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Blog entries tagged Obama meets Ahmadinejad Blog entries tagged Obama meets Ahmadinejad http://amilimani.com Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:55:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Operation Persian Gulf http://amilimani.com/index.php/archives/post/operation-persian-gulf <img height="72" align="left" src=""> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:27:55 +0100 Wake up America Ted Cruz Obama meets Ahmadinejad Is Islam Misrepresented? http://amilimani.com/index.php/archives/post/is-islam-misrepresented-3 <img height="72" align="left" src=""><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Decades ago Marshall Mcluhan observed, &ldquo;The medium is the message.&rdquo; As the print and electronic media penetrate more and more every aspect of life, their influence increases greatly in shaping views and behavior of the public. The power of the media is a mixed blessing. On one hand, it can serve to expose injustices, wrongdoings, and flaws. On the other, it is able to propagate misinformation and outright disinformation. Manipulation and control of the media is of critical importance to the rule of totalitarian states. Free societies, although less subject to laundered information, are still at considerable risk of being selectively informed or misinformed outright. The public can be deceived more easily by the overlords of the media when political correctness is used as subterfuge for promotion of certain ideas.</span><span style="font-size:16px;"> </span><!--more--></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">A case in point is the media&rsquo;s portrayal of Islam, articulated by politicians and pundits&mdash;the talking heads on television and radio, as well as the analysts who write for newspapers and magazines. Time and again we hear and read that Islam is a religion of peace, in spite of the fact that Islam has been a religion of violence from its inception to the present. This mantra, &ldquo;Islam is a religion of peace&rdquo; is repeated so often that it has become an indisputable statement of fact in the minds of many. Even President George W. Bush on several occasions has repeated the mantra and attributed the horrific violence committed under the banner of Islam to a small band of extremists. The President&rsquo;s assertion is either based on ignorance of the facts about Islam or his attempt at political correctness. Perhaps the President&rsquo;s reticence to speak on the true nature of Islam was due to his desire to avoid inflaming the already charged feelings of many about Islam. In any event, truth is sacrificed and the public continues to cling to the false notion that Islam is a peaceful religion. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">People who dare to disclose the true nature of Islam run the risk of being castigated as bigot and hatemonger. Even a cursory examination of Islam&rsquo;s history and Islamic texts conclusively proves the exact opposite of peacefulness. Islam was, and continues to be, a movement of unbridled violence. The Arabs who sallied out of the Arabian deserts did not fan out to the outside world with the Quran in one hand and flowers in the other, preaching love and peace from street corner to street corner, thereby capturing the hearts and minds of the people. Islam was forced upon every people at the point of the sword and the imposition of backbreaking jazyyeh (special taxes) levied on those who were spared death and allowed to retain their religious beliefs. In spite of paying heavy Jazyyeh, the non-Muslims were treated, at best, as second class citizens in their own homelands. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">The abominable persecution of non-Muslims in Islamic countries is a standard operating procedure. In many Islamic countries non-Muslim marriages are not recognized as legal unions and the children of the couples are stigmatized as bastards. Never mind Saudi Arabia, the cradle of barbarism, and even Egypt, the more civilized Islamic country and recipient of billions of dollars in U.S. aid, treat non-Muslims as second class citizens and deprive them of their legitimate human rights. The pundits, the analysts and the politicians are doing a great disservice to the public, each segment for its own expedient reasons, by parroting the mantra regarding the peaceful nature of Islam. As a matter of fact, the so-called small band of Islamic extremists is the true face of Islam. Admittedly, from time to time and place to place, Muslims have shown a degree of tolerance for the non-Muslims. This tolerance dates back to the very early years of Muhammad himself. Early on Muhammad was meek and proclaimed, &ldquo;For you, your religion, and for me, my religion.&rdquo; This assertion lasted but a few years until Muhammad&rsquo;s movement gathered strength and Islam became the only alternative to death or heavy taxation. The imposition of Jazyyeh was a clever ploy for filling the Islamic coffer to support its armies and to finance its further conquests. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">A longstanding Islamic practice is to be meek while weak and assume despotic intolerant power as it gains strength. Recent migration of Muslims to non-Islamic lands began as a seemingly harmless, even useful, trickle of cheap needed labor. Before long, greater and greater numbers of Muslims deluged the new territories and as they gained in numbers&mdash;by high birth rate as well as new arrivals&mdash;Muslims began reverting to their intolerant ways by, for instance, demanding legal status for Shariah (Islamic laws), the type of draconian laws that for most part resemble those of humanity&rsquo;s barbaric past. Islam is indeed misrepresented. Islam is not misrepresented by its &ldquo;detractors.&rdquo; It is misrepresented by Islamic mercenaries: organizations and individuals generously funded by states as well as wealthy believers who are making billions of dollars pumping and selling oil at astronomical prices. Prestigious universities in the West, always looking for handouts, are tripping over one another to establish Islamic studies programs staffed by professors who sing the praise of Islam. Newspapers are routinely intimidated by Islamic an association if they dare to print the truth about Islam. Legions of lawyers, both Muslims as well as hired guns, are on the look out to intimidate and silence any voice speaking the truth about Islam. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">The media that fall in line may receive generous advertising and other incentives from Islamic lobbyists. Hence, it is a fact that Islam is misrepresented. It is misrepresented very effectively by non-Muslim individuals and institutions who are generously rewarded by the modern day Islamic conquerors. This time around the Muslims are using the immense petrodollar they extract from the addicted non-Muslims. The sword is temporarily replaced by just as deadly a weapon&mdash;petrodollar. Before long, the Muslims aim to add a more deadly modern version of the sword&mdash;the Islamic bomb. With the bomb on one hand and the other hand on the oil spigot, the non-Muslim world will be brought to its knees by the religion of peace and brotherhood.</span></p> Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:00:23 +0100 Ted Cruz Obama meets Ahmadinejad Muslims Against Crusades Is the United States serious about Iran? http://amilimani.com/index.php/archives/post/is-the-united-states-serious-about-iran-3 <img height="72" align="left" src=""><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently asked Congress for $85 million to support pro-democracy groups inside Iran and also to assist Iranian groups outside Iran who oppose the Islamic regime in Tehran. It is a very kind gesture from President George W. Bush&rsquo;s administration, but this program will not change anything in Iran. And it is not likely the $85 million (if Secretary Rice indeed receives it) will be used effectively and wisely. Yet, there is no denying Bush&rsquo;s intent of support. In his 2005 state of union address, he again pledged his support for the Iranian people: &ldquo;And to the Iranian people, I say tonight: As you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you.&rdquo; A Tehran University student responded, &ldquo;As long as President Bush stands with the Iranian people, the Iranian people will stand with him and with America.&quot; {C}<!--more--></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">In Iranian polls, Bush won the 2004 election by a landslide, even though in America, Bush won by only a few hundred votes. Today, Bush is sinking in American polls, but his popularity continues to climb in Iran. Persian speaking people have found a friend who says he cares about them. But, at this point, we must ask how serious is President Bush about Iran? Is it all words, with no action?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">For five years, President Bush has consistently supported the Iranian people in his state of the union addresses. But it&rsquo;s been simply a big carrot on a long stick. Or, as they say in Texas, it&rsquo;s all hat and no cattle. While we have supported the president&rsquo;s efforts to liberate Iraq and bring democracy to the region, we know the key to peace in Iraq and the region is in the hands of the Iranian people. As long as they are powerless to overthrow the Islamic terrorist regime in Iran, Iraq will never see the light of democracy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">America is spending over $200 million a day for the war in Iraq. In contrast, an $85 million proposal to bring change in Iran, administered over five years or more, is utterly unrealistic. After all, we are talking about the Islamic Republic of Iran&mdash;&quot;the world&#39;s most active state sponsor of terrorism,&quot; according to the U.S. State Department. So, how do we understand the money problem?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">According to the Iranian Studies Group, an independent academic organization at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), more than one in four Iranian-Americans hold a master&#39;s or doctoral degree, the highest rate among 67 ethnic groups studied. Iranians are among the most highly educated people in U.S. and annually contribute over $600 billion into the U.S. economy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">It would be a travesty for the Iranian opposition groups to accept a mere $85 million while the Iranian-Americans are such large contributors to the U.S. economy. Yet, Iranian-Americans have not given big money to the cause of liberating their fellow Iranians in Iran, and the U.S. government hasn&rsquo;t given any significant amount for the eradication of the world terrorist regime&mdash;the Islamic Republic of Iran. So, we&rsquo;re back to square one. But consider this: the United States holds billions of dollars of Iranian assets in U.S. banks. Why not use this financial source to support the Iranian opposition groups who will actively seek regime change in Iran? This money must be returned to its legitimate heirs, the Iranian people, inside Iran and outside Iran.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">If the U.S. is serious about a regime change in Iran, if the U.S. is hoping for a democratic form of government in Iran, and if the U.S. truly advocates a broader democracy in the Middle East, the White House must turn the Iranian assets over to all the Iranian opposition groups who want democracy in Iran. After all, Iranians know Iranian mentality better than any foreign governments. It is time for the US government to get serious about regime change in Iran. Bombing Iran will not help the cause. In fact, it will probably create either civil war, or some kind of desperate, lethal unity inside Iran.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;">The more effective way to achieve regime change is to spend the Iranian assets in the right way. We can create a secular, democratic Iranian nation with our own Iranian money, and obliterate the venomous theocratic regime in Iran&mdash;which the majority of Iranians consider to be alien occupiers. The clock is ticking and the majority of Iranians want to be free from the oppressors now. The Bush administration must stop the useless, wasteful bureaucracy and get down to business of regime change, immediately. Amil Imani is an Iranian-born American Citizen and pro democracy activist living in the United States of America.</span></p> Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:34:49 +0100 Ted Cruz Obama meets Ahmadinejad Muslims Against Crusades