Posted on 01/09/2020 6:01:26 PM PST by Widget Jr
Publications shared globally in several languages claim that a red flag was raised for the first time above a mosque in the Iranian city of Qom to call for revenge for killing of general Qasem Soleimani, killed by a US air strike. However, this red flag is often unfurled above this mosque and in the rest of the Shia Muslim world.
The story was shared more than 20,000 times in English from this tweet: “First Time In The History, Red Flag Unfurled Over The Holy Dome Of Jamkaran Mosque, Qom Iran. Red Flag: A Symbol Of Severe Battle To Come. #Qaseemsulaimani”
Similar claims were made in French on Twitter, and written about by large media outlets including the Daily Mail, the Times of India, or the Daily Express.
According to all of these sources, this flag is a symbol of revenge to come from Iran after the death of Soleimani, to whom a large crowd paid a vibrant tribute in Tehran on Monday.
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Does this flag regularly fly over the Jamkaran mosque?
Contrary to what many of the publications assert, this red flag -- a colour symbolising the blood of martyrs -- is frequently raised in Iran. It is often unfurled above mosques or brandished at religious processions, particularly during the Islamic month of Muharram, which ended on September 29 last year.
The same flag was a common sight in the streets of Tehran on Monday, during the tribute paid to Soleimani, without necessarily implying revenge.
[Excerpted, AFP]
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(Now pardon me as I put on my FR grade flame proof suit, it's pretty bulky.)
Three days in Facebook Jail because I posted a photo of Soleimani after he “Blowd up real well!”
So what is saying is: “No, there is no Red Flag. It is always there.”
No, that is not what it is saying. It is saying a red flag has flown there before, and when it has it was not a call for revenge.
They tell us all the time they want to wipe us off face of earth but a red flag means they are going to kill us even worse?
In other words, more media crying wolf for an Iran crying red flag wolf all the time for any stupid thing.
Bunch of pearl clutchers.
No argument with that and when it comes to social media like Farcebook and Twitter there are a lot of agent provocateurs whose only agenda is to incite others.
You don't need a suit. The study of Islam comes right after the study of garbage in a city dump. Somebody has to do it.
8 different groups of Communists led the rallies last weekend in America. Not one “peace protest” this week to condemn Iran for blowing up a plane with 180 civilians on board. Not one “peade protest” this week to condemn Iran’s acts before or after the death of their military general.
It is also a deflection since it has nothing to do with this thread, and nothing to do with any symbolism or lack of symbolism for a flag over a mosque.
How dare we speak and print the truth, only fake news allowed! The power is in our hands, if you patronize them they will flourish if you don’t the disappear
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