To: Cronos
Thanks for the ping, Cronos!
I have to say, I'm really surprised that this monument to a guy who fought against Islam is being put up in a nation that is almost 100% Islamic.
They're not concerned about possible violence?
4 posted on
09/07/2011 5:20:25 AM PDT by
GiovannaNicoletta
("....in the last days, mockers will come with their mocking...." (2 Peter 3:3))
To: GiovannaNicoletta; odds
Thanks GN -- I pinged it to you because in both Iran and Greater Iran (Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan etc), there are still faint traces of pride in their great past.
In Iran they still celebrate Nowroz (the Parsi/Zoroastrian new year) and one of their great heroes is the Zoroastrian hero Rustom
5 posted on
09/07/2011 5:35:21 AM PDT by
Cronos
(www.forfiter.com)
To: GiovannaNicoletta
There are also other cases of Moslem countries who have heroes who fought against Islam -- in particular, the Albanians have their great hero Skanderbeg
in 1409, Skanderbeg (George Kastrioti) was the Sultan Murad II of the Ottoman's hostage. Skanderbeg was one of the Sultan's great warriors. Then in 1443 he escaped, re-converted to Catholicism and declared a Holy War against the Ottoman Empire and halted them for 25 years. along with Vlad Tepeś of Wallachia, Stephen III of Moldavia and Jan Hunyadi of Hungary.
Skanderbeg is even now a symbol of Albania
6 posted on
09/07/2011 5:42:16 AM PDT by
Cronos
(www.forfiter.com)
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