Friday, February 17, 2006
Nuclear Sharia
The increasingly important MEMRI has a translation of an article on the Iranian "reformist" internet daily Rooz, which reports for the first time that extremist clerics from Qom have issued what the daily called "a new fatwa," stating that "shari'a does not forbid the use of nuclear weapons."
The Rooz article states:
"The spiritual leaders of the ultra-conservatives [in Iran] have accepted the use of nuclear weapons as lawful in the eyes of shari'a. Mohsen Gharavian, a disciple of [Ayatollah] Mesbah Yazdi [who is Iranian President Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor], has spoken for the first time of using nuclear weapons as a counter-measure. He stated that 'in terms of shari'a, it all depends on the goal.'
"The religious leadership of the Islamic Republic [of Iran], which has until now regarded the use of nuclear weapons as opposed to shari'a, and has repeated this point again and again, has so far kept silent about this. In spite of the fact that, in the last few weeks, some of the senior [leaders] of the Islamic Republic have tried to reduce the pressure [exerted by] the radical [conservatives], the radicals nevertheless seem to have complete control over the [political] arena.
Obviously there can be only one reason for such a statement, and that is to pave the way for Iranian nutball ActMadInJihad to actually use one. Or more.
"Within the six months [of Ahmadinejad's presidency], all the achievements of former president Khatami in the international arena have been lost. Through strange proposals and radical approaches, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad managed, in a very short time, to get the world to forget all about bin Laden. Now all eyes are on the Islamic Republic, and everyone is talking about the danger it [poses]. Two weeks ago, the strategy of assaulting [foreign] embassies was formed as well. America regards Iran and Syria as being behind the recent violent incidents, including the setting fire to embassies in Islamic countries. Mr. Ahmadinejad has managed to take the place of bin Laden..." (Emphasis mine.)
MEMRI has provided a context for this story by publishing the Covenant of Hamas. I call it "Islamofascism for Dhimmis". This is the creed of the recently-elected Palestinian terrorist organization that, like Iran's mullahs, aspires to the genocide of the Israelis. It's chilling in the extreme and while you'd hope it's all you need to know about the workings of the Islamofascist mind, it isn't.
Not by a long shot.
HT: Thomas Joscelyn
The Rooz article states:
"The spiritual leaders of the ultra-conservatives [in Iran] have accepted the use of nuclear weapons as lawful in the eyes of shari'a. Mohsen Gharavian, a disciple of [Ayatollah] Mesbah Yazdi [who is Iranian President Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor], has spoken for the first time of using nuclear weapons as a counter-measure. He stated that 'in terms of shari'a, it all depends on the goal.'
"The religious leadership of the Islamic Republic [of Iran], which has until now regarded the use of nuclear weapons as opposed to shari'a, and has repeated this point again and again, has so far kept silent about this. In spite of the fact that, in the last few weeks, some of the senior [leaders] of the Islamic Republic have tried to reduce the pressure [exerted by] the radical [conservatives], the radicals nevertheless seem to have complete control over the [political] arena.
Obviously there can be only one reason for such a statement, and that is to pave the way for Iranian nutball ActMadInJihad to actually use one. Or more.
"Within the six months [of Ahmadinejad's presidency], all the achievements of former president Khatami in the international arena have been lost. Through strange proposals and radical approaches, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad managed, in a very short time, to get the world to forget all about bin Laden. Now all eyes are on the Islamic Republic, and everyone is talking about the danger it [poses]. Two weeks ago, the strategy of assaulting [foreign] embassies was formed as well. America regards Iran and Syria as being behind the recent violent incidents, including the setting fire to embassies in Islamic countries. Mr. Ahmadinejad has managed to take the place of bin Laden..." (Emphasis mine.)
MEMRI has provided a context for this story by publishing the Covenant of Hamas. I call it "Islamofascism for Dhimmis". This is the creed of the recently-elected Palestinian terrorist organization that, like Iran's mullahs, aspires to the genocide of the Israelis. It's chilling in the extreme and while you'd hope it's all you need to know about the workings of the Islamofascist mind, it isn't.
Not by a long shot.
HT: Thomas Joscelyn
