After living under Islamic law for over forty years, huge numbers of Iranians have had enough not just of the Islamic regime, but of Islam itself.
“Senior Cleric Claims Religion In Iran Weak, 50,000 Mosques Closed,” Iran International, June 2, 2023:
A senior Iranian cleric says around 50,000 of Iran’s 75,000 mosques are closed, showing the declining numbers of Iranians attending.
Expressing regret over the low numbers engaged in worship, Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi, who serves as the liaison between Ebrahim Raisi’s administration and the country’s seminaries, said on Thursday that the numbers are a “worrying admission” for a state built around the principles of Islam….
Emphasizing the weakening of religiosity among society and in turn, a weakening legitimacy of a government ruling by religious diktat, he said: “When people look at the output of the religion, they decide to enter the religion or leave the religion,” with reasons including “the humiliation of people in the name of religion,” “falsification of religious concepts and teachings,” and “depriving people of a decent life and creating poverty in the name of religion.”…
SKA says
The regime is maintained by its security forces and “rent-a-mobs” who are made up of the heads of families living off of the pensions paid by the Bunyad-ha, the “Foundations” such as the Martyrs’ Foundation, the “Foundation of the Oppressed” and similar agencies. If the university students protest the “brothers” are mobilized to beat the rebels back into submission. The regime is only secure as long as the money payments are made. Once the cash flow stops the regime falls. Truly La ilaha il-Dollar!
gravenimage says
+1
Brian says
Closed in iran opened in england
Walter Sieruk says
What else should that Muslim cleric expect ? Maybe he’s stupid that he doesn’t understand that Islam and likewise Sharia brutal cruel, oppressive and murderous Islamic tyranny which had the title of “The Islamic Republic of Iran: has brought nothing but hardship suffering and misery upon the Iranian people. So that only natural decline in the Iranian people wanting anything to do with Islam likewise Int’s mosques reasonable outcome of this is horrendous Islamic tyranny that the religion of Islam has brought and inflected on the people.
Furthermore , that Sharia based tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran which has the official title of “The Islamic Republic of Iran” and also about the chief and head Imam, Ayatollah Khomeini, who had a strong hand in establishing this so called “Republic “
The very actual essence of that Islamic tyranny, Ayatollah Khomeini, had made in known that “The Islamic Republic of Iran would be Islamic and nothing but .He declared ‘What the nation wants is an Islamic Republic. Not just a Republic, not a democratic Republic, not a democratic Islamic Republic. Do not use the word “democratic” to describe it. That is the Western style. ‘” [1]
In addition ,that cruel and tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran regime has severely limited to an extreme much knowledge and wisdom from the outside world. This is because that fiendish and murderous ayatollahs and mullahs in power in Iran are very much afraid the Iranian people might discover different ideas. As the idea’s and philosophy of John Locke
For example, Locke views the people living under any genuine government are people retaining their individual rights after a government has been established to protect human rights. . In other words, the securing of their rights – the protection of the life, liberty and property of all – is the sole legitimate purpose of government. If a government begins to abuse those rights it then becomes tyrannical and the governed [the people] retain the right to overthrow that government and replace it with one that does its job properly.
So that heinous ”mullah regime” of Iran, greatly fears such ideas and keeps the people under his hideous control of his tyranny in and the darkness of much limited information.
[1]`THE HISTORY OF JIHAD by Robert Spencer, page 318.
Ray Jarman says
+1
Walter Sieruk, Excellent opine and if I could just add one old but applicable in the instance as Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time”
Uma says
+1
Paul Castle says
Good post Walter !
FYI says
Nobody cares for allah anymore.Even the dawah people spend all the time saying ‘muhammed this,muhammed that’ and ignore poor old allah.
There is no Love in islam:no room for that essential Golden Rule either which is funny when you consider that according to Jesus Christ it is ‘the MEANING of the Law of Moses'{Matthew 7 v12}which was written in a book called the TORAH……{so it would have to be in islam if allah claims he inspired the TORAHIt isn’t even possible because of non-muslims being called ‘the WORST of created sings” koran 98:6}
The TORAH:which allah says he gave to Moses{“And verily WE gave unto Moses the scripture”koran 2;87}… and confirms {koran 3;3}.. and gives permission to muhammed to check[koran 10;94}
It is funny because allah MISSED the meaning of the Torah and Jesus Christ,a Religious Jew, clearly knows MORE than allah.It means allah does not understand that the Law of Moses has a meaning!
Of course he also missed the 2 chief commandments which are in the TORAH..which he says he gave to Moses.
That’s what allah gets for impersonating the Biblical God.
John Smith says
Your first sentence was hilarious, poor old allah, very funny indeed.
FYI says
Of course Iranians have a sense of humor {as all peoples do} despite khomeni’s claim that there are “no jokes in islam”:so on that basis an islamic comedy festival.while unlikely, would certainly be shi’te.
And it would also certainly be shite.
Secular Iranian comedy might be sunny {but probably not sunni.}but at least it definitely wouldn’t be shi’te.Or necessarily shite.
John Smith says
Give us a break FYI, I’m still in hysterics with that first comment of yours, how cold they ignore poor old allah, ROTFL
gravenimage says
🙂
Walter Sieruk says
What else is the Muslim cleric to expect .? Maybe he’s just too stupid to understand that this brutal cruel oppressive and murderous Islam/ Sharia based tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran which is officially called “The Islamic Republic of Iran’ has naturally discouraged and disillusioned in Islam and likewise its mosques . That lack of mosques attendance is a natural outcome the hardship , suffering misery and death that Islam and Sharia based tyranny that inflected such horrendous evil upon the Iranian people .
Furthermore, that Sharia based tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran which has the official title of “The Islamic Republic of Iran” and also about the chief and head Imam, Ayatollah Khomeini, who had a strong hand in establishing this so called “Republic “
The actual essence of that Islamic tyranny, Ayatollah Khomeini, had made in known that “The Islamic Republic of Iran would be Islamic and nothing but .He declared ‘What the nation wants is an Islamic Republic. Not just a Republic, not a democratic Republic, not a democratic Islamic Republic. Do not use the word “democratic” to describe it. That is the Western style. ‘” [1]
In addition, that cruel and tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran regime has severely limited to an extreme much knowledge and wisdom from the outside world. This is because that fiendish and murderous ayatollahs and mullahs in power in Iran are very much afraid the Iranian people might discover different ideas. As the idea’s and philosophy of John Locke
For example, Locke views the people living under any genuine government are people retaining their individual rights after a government has been established to protect human rights. . In other words, the securing of their rights – the protection of the life, liberty and property of all – is the sole legitimate purpose of government. If a government begins to abuse those rights it then becomes tyrannical and the governed [the people] retain the right to overthrow that government and replace it with one that does its job properly.
So that heinous ”mullah regime” of Iran, greatly fears such ideas and keeps the people under his hideous control of his tyranny in and the darkness of much limited information.
[1]`THE HISTORY OF JIHAD by Robert Spencer, page 318.
Walter Sieruk says
During the time that Donald Trump is still the President and Chief Executive of the United States of America. For President Trump has the wisdom to enact strong sanctions against that brutal ,cruel and oppressive “mullah tyranny” of Iran that engages in brutal, cruel and murderous violence against its own Iranian citizens, so how much do those in power in Iran care ,if possible, about the human rights of people of other nations ?
Back on the date of 4/22/19 the US Secretary of State ,Michael Pompeo spoke of that brutal and oppressive tyranny which oppresses the people of Iran and said “We will not appease their oppressors as that last administration did .” Pompeo then stated “We will support the Iranian people.”
As far back as on Tuesday, 2/5/ 19 in his second State on the Union a speech President Trump spoke of that Islamic tyranny of Iran as well as those in total power and complete of that tyrannical rogue state. For the President declared “It is a radical regime, they do bad, bad things.”
Moreover, an author of an article on a Freedom Site, Dariush Afshar, had explained the reality of the situation well when he wrote that the “People of Iran who fight for freedom in Iran and abroad put a huge gap and draw a prominent line between Iran and the Islamic regime in Tehran.”
This is sadly and tragically the terrible reality of this Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran. This Islamic tyranny has been well nicknamed “the mullahs regime” in which them mullahs and ayatollahs as well as other fiendish and fanatical Muslims in power have a strong and awful control of the Islamic regime of Iran and through their band of Islamic state “police” , who are called the “Revolutionary Guards “come down hard human rights of the Iranian people .
Therefore, the Iranian people who are trapped and forced to exist in this Islamic tyranny live in terrible fear of the mullahs and others in power in Iran. This is a tragic and sad reminder of the wisdom that was printed in the periodical of Benjamin Franklin which is entitled POOR RICHARDS’ ALMANAC that reads “Those who are feared are also hated.”
It also should be added, to this that the actual word “Republic” has on origin the Latin meaning “Of the people” With the mullahs ayatollahs in so much power and even influencing the parliament of this Islamic regime is tyranny is hardly a real republic .Furthermore the ruthless gang of thugs who are the stooges of those Muslim clerics, called the “Revolutionary Guards,” those Islamic State “police” come down hard on the human rights and freedoms of the Iranian people. Therefore the people do have the right to overthrow a tyranny. This reality had even been expressed and described by men of great intelligence .For example the philosopher .John Locke. This is wisdom that mullahs and other villains in power in that Islamic tyranny don’t want the Iranian people to know about or understand.
Walter Sieruk says
A former Muslim revealed an important reality when he wrote “Iran is representative of what Islamic fundamentals desire, an Islamic State, and the consequence of achieving it: State Terror, Instead of utopic, Iran is an Islamic totalitarian nightmare.” He further exposes that “What followed its establishment was the inevitable consequence and inexorable logic of its Islamic premise; state terrorism, a merciless tyranny.” [1]
Furthermore, in the book entitled HOW ISLAM PLANS TO CHANGE THE WORLD, by , the Christian scholar, William Wagner ,on page 208 the reader is informed that “The creation of the Islamic republic in Iran has had the effect that many from that country have become disillusioned with Islam and are looking to leave Iran. ” This is a point worth pondering.
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq page 346,.
SKA says
Though rather than leaving Iran most of those who are disillusioned would rather that Islam should depart from Iran.
Violet says
Good for them to stay in their own country and try to fix it. I respect that. ….. The free loaders pouring into western countries are another sort altogether. They demand to be handed the freedom and high standard of living that western people have earned for themselves, then they turn on us with vitriol & hatred toward western people (white people) and have every intention of replacing us and the culture with the sheeet they fled but did not leave behind. I have a respect for people who stay in their own country in order to fix it.
Wellington says
A good start.
tim gallagher says
It is certainly a sign of some progress being made, Wellington. Anytime that people are ditching barbaric, evil islam is surely a very good thing.
gravenimage says
I hope so.
FYI says
muslims are conditioned to be afraid of the koran.
islamic holy men don’t want muslims to read the koran,they do not want to encourage critical analysis:this is why a culture of fear is generated about the koran.And they really don’t want muslims to check the Bible{which contains the TORAH/pentateuch}despite the fact that allah gave muhammed permission to check with the Bible[koran 10;94}!
Why do you think the Bible is banned in islamic countries if allah actually gives permission to check the Bible?
The holy men of islam don’t want you to figure it out.That’s how they control-through FEAR.They have their power through FEAR.
Yet allah CONFIRMS the Torah koran 3:3.It’s not true that it was corrupted.It cannot be.The Law of Moses has never changed.
No book is beyond criticism.
Stop listening to ‘holy men’ insisting that only they can interpret books.
Michael Copeland says
“It’s a depressing book. It really is. It’s just the rantings of a schizophrenic. There is also the barrenness of the message. It has no ethical dimension.”
—Sebastian Faulks
https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/11/book-reviews-the-koran/
Kalit says
Crikey, Islamophobic Muslims!
tim gallagher says
Very funny comment, Kalit. It certainly is a good sign to see some Muslims waking up to what a load of barbaric crap islam is and walking away and, maybe, hopefully, joining the more civilised, non-Muslim world.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Probably a fallout of this story from 3 years ago
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/09/new-survey-only-40-of-iranians-identify-as-muslim-72-disagree-with-mandatory-hijab-wearing
Hopefully, these mosques can be repurposed one day when this regime falls. Same for all their mausoleums, dargahs and other islamic monuments
gravenimage says
Iran: Senior Muslim cleric says around 50,000 of the nation’s 75,000 mosques are closed, people aren’t attending
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So good to hear!
Tatanka says
Islam is the religion for the violently insane.
No normal person would want to come near it.
John Sharp says
Alhamdulilah
SR says
May be Iranians are realising to their glorious past, like Hindus in India. Islam tried to kill both cultures-while in Iran it was fully successful, that in India only partly. Now, both of them are looking to each other for a peerlike, if not joint, assault to this murderous, inhuman rel called Islam started by a mentally sick person.
Paul Castle says
A pity about the other 25,000 then , they should all be closed and demolished .
Hide says
No no, don’t demolish the mosques they can be used for our i illegal muslim immigrants who are not being housed. They would love to go there.
Instead of Rwanda.
Paul Castle says
A pity , most Muslim “immigrants” are here for nefarious purposes , sent by their Imams and evil rulers .
joanofark06 says
The day I read an article, about some guy saying that he started reading the koran, and how something came over him, and that he felt he had to murder someone, in which he did exactly that, was the day I realized how evil and satanic that book was, or is.
Of course, I knew how evil that book was, but it really hit home to me, that day.
So, to hear this news, is very good, BUT….that’s only a tiny piece of it, when murders are still happening all around the world. I should know, I’ve been archiving/collecting them in my bookmarks, and having a backup, just in case.
There’s a very definite purpose, for thousands, or millions of muslims, to be in all of all of these many NON muslim countries. Or should I say, Satan had a reason for all of them to go into all of these countries, of which they hate everything about, including the people. And of which they have NOTHING in common with, the clothes, the food, the religion, etc., etc..
Was it Soros who told hundreds of them, to go into all of these many NON muslim countries? Was it the money he gave them, to get them to go hundreds of miles away from their homes, to leave their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, etc etc?
Their were MANY other muslim countries, far enough away from where they originally lived, that were closer….why did they have to move hundreds of miles away, into countries, that they have NOTHING in common with, and of which they hate everything about that country they are in?
Even Soros couldn’t have THAT MUCH MONEY, to give to hundreds, if not thousands of muslims…so what made them all leave, pretty much in all of one time, and all of those leaders of all of those NON muslim countries, decide, all at one time, to allow them into their borders, with not knowing anything about them, and not caring about what they believe in…..how did this all happen?
It could only be one thing. Satan had them all move, had them go THAT FAR, into countries of which they all hated everything about them. Why?
Revelation 20:4
Who else in all of those countries would do this horrible thing, to all those Christians? There’s only one group of people, who would love to work for satan, during the 7 yr Tribulation, and at the halfway mark or 3 1/2 year point. Satan has to become a physical man, at that time, and not the spirit he has been since being here on Earth, and so, as a physical person, cannot be in more than one place at a time, and so he’ll need his workers, to exterminate anyone who will NOT take his mark. And since muslims hate God’s people with a passion, as much as Satan does, it will be them who will do this work for Satan, and who will be happy to do what Rev 20:4 says.
But being impatient waiting, and having their book, that satan has them read, they sometimes have to kill, and they do…quite a bit. So it doesn’t matter about the mosques closing. They still have the book of satan’s words, to keep them going.
And if they go to jail for killing, satan has put the idea of “mental illness” in everyone’s mind, which gets them straight out of jail, and back where satan needs them. Happens every time, doesn’t it?