Connect the Ideological Dots (Is TROP™ also The Religion Of Tolerance®?)

The American Enterprise ^ | April 21, 2004 | Ralph Reiland

[quidnunc]

The message from the 9/11 hearings is that we're a bit slow in connecting the dots — about 25 years too slow.

It was Feb. 1, 1979, when the dark side of Islam stepped off a plane from Paris in Iran. After 14 years in exile, Muslim cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had come triumphantly home to establish his revolutionary "reign of virtue," an Islamic theocracy designed to cleanse a nation of what Khomeini called "Westoxification," the poisonous influences of Western culture.

With no delay, Khomeini urged a jihad against "the Great Satan" and supported the storming of the American embassy in Tehran by student militants. "Americans are the Great Satan, the wounded snake," Khomeini proclaimed. Not only wounded but also corrupt — so corrupt that we'd be better off dead. Killing us, he preached, was doing us a favor: "If one permits an infidel to continue in his role as a corrupter of the Earth, his moral suffering will be all the worse. If one kills the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him."

For those within Iran who might be a little squeamish about being dragged back to the 7th century, Khomeini prescribed a no less bloody end than the one he'd set for the infidels of the world: "All those against the revolution must disappear and quickly be executed."

Also disappearing should be any authors or buildings that were out of step with the process of Islamization. "Christian, Jewish and Bahai missionary centers are spread in Tehran to deceive people and lead them away from the teachings and principles of religion," said Khomeini. "Isn't it a duty to destroy these centers?" Also destroyed should be Salman Rushdie, as ordered in Khomeini's infamous fatwa: "The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication who are aware of its contents, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them."

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[Redbob]

I've never understood why the Shah allowed Khomeini to live.

He shoulda paid a couple of French thugs a million bucks to off the old fart and disappear.

[nuconvert]

Iran PoNg

[nuconvert]

"Also disappearing in Khomeini's paradigm was any separation between mosque and state. "In Islam," he explained, "the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty," i.e., to Khomeini Almighty." Khomeini's version of Islam.............. "Our enemy is Islamic extremism, a fundamentalism that promises to smash anything in its path in order to impose a "reign of virtue."" "Islamic Extremism,"...... Thank You Mr. Reiland

[The G Man]

RE: "TROP (tm)"

I would also like to submit the term "TROPical" into the FReeper lexicon. It can be used to describe an article on TROP, such as "This is a very TROPical article." Or it can be used to refer to a defender of TROP, such as "Oh, Peter Jennings is SOOOOOOOOOOO TROPical." Or any other variation that one sees fit.

[gemoftheocean]

and let's not forget a previous attempt of an Arab who potentially did affect a US election. Sirhan Sirhan who killed Bobby Kennedy. Why? Well, you see it was the FIRST anniversary of the 6 Day War when all the Arabs attacked Israel, and Israel beat the snot out of the attackers. Kennedy was a big supporter of Israel. Unlike many of the RAT bretheren of today.

And let's remember why Sirhan is still drawing breath today....imbeciles deciding that the death penalty wasn't constitutional...then "oh, yeah, it is...but since we already commuted the sentences of Sirhan and the other people on death row, let's let that be."

[F14 Pilot]

Thanks for the Ping!