Here we go again. I’m no “Perry apologist.” Just a believer in gathering facts and deliberating before spouting.
To repeat my earlier comments...
The Aga Khan is 74 years old; there’s plenty on record to judge.
I don’t much like Perry, but the attack on him via the article at http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/perrys_problematic_pals.html is very lame.
The article is almost entirely about Norquist, and the only connection it makes to Perry is that Perry gave a speech about tax reform and job creation, with Norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform team standing behind him. The speech can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NYHzcDcvSU.
The article links a Dallas Observer blogger who titled his piece “Rick Perry’s New Sidekick, Grover Norquist.”
That item is here: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/03/rick_perrys_new_sidekick_grove.php
There is absolutely nothing in the article, “Perry’s Problematic Pals” that holds any water when it comes to the Aga Khan. Perry’s guilt by association is thrown, splat, and then the author moves on to talk about Norquist and the Norquist-Bush connection.
As for the Aga Khan, there are interviews and reports on youtube videos that any fair-minded person will want to find and absorb. I strongly recommend it.
For those who can’t be bothered, nothing I can write will illuminate anything, and I’m an anonymous writer.
I’ll just say that if a report offers nothing more informative on the Aga Khan or the Ismailis than a reference to the 12th c “Assassins,” you can be sure it’s written by a lazy and ignorant typist for the consumption of lazy and ignorant readers.
Looks like I’ll have more occasions to post this comment.
“First get informed.”
If you want to know anything REAL about Aga Khan, you need to go to islamic websites. Western ones only tell you what they want you to know.
To the people he controls, he is an absolute tyrant. His word is the law and if he says it, it is true. There can be NO free thinking. No questions. You obey, or you pay. His followers think he is divine, the personification of allah on earth.
You have no idea what these people are like out from under the sunlight.
“It is a great honor to be in the presence of the Imam of 16 million Muslims around the world, a global humanitarian leader, a man of peace with a pluralistic vision for people around the world, His Highness, the Aga Khan, the 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. Your Highness, on behalf of 23 million Texans, and over 600,000 thousand Muslims living in Texas, I extend our heartfelt appreciation for your 50 years of great international leadership. We are delighted to welcome you to the Lone Star State and participate in the celebration of your Golden Jubilee. I am also grateful to the many federal, state and local leaders in attendance tonight. By their presence, these special guests convey the profound respect that exists in the Western World for His Highness’ work and leadership.”