Posted on 03/26/2015 3:47:53 AM PDT by SJackson
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Obama Cites Ayatollahs Fatwa on Road to Nuclear War
Posted By Raymond Ibrahim On March 26, 2015 @ 12:29 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | No Comments
As Iran continues edging closer to developing nuclear weaponsa major threat to the entire Mideast region, especially longstanding U.S. ally IsraelU.S. President Obama has come to the aid of the Islamic Republic, by citing an Islamic fatwa no less. In a video recording posted on the White Houses website, Obama said, Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon.
This is the same Rouhani who, after recently showcasing Irans newly developed missiles, described his nations diplomatic talks with the U.S. as an active jihad: Our negotiations with the world powers are a source of national pride. Yesterday [during the Iran-Iraq War], your brave generals stood against the enemy on the battlefield and defended their country. Today, your diplomatic generals are defending [our nation] in the field of diplomacythis, too, is jihad.
Other administration officialssuch as Secretary of State John Kerry and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodeshave previously referred to the ayatollah’s reported fatwa in the context of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.
The Obama administrations citation of this fatwa is utterly wrongheaded on many levels.
First, the Islamic doctrine of taqiyya permits Muslims to deceive non-Muslims. Islamic prophet Muhammad himself regularly lied to his infidel enemies, often resulting in their murder (such as the case of Kab ibn Ashraf). He also proclaimed that lying was permissible in three contexts, one being war. Moreover, throughout the centuries and due to historic circumstances (discussed here), taqiyya became second nature to the Shiathe sect currently ruling Iran.
Then there is the fact that Islamic law takes circumstance into account. When Muhammad was weak and outnumbered in Mecca, he preached peace and tolerance (hence why Meccan Suras appear peaceful); when he became strong in Medina, he preached war and went on the offensive (hence why Medinan Suras are violent and intolerant). This dichotomypreach peace when weak, wage war when stronghas been Islamic modus operandi for centuries.
Speaking of fatwas, Dr. Yusuf Burhami, a prominent Islamic cleric in Egypt, recently said that destroying churches in Egypt is permissible if not advisablebut not if doing so prompts Western infidels to intervene and occupy Egypt, which they could do because the condition of Muslims in the current era is well known to the nations of the worldthey are weak. Burhami further added that circumstance is everything, just as the prophet allowed the Jews to remain in Khaibar after he opened [conquered] it, once Muslims grew in strength and number, [second caliph] Omar al-Khattab drove them out according to the prophets command, Drive out the Jews and Christians from the Peninsula.
And who can forget Yasser Arafats reference to Muhammads Hudaybiya pact? In 1994, soon after negotiating a peace treaty criticized as conceding too much to Israel, Arafat addressed an assembly of Muslims and said: I see this agreement as being no more than the agreement signed between our Prophet Muhammad and the [infidel] Quraysh in Mecca. In other words, like Muhammad, Arafat gave his word only to annul it once his ranks became strong enough to go on the offensive.
In short, its all very standard for Islamic leaders to say they are pursuing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes while they are weaker than their infidel foesas Iran is todaybut once they acquire nukes the jihad can resume in earnest.
Then there is the fact that Shia theology is rife with apocalyptic aspirations. An August 2007 report compiled by the Congressional Research Service said: Ahmadinejad [previous president of Iran] believes his mission is to prepare for the return of the 12th Hidden Imam, whose return from occultation [i.e., hiding] would, according to Twelver Shiite doctrine, be accompanied by the establishment of Islam as the global religion.
Like other Iranians, Ahmadinejad cited the eschatological (and canonical) hadith wherein Muhammad said: The Hour [Judgment Day] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and until the Jews hide behind the trees and rocks and the trees and rocks will say, O Muslim, O Servant of God! Here are the Jews! Come and kill them!
Indeed, during a recent speech, supreme leader Khameneiwhose fatwa Obama is now citingboasted about Irans uranium enrichment, even as his military commanders shouted, Allah Akbar. Khamenei is the leader. Death to the enemies of the leadership. Death to America. Death to England. Death to hypocrites. Death to Israel.
Yet despite all thisdespite the fact that Islamic doctrine mandates lying to infidels; despite the fact that the ShiaIrans leadershiphave perfected taqiyya into an art; despite the fact that Islamic law holds that Muslims should preach peace when weak, war when strong; despite the fact that Iranian leadership openly boasts that its nuclear negotiations are a jihad against the infidel; despite the fact that Iran has previously been exposed developing uranium enrichments suitable for nuclear warheadshere is Obama and his administration relying on the word of the ayatollah of Iran.
Excellent article. We can conclude:
1. Obastard is a muslim due to his upbringing in Indonesia
2. He sides with the enemies of the U.S. and is actively consorting with those enemies to destroy the US
3. He is committing the highest possible treason and needs to be charged, tried, convicted, and removed from office
4. #3 will not happen
5. Pax Americana is over and the world is in deep, deep trouble
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I bet Obama subscribes to taqiyya.
I trust the Iranians more than the Zero
If any of this BS fatwa stuff is true.....THEN WHY ARE WE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM?!!!!
There is no fatwa.
Obama is lying.
Surprise.....
Good reason to listen to Rush, he debunked this a week ago. This fatwa is not listed on Khamenei’s official list of fatwas on the internet.
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