Posted on 11/22/2005 6:17:03 PM PST by LibWhacker
Tehran, 22 Nov. (AKI) - Iran's religious authorities in the holy Shiite city of Qom have officially invited Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, to convert to Islam, according to Hojatolislam Mohammad Reza Hakimi, quoted by Iran's Farda news agency. "I met Castro together with the Iranian foreign minister, Saiid Salili, and gave him some sacred Islamic texts translated into Spanish," said Hakimi, who recently returned from a government visit to Cuba.
"We spoke with Castro for several hours, and I think I almost managed to convince him to become a Muslim," Hakimi added. "Castro certain that Cuba is suffering from a lack of spirituality, and seems very interested in Islam, above all in the writing of Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatallah Khomeini," Hakimi continued.
Khomeini in 1989 invited Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, to renounce Communism and to convert to Islam. Gorbachev's political and economic reforms in the mid-1980s triggered the non-violent transition from authoritarian to democratic forms of government in Eastern Europe, and from state-controlled to more free-market economies.
Most bizarre news story of the day!
Barbra Streisand! Communism is a jealous government, and it will not brook divided loyalties between itself and any religion. He's sucking up to them for money, and nothing simpler than that.
"Khomeini in 1989 invited Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, to renounce Communism and to convert to Islam. Gorbachev's political and economic reforms in the mid-1980s triggered the non-violent transition from authoritarian to democratic forms of government in Eastern Europe, and from state-controlled to more free-market economies."
What a joke! LOL!!
Yeah right... Castro may be crazy, but NOT that crazy.
Wouldn't that be the icing on the cake? Old Fidel might even do it as a last way to spit in America's eye.
What great news! Maybe history will repeat itself:
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"Ali Ibn Abi Talib encountered a man called 'Umru and told him, `I indeed invite you to Islam.' 'Umru said, `I do not need that.' 'Ali said, Then I call you to fight.' (This was the same policy Muhammad used with those who rejected his invitation.) 'Umru answered him, `What for my nephew? By God, I do not like to kill you.' `Ali said, `But, by God, I love to kill you"' (ibn Hisham, "The Biography of the Prophet", part 3, p. 113; see also Al Road Al Anf part 3, p. 263).
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Yup... I have a strong feeling that if he did it, all ten million of his countrymen would have to do it, too.
Too bad they didn't have him all to themselves, away from his entourage!
I suspect that Castro is getting a little nervous about all the attention he's getting lately. He's got Chavez trying to give him jets and Iran trying to convert him.
It's kinda funny.
To get a nice dose of what I'm talking about see this
Ha! Toooooo Funny.
C'mon Fidel, Islam is the NEW Communism! You got yer oppression, yer centralized control, no elections to bother ya, and all the weapons you can eat.
"...it's a narco-syndicast commune, where all decisions are ratified by a simple majority in the case of internal affairs..."
boy o boy are the Ayatollahs in for a shock....
A match made in (bizzaro) Heaven.
"Yeah right... Castro may be crazy, but NOT that crazy."
Ive heard him accused of many things but goat molesting isnt one of them. What would be the point of converting to islam?
The slowly growing alliance of Islam and Marxism is truly one of the most bizarre trends of modern times.
But..but, one of communisms biggest complaints is that religion is the opiate of the masses. We just can't have citizens swearing allegiance to any higher authority than the state.
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