
Or should that read, "terrorists of a feather flock together"?
Posted by: pythagoras at September 8, 2006 4:38 PM
CAIR is such a fraud. Someday Hooper might need to hide out at JihadWatch after he goes apostate and writes that best selling book "Apostate". I'll bet the book and movie will be chock-full of taped conversations, including Jew-hating comments that will make hair stand up on a bald head.
Hooper probably runs away from any confrontations with Robert at this point in time, but that might change in the future when Hooper needs to save his life. He'll be suffering from a bad case of "Islamophobia" then.
Posted by: Frank at September 8, 2006 4:40 PM
This tyrant will be speaking to the flakes at Harvard this Sunday. As I stated before, Gov. Romney branded him a propagandist and an insult to the fighting men who risked their lives defending our country. He pulled all state police protection (the slug will still be protected by the state department). While the Harvard students stand and give him an ovation as he levels American foreign policy, let them remember that this tyrant sent his thugs into Iranian universities, beat and jailed Iranian students with no due process. As the Harvard scab professors also applause in adolation remember that his cohort is presently "cleansing" all liberal, secular professors from Iranian Universities a la Adolf Hitler. The moderate terrorist will also visit the home of Thomas Jefferson (a desicration). He wouldn't know the freedom Jefferson espoused if it snuck up behind him and bit him in the neck.
at September 8, 2006 5:20 PM
Mary Rose: I'm glad somebody made it to protest that bloody-minded blackhead Khatami. Do you know if anyone asked him questions about the case of Bp. Hassan Teqhani-Tafti of Esfahan and his family?
By the way, how could you possibly stand being so close to that "cage of every unclean and hateful bird"? It must've stunk of brimstone even from across the street.
Posted by: Kepha at September 8, 2006 5:49 PM
this is the first post of mine so i hope it works.......i wonder if the former iranian pres. and the current iranian pres. are beeing put under survalence so that maybe WHEN they meet with terrorist cells in the U.S. we know who they are?
Posted by: chrisinsouthc at September 8, 2006 6:33 PM
I agree that Khatami's presence in the Washington Cathedral was a disgrace, but how much more of a disgrace it will be when he meets with Pope B16 in the Vatican in October..you didn't know that he was going to meet with the Pope did you? He had a good relationship with the previous Pope.
By the way the Islamic Society of North America is mainly Sunni Islam.. put that in the think cap and ponder it's significance. The Shi'a are seeking a rapproachment with the Sunni's and that bodes very bad for Iraq (and probably because of Iraq) they already via Hizballah have gained the respect of the Sunni's...
Excerpt from an interview with Robert Fisk
Rpbert Fisk: I think he (Khatami) has a tremendous standing as a scholar throughout the Islamic world, which is why he got a visa. If he had too close a relationship or even too hostile a relationship with Ahmadinejad, I don't think he would have got his visa to the United States. I mean, the mere fact that this big meeting here was effectively a meeting of Sunni Muslims -- there was not a lot of Shiites around that I have seen. It's pro-Saudi in its essence. The mere fact that it regarded him as such an honored figure to come, from the Shiite world and as a leading Shiite cleric, speaks for itself.Posted by: NarizIn fact, he's going from here to Geneva, where he's founded an institute, I think for civic responsibility or civic society. And he's then going to meet the Pope in Rome in October. He’s going to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury. He’s receiving an honorary degree from a university in Scotland in the United Kingdom. So, this is a man who has considerable status. But whether it's the status of a Nelson Mandela or the status of a Kofi Annan, which I would rather not have at the moment, I’m not sure.
at September 8, 2006 7:42 PM
Some background on Khatami:
http://www.islam-watch.org/AmilImani/IranMullahInUS.htm
at September 8, 2006 8:21 PM
Just an update on CAIR-canada
Awhile back I drew a link to canada's Socialists NDP party and their backing of a Muslim female in a Federal Election.
The Female was the wife of a suspected Syrian male with Al-Qaeda links , Bill Siksay of the NDP
has been close to CAIR-Canada and is fighting for the release of a few Muslim refugees with failed claims and alleged ties to terrorism.
My point is that the Canadian Arab Foundation has posted a article about Maher Arar and the Inquiry to his failed entry to the USA in 2002, CAIR and Dr.Sheema Khan coached Arar to not help the RCMP or CSIS during a Ottawa investigation
to a terror cell which we now know was the Momin Khawaja cell based in London England and had 700 pounds of Amonium Nitrate , but from this Mr.Arar fled canada wife his wife and kids to stay in the Middle east which was the origin for his Refugee claim in Canada in 1989.
Arar travelled to Tunisia by himself and tried to enter the USA at JFK via a flight from Tunisia, CAIR mocked the USA for allowing the 19 9/11 hijackers into the Country and letting them stay , so when a Syrian/male/muslim flying alone had arrived at JFK during a night flight , Customs flagged him for futher questions about his wife and kids left behind .
CAIR-Canada threatened the Government with a Law-Suit and demanded an Inquiry to only the time Arar left the USA and not how CAIR created the mess for Arar and his fleeing Canada with his family.
Here is a partial comment from the CAF and it confirms what I've tried to tell Canadians in the past couple of years , Arar and CAIR conspired to allege Torture in Syria and a CIA link to deporting him after a Racist-Profiling at JFK.
The NDP backed Arar's wife as a candidate in their Federal Election and it was shamefull that her husband was sueing Canadians for what the Syrians did and what happened to him in Jordan.
My theory is that it's alot easier to fund terroism camps in Canada when you don't have to
worry about large Money transfers from the Saudis
into a Canadian Bank account, the perfect crime would be to Sue the Government on bogus claims of Islamophobia which forces a settlement to appease the Minorities and Islamofacsists , and take that non-taxable Court settlement and have no fear of
future problems over terrorism which means free reign to fund Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah for Jihad attack into the USA `from canada.
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The links below should direct you the the page for the Arar PDF notice that confirm the $400,000,000.00 Civil suit against CANADIANS for what Syria did to him, oddly though , while he asserts all the evils of Syria he is Syrian himself and wants us to believ he's the Good-Syrian refugee that fled those Bad people.
The date of the article is on the menu as Sept/5/06 .
http://www.caf.ca/HomePage.aspx
at September 8, 2006 8:51 PM
Kepha: I don't know if anyone asked him directly about the bishop. My husband was the only Episcopalian priest standing with the protesters. (the other men in collars were standing in line, waiting to get in to see the Smiling Mullah) In several interviews, my husband said how ashamed he was of the Cathedral and stated that the Anglican Church has been decimated in Iran, much of it going on during Khatami's regime. What an irony! The Bishop and Canon of the Cathedral warmly invited a man who caused the imprisonment and deaths of so many of their co-religionists. Dhimmis, Dummies.....and Despicable...
Posted by: Mary Rose at September 9, 2006 12:32 AM
Mary Rose:
Thanks for being there and representing me.
A question I have,
Where did my country go? :(
at September 9, 2006 1:58 AM
Those interested in the future of Iran should definitely read this
Posted by: FallingProphet at September 9, 2006 5:35 AM
How many chances like that CAIR gets? This is a true Islamonazifest! Only in America!
Posted by: Terror-Free Oil at September 10, 2006 3:13 AM
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