moron99

Safa, IMHO - Iran was hijacked by a religous block. It was a time of war against saddam and the people rallied around them to fight off the threat. Being human, greed for power overtook their leaders. It is only once per generation that a leader emerges who does not possess greed for power. Even then, once power is acheived this leader will eventually succumb to its temptations. Such was the case with Iran. Islam was the vehicle but ultimately it was human lust for power that had the steering wheel.

Salim, i see. It is obviously a very important event. One of those things where the more we understand about it then the more we understand ourselves. I hope that aldoctor keeps us informed.

I do not know who these people you talk about are. However, I do recognize the scene and the course of events. As an outsider looking in, what I see are people motivated by political desires. I think that if you try to separate events from the earthly desire amoung men to possess political power then you will reach wrong conclusions.

The people who promote this problem are indeed playing with smoke and mirrors (and english phrase meaning deception, trickery, and false illusions). I have been reading comments on international forums. They are inciting through deception. First they say that blasphemy against jesus is against the law. Then they talk about danish cartoons and create anger because one is protected but not the other. Would people be so mad if they knew the truth? Blasphemy against any religion is acceptable behavior in western countries. We fought wars between different sects of christianity and killed millions of ourselves. The germans even fought a war to kill the jewish religion. We finally agreed that one man's religion is always another man's blasphemy and decided to make blasphemy okay for everybody. Look through historic records and find the last time a western country sent someone to jail for blasphemy. It does not happen. We ended our religous wars because we gave every person the right to commit blasphemy. It is not pretty, but it works for us. The danish cartoons were printed by a western newspaper inside of a western country. Do we not have the right to run our own societies as it best suits our own histories and experiences? The problem I think is not between the muslim man and the christian man. Nor between the arab society or the western society. I do not think god created any division between his people or his religions. I think they are fabricated and nurtured by those who lust for the combined power of religion and law. The problem for the west is not islam. It is our inability to isolate the snakes that hide behind it.

it keeps getting worse for the radical imams and corrupt regimes. The cartoons were published in a major egyptian newspaper last october. http://www.jp.dk/english_news/artikel:aid=3548386/ I wonder what Iran will say? They did not conceal their connections like others. They have no one to pass the blame to. Oh, right. I forgot. It's a zionist plot.

thank you for the link. However, the english replies do not seem to fully convey the gravity of what is unfolding. Perhaps it will be understood if I am more direct. It appears that the danish imams created the most offensive images in order to blame others. The false cartoons were obviously different from the others and their fraudulent nature was easy to verify (since the original twelve had been published months before). Government controlled media and mosques intentionally overlooked the fraud and propogated false information. To summarize: an extremist imam created the three most offensive images in order to blame others and incite anger. mideast governments and mosques knew that they were forgeries but willingly promoted them. My western mind can not understand why muslims are not concerned about this. I can only assume that they do not know.

I do not know if this news is reaching people in Iraq but I think it is important. It goes to show how depraved the queda's are and how willing some mideast governments are to comply. The danish imams who started the mess are of the extremist/queda supporting variety. Their actions and desired consequences leave little doubt as to the depravity of these individuals. Last fall a danish newspaper printed twelve drawings of mohamed. A danish imam was very upset but could not get his followers to take any action. In order to stir up support he toured the mideast showing a portfolio of fifteen drawings to various people of power & influence. Of the cartoons that are causing such a stir, three of them were added by the danish imam. Although it has not been precisely determined, evidence suggests that the three additional cartoons were created by the danish imams. When questioned of origins they refuse to provide the name of the person who gave it to them, the accompanying letters, or any other verifiable/traceable evidence. Most investigators are convinced that the drawings were created by muslims because of their cultural acuity. At the very least, they were fraudulently included in the imam's portfolio. The three fradulent cartoons are of substantially lower production quality and are substantially more offensive than the genuine cartoons. The three fradulent cartoons distributed by the imam depict 1) the prophet as a pedophile 2) the prophet as a pig 3) a praying muslim being raped by a dog. Three months after the cartoons were published the imam presented his fraudulent portfolio to mideast governments. Shortly therafter boycotts were started and embassies were burned. This story is still unfolding and there are certain to be many more twists and turns. But since Iraq is the only country in the mideast with freedom of press and freedom of speech then it seems only fitting that Iraqis should have the full story. I hope someone will translate if this information is not already known.