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Iran: US using the Islamic State “to destroy Islam’s attractions”

May 3, 2016 11:38 am By Robert Spencer

“The ISIL, Boko Haram and al-Nusrah have been created in line with the US strategy of religion against religion, which seeks to impair the divine face of Islam.” Meanwhile, U.S. officials maintain that those groups have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam: the Iranians are seriously deluded on this issue, or intending to delude the Islamic world.

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“IRGC Commander: US Using ISIL to Spoil Islam’s Attractions,” Iran’s state-controlled Far News Agency, May 2, 2016 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami warned on Monday that the US is seeking to tarnish Islam’s brilliant face through the terrorist and extremist groups’ crimes, as the number of Muslim converts is on the increase in the western world.

“The US-led coalition against the US is fake and the Americans seek to destroy Islam’s attractions through Takfiri and terrorist groups, including the ISIL and al-Nusra Front,” Salami said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran today.

He said the plot comes in opposition to the spread of Islamic thoughts in the world, specially Europe, and said, “For instance, 50,000 people are converting to Islam in Britain annually.”

In relevant remarks last year, Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said that the US has created the terrorist groups in the region to reduce security threats to Israel and impair the face of Islam.

“The ISIL, Boko Haram and al-Nusrah have been created in line with the US strategy of religion against religion, which seeks to impair the divine face of Islam,” Pourdastan said.

“The American and European people’s high tendency towards Islam and (the necessity for) protection of the Zionist regime’s security have caused the US to create the terrorist groups,” he added.

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Filed Under: conspiracy paranoia, Featured, Iran, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, Hossein Salami


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  1. Ray Makabali says

    May 3, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Not a bad idea if it were true- but who would want to practice stuff that promotes killing of people that don’t share ones beliefs or does not believe in separating religion and government?

    • quotha raven says

      May 3, 2016 at 1:05 pm

      to Ray M – Who, indeed?!

      Cheers!

      quotha raven

      • Angry Citizen says

        May 4, 2016 at 4:20 am

        ian brady, myra hindley, jimmy savile, peter sutcliffe . . .

  2. jihad3tracker says

    May 3, 2016 at 11:51 am

    For readers of this post who want an explanation of why such ridiculous remarks come from Iranian officials like this guy — apparently expecting non-Muslims to believe what he say, take a look at another item up today, titled “Mediocre Minds”

    • quotha raven says

      May 3, 2016 at 1:07 pm

      to Jihad3tracker – Been there, done that. Agree with your recommendation.

      Cheers!

      quotha raven

  3. Jaladhi says

    May 3, 2016 at 12:11 pm

    May I know what are Islam’s attractions – murder, rape, incest, loot, invade, misogyny, pedophilia, lies, deceit, terror, slitting throats, 72 houries, etc, etc,.

    Quite an attraction. No wonder Muslims

    • Mockingjay says

      May 3, 2016 at 2:14 pm

      Yeah… islam’s “attractions”…
      ??? / ?!? / !!! /…?

      I’m sure a lot of people in the West thought the idea of living in the islamic replucic of Iran quite appealing before isis came and spoiled it all.

      • Mockingjay says

        May 3, 2016 at 2:15 pm

        eh – republic

    • Jaladhi says

      May 3, 2016 at 2:34 pm

      Oops – typo: “Quite an attraction. No wonder Muslims love Islam.”

    • Hontur says

      May 6, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      You forgot another of their distorted “attractions”: Homophobia. Isn’t Iran known wordwide for killing gay people like crazy?

  4. Myrtle Linder says

    May 3, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    Islam will run wild killing and being killed until GOD sends HIS SON and HIS angels to gather HIS people together Matthew 24:30-44. Islamist do not have a clue what is coming, what GOD will send

    • Gelmann says

      May 4, 2016 at 3:48 pm

      You are right Myrtle, except before the REAL Christ comes, we will see the fake anti-Christ come with the 12th Mahadi, and the Islamic Kalifate, and they will deceive millions of people.

  5. Christianblood says

    May 3, 2016 at 12:44 pm

    “..The truth is that Obama (USA) intentionally armed ISIS and made a willful decision to let the terrorist group grow…” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director of the America’s Defense Intelligence Agency, For more of his words, please click on the link below:

    http://wearechange.org/us-ex-intelligence-chief-states-isiss-rise-was-a-willful-washington-decision/

    • Angry Citizen says

      May 4, 2016 at 4:26 am

      From an earlier statement by your Traitor in Chief;

      Meanwhile, we continue to ramp up our training and support of local forces that are fighting ISIL on the ground. As I’ve said before, this aspect of our strategy was moving too slowly. But the fall of Ramadi has galvanized the Iraqi government. So, with the additional steps I ordered last month, we’re speeding up training of ISIL [Iraqi] forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes in Anbar Province.

      https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/06/remarks-president-progress-fight-against-isil

  6. Westman says

    May 3, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    “..tarnish Islam’s brilliant face..” “‘..impair the divine face of Islam..” LOL!

    Leaving the terrorist groups aside, these Iranian men are so unbelievably dense not to realize the Shia’a-Sunni split, and warring with each other in name of Allah, was sufficient to wipe off the divinity and tarnish the face of Islam.

    Islam is the only religion in which the average US member has higher moral values and regard for human life than its founder. Even Reza Aslan isn’t running about with a sword, killing unbelievers, although he might be extracting more jizya from the educational and political system than is warranted.

  7. Guest says

    May 3, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    I read two paragraphs of this… And suddenly I wanted to bash my head against something.

  8. Angemon says

    May 3, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    IRGC Commander: US Using ISIL to Spoil Islam’s Attractions

    Westernphobic, USphobic, Kuffarphobic Iranians are at it again…

    • DFD says

      May 3, 2016 at 4:31 pm

      Hi Angemon,

      here’s a simple solution. If you know it, sorry for the re-post, otherwise enjoy. Ought to cheer you up a bit…

      https://youtu.be/18YTf0Rn1ec (Bomb Iran, The Musical)

      • Angemon says

        May 4, 2016 at 8:25 am

        XD

  9. El Cid says

    May 3, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Summary: Anything bad happens in the world is due to the US and the Jews. Anything good, due to Islam.

    That’s all folks.

    • Whee says

      May 3, 2016 at 7:43 pm

      Corollary 1: Since Islam can’t fix the “bad” in the world (other than “blame the USA”), this only means that Islam < USA. That's embarrassing for Islam.

      Corollary 2: Muslims fleeing ISIS are going to Europe, not Iran. Yet again, embarrassing for Islam.

    • DFD says

      May 4, 2016 at 4:59 am

      Well said!

      Now, how much do you wan? Where do I mail the cheque to?

      Signed
      An anonymous sheikh
      =================

  10. Guest says

    May 3, 2016 at 6:03 pm

    Once again the world blames us for something that isn’t our fault. How about instead of blaming us the rest of the world should take responsibility.

  11. David says

    May 3, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    I think even the Druids have more to offer a new recruit then does islam!
    Other then the creed permitting and even encourageing copulation with camels, goats, donkeys and sheep, what does he think is soooooo damned attractive?

    • Lanya LaPunta says

      May 4, 2016 at 8:12 am

      If you have ever taken a gander at a mohammedan woman … hijabs cannot hide it all …

      Wouldn’t anyone prefer looking at camels, goats, donkeys and sheep?

      • David says

        May 4, 2016 at 8:51 am

        There seem to be lots of Muslim “students” here in my town. The local college imports them by the hundreds.
        The woman smell so bad, when they brush past you in the supermarket, you better just hold your breath. Other wise you may just up and vomit!

    • Carolyne says

      May 4, 2016 at 6:26 pm

      Well they might find a fairly attractive goat somewhere.

  12. mortimer says

    May 3, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    Quote: ““The ISIL, Boko Haram and al-Nusrah have been created in line with the US strategy of religion against religion, which seeks to impair the divine face of Islam.”

    That so-called ‘divine face’ is: …enslavement; no Golden Rule; no free speech; no democracy; jihad – holy war of supremacism; honour killings; taqiyya – sacred lying; taqlid – group think; misogyny – repression of women; rape of kafirs as jihad; genocide; ethnic cleansing; al-walaa wal-baraa – Islamic apartheid; torture; plundering; cruel and unusual punishments; stagnation and backwardness; violence against women; discriminatory Sharia law; hatred of the arts; pedophilia disguised as child marriage; fifty generations of cousin marriage and genetic defects; cruelty to animals; extortion tax to humiliate disbelievers; no historic basis; anti-intellectual obscurantism; FGM; Arab racism; theocratic totalitarianism; vigilantism.

    Soooo divine.

  13. mortimer says

    May 3, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    Sometimes paranoids have real enemies.

  14. Kathy Brown, Esq. says

    May 3, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    Muzzrat Salami is full of baloney.

  15. linnte says

    May 4, 2016 at 1:08 am

    Well, they don’t use toilet paper anyway! I agree. If every non Muslim country involved in the Middle EAST LEFT, they would do themselves in. But then Israel would suffer.

  16. Angry Citizen says

    May 4, 2016 at 4:18 am

    If you are are a Psychopath or a Rapist or a Paedophile or, well any Evil Piece of S**T, then I fully agree islam is attractive.

    If you are a Sane Civilised Human Being, regardless of Race, Colour, Faith, Sexualilty etc., then islam is an EVIL ABOMINATION.

  17. WorkingClassPost says

    May 4, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    Who said that muslims don’t have a sense of humour?

  18. Carolyne says

    May 4, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    Good idea. I’ve always been amused when something like a cartoon in Denmark causes muslims to kill each other in the Middle East. We should indeed confine them there and let them continue.

  19. ninetyninepct says

    May 6, 2016 at 12:53 am

    If the IS is destroying Islam’s attractions, then why aren’t Islam and all Muslims doing whatever they have to to get rid of IS? Destroying and removing all extremist Muslims would then make Islam more attractive and worthy of consideration.

    Allah would be pleased to see Islam become “more attractive”.

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