Posted on 12/15/2014 1:17:38 PM PST by naturalman1975
People in Sydney walking past the State Parliament buildings on Macquarie Street in recent weeks might have noticed a tall Muslim cleric who has taken up residence in a tent on the footpath outside. He is Ayatollah Manteghi Boroujerdi, a liberal cleric who fled Iran four years ago after being very critical of the Iranian regime. Ayatollah Boroujerdi's wife and two daughters are now under house arrest in Iran, and he's hoping the Howard government will put pressure on the regime there to let his family join him here in Australia.
David Rutledge spoke to him this week.
David Rutledge: Ayatollah, can you tell me how long have you been resident in Australia?
Manteghi Boroujerdi: I have been in Australia more than four years.
David Rutledge: And why did you leave Iran?
Manteghi Boroujerdi: Because my life was in danger, and if I would leave Iran maybe few weeks late, maybe I couldn't leave Iran.
David Rutledge: What was your position in the government?
Manteghi Boroujerdi: In Iran, mostly I have been involved with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
David Rutledge: Your family is back in Iran and they're not allowed to join you, is this correct?
Manteghi Boroujerdi: Yes, more than four years I have not seen my family, and the Iranian regime doesn't let them come out. In fact I can say they are hostage; as a hostage the Iranian regime wants to make me silent, because I have some secret information about government, and about their terrorist operations in the war. I sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and somebody on behalf of Mr Kofi Anan sent the answer, and they want to do something. I have hope and always I pray and ask God to solve my problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
Despite the difference in name, reliable sources are saying that Manteghi Boroujerdi is the same man who perpetrated the Sydney hostage situation.
Note that in 2001, this man was being presented as a liberal Muslim.
This is an excerpt - the interview at the link is longer.
I would suggest people take a copy of the interview if it interests them. Things this age are often taken down from the ABC site, and somebody might decide for some reason that it’s time this was removed.
Here is a link to more about the attack. For those who, like me, know little about it.
“Tensions surface as Australian Muslims fear Sydney siege backlash”
“Liberal Muslim”
Another of “N” MSM-based oxymorons, where N is so large it must be represented in scientific notation.
Try to ask these Muslims who are worried about a backlash, how many Muslims were killed in America, England or Australia after any of these attacks?
Since the answer is 0, what the heck are they afraid of?
They are afraid because they know in their countries, people would be dying over this.
Totally off subject, but wasn’t a lot of Rake shot in the same area as the attack? It sure looked familiar.
But it mentions filming in Martin Place, which is where the siege took place.
...as Australian Muslims fear Sydney siege backlash
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So sick of the backlash meme. They never get backlash from the civilized nations. Maybe that’s part of the problem. The see us as weak.
They are afraid because they know in their countries, people would be dying over this.
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They are not afraid at all because they know that we in the civilized world will not strike out at those not directly involved in such attacks as this one. This is just a strategic pose for them.
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