President Ahmadinejad of Iran holds a conference on the denial of the Holocaust. This meeting was essentially attended by well known Holocaust deniers from several nations. How unusual a move is this for the head of state of a large country to go out of his way to rewrite historical facts? What could he hope to accomplish by hosting this conference? :loud:That wacky Iranian!
This is what happens when a head of state follows writings in the koran that Jews are the descendants of "apes and pigs" and whose population is raised to hate Jews and all infidels from day one. I am not surprised...this is just the nature of islam. Remember, the koran makes it very clear how Jews are to be treated (along with other unbelievers): Koran 5:51 Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their number. Allah does not guide the wrong-doers. In this verse Prophet Mohammed is clearly instructing his followers never to befriend a Christian or a Jew. Because if they take a Christian or a Jew as a friend, they will commit a wrong deed and Allah's wrath will be on them. Koran 5:57 Believers, do not seek the friendship of the infidels and those who were given the Book before you, who have made your religion a jest and a pasttime... Here "those who were given the Book before you" refers to Christians and Jews. Once again Mohammed is warning Muslims of all time never to befriend a Christian or a Jew. Koran 5:64 The Jews say: 'God's hand is chained.' May their own hands be chained! May they be cursed for what they say!... In the above verse Prophet Mohammed is showing his deep respect for the Jews. Koran 9:29 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last day, nor hold the forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth from among the People of the Book, until they pay the Jiziyah with willing submission. And feel themselves subdued. Here 'People of the Book' refers to Christians and Jews. The 'Religion Of Truth' refers to Islam. So in the above verse Prophet Mohammed is instructing Muslims to fight and torture Christians and Jews (who do not believe in Islamic version of God) until they pay tax to Muslims for their existence. Muslims are also strictly instructed to make the Christians and Jews feel 'subdued'. Allah is truly benign !!! Koran 9:30 The Jews call 'Uzayr-a son of God', and the Christinas call 'Christ the Son Of God'. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but intimate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are decluded away from the Truth. Islamic Religious Sources on the Jews - The 'Descendants of Apes and Pigs' According to Islam, the ancient Jews were turned into animals for transgressing the word of God. This divine punishment is mentioned in the most important sources of Islamic religious law, in both the Koran's recounting of the divine revelation, and in the extremely reliable Hadiths (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) compiled by the leading ninth-century sages Muslim and Al-Bukhari, which mention also mice, lizards, and other animals in the same context. The divine punishment of Jews is mentioned in three Koranic verses: "... They are those whom Allah has cast aside and on whom His wrath has fallen and of whom He has made some as apes and swine..." (5:60); "...You have surely known the end of those from amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath, in consequence of which we condemned them: Be ye like apes, despised" (2:65); and "when, instead of amending, they became more persistent in the pursuit of that which they were forbidden, we condemned them: Be ye as apes, despised" (7:166). Come on!...I am not surprised are you?
Sad thing that your American press give so much attention this nonsense. Idiots world around have mouthpiece of your press.
that is what sells news papers, and that is the name of the game! I believe they will say, or do anything to make a story that will sell to the (in your words) idiots around the world.
Which nonsense? The David Duke angle or the whole Iran vs. The Holocaust angle? I have not heard that much about either in any case. You are mistaken about how much attention this has gotten in the US. You'd have to look for information on the subject if you wanted to know anything about it. That is why I posted this topic in the first place. So much for the evil US media.
If it makes anyone feel better, the Iranian people are showing their negative feelings about Ahmadinejad with council election results out today. While their leader is out puffing his chest about the coming of the 12th imam, the economic system continues to stagnate. Gifts of oil money to curry domestic happiness treats only the symptoms. And people, anywhere, get tired of being considered backward. Denying the holocaust isn't even scoring that many points with the clergy, it seems. Let him burn himself out.
