Posted on 12/30/2006 12:11:14 PM PST by Dallas59
TEHRAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told pilgrims on the annual Hajj to Mecca that those who sow discord among Muslims are “mercenaries of the treacherous enemy”, Iranian media reported Friday.
“Those with a grudge call some Muslim groups infidels... to please the US and the Zionists they speak of the dangers of a Shiite crescent, and they kill people to destabilise the popular Iraqi government,” he was quoted as saying in his message marking this year’s pilgrimage.
“Whether knowingly or not they are criminals, and future generations will remember them as such with hatred as mercenaries of the treacherous enemy.” King Abdullah II of Jordan coined the phrase “Shiite crescent” in December 2004, when he accused Shiite Iran of trying to influence the Iraqi elections in a bid to create a “crescent” dominated by Shiites extending from Iraq to Lebanon. In a speech in Dubai on December 20 this year, British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran of being an obstacle to peace and urged moderate countries in the region to form an alliance to oppose Tehran’s support for extremism.
But Khamenei’s Hajj message dismissed such concerns as illogical and vindictive.
“The West, headed by the US with its bullying and arrogant deeds, has become a demerit in the world of Islam,” Khamenei’s message said. “Their behavior towards the Palestinian people and the bloodthirsty Zionist regime, their stance towards the Zionist regime declaring it has nuclear weapons and towards Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, their support for those who insult the sanctity of Islam, including the Pope, while considering research into the Holocaust a crime is both illogical and vindictive behavior,” it added.
Pope Benedict XVI offended many Muslims in September by implicitly linking Islam with violence, while on December 11 Iran staged a conference on the Holocaust being a matter for historical debate, sparking global condemnation.
“Whether they (the West) like or not, a deep-rooted movement has been launched in the Muslim world and this movement will bring about independence, dignity and resurrection to the world of Islam at the appropriate time.”
Dream on, towel-head.
Sounds to me like this old stench is sowing a little discord himself.
Hey idiot Khamenei,
With satan as your moon god, NO ONE NEEDS to sow dischord.
It's indemic, inherent, chapter and verse dogma, obligatory, recreational hobby, part and parcel of your religion of pieces; of your scriptures; of your dreams and fantasies; it's what you breathe, eat, drink, sleep; imagine, hope for, dwell on, wallow in, walk in . . .
it's . . . . VIOLENCE PERSONIFIED . . . IT'S . . . YOU!
" Treacherous Enemy’ Sowing Discord Among Muslims "
Can I help??
Well said.
The Sunnis and Shiites have never needed any encouragement (or Pay) to hate each other.
Oh, that comment wasn't directed at the Pope at all. It was directed at the Wahhabi clerics who just called all Shi'ites heretics.
The Wahabbi and the radicals in Tehran are mortal enemies.
Until now the US has not exploited this schism, I suspect out of deference to the House of Saud, Egypt and Jordan. However, NOW is the time to put a fire under that kettle and get it cooking.
All our Jihadi grief comes from the radicals in each sect and it's time they killed each other rather than disrupt civilization. I see this as the great failing of US strategy ever since the end of the Iraq-Iran war. The only real downside is the disruption of oil supplies that will surely result.
Time for thje good ol' Hajj Stomp!!
Fat finger - "thje" = "the"
>and they kill people to destabilise the popular Iraqi government,” he was quoted as saying in his message marking this year’s pilgrimage.
“Whether knowingly or not they are criminals, and future generations will remember them as such with hatred as mercenaries of the treacherous enemy.
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Am I reading this right? Khamenini is criticizing those in Iraq who are destabilizing the government there?
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