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IRAN: AYATOLLAHS INVITE CUBAN LEADER TO BECOME A MUSLIM
AKI ^ | 11/22/05

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.


TOPICS: Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ayatollahs; castro; cuba; cuban; howgenerous; invite; invited; iran; islam; leader; muslim; redgreenalliance; redjihad; repeat; trop
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1 posted on 11/22/2005 6:17:04 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Most bizarre news story of the day!


2 posted on 11/22/2005 6:18:58 PM PST by indcons (FReepmail indcons to join the "Military History" ping list)
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To: LibWhacker
"Castro certain that Cuba is suffering from a lack of spirituality..."

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.

3 posted on 11/22/2005 6:20:18 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: LibWhacker

"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!!


4 posted on 11/22/2005 6:20:40 PM PST by penelopesire
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To: indcons

Yeah right... Castro may be crazy, but NOT that crazy.


5 posted on 11/22/2005 6:20:41 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: LibWhacker

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.


6 posted on 11/22/2005 6:20:42 PM PST by rbg81
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To: LibWhacker

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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7 posted on 11/22/2005 6:21:51 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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To: rbg81

Yup... I have a strong feeling that if he did it, all ten million of his countrymen would have to do it, too.


8 posted on 11/22/2005 6:23:16 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Too bad they didn't have him all to themselves, away from his entourage!


9 posted on 11/22/2005 6:24:33 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

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.


10 posted on 11/22/2005 6:28:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: LibWhacker
THIS IS WHY I HATE THE CONCEPT OF ANY DIALOG, TRADE, OR ANY SUCH FARCE WITH THIS SWORN ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CUBAN PEOPLE.

To get a nice dose of what I'm talking about see this

11 posted on 11/22/2005 6:31:22 PM PST by The Bronze Titan
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To: LibWhacker

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..."


12 posted on 11/22/2005 6:31:53 PM PST by wvobiwan (It's OUR Net! If you don't like it keep your stanky routers off it!)
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To: LibWhacker

boy o boy are the Ayatollahs in for a shock....


13 posted on 11/22/2005 6:32:30 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: indcons

A match made in (bizzaro) Heaven.


14 posted on 11/22/2005 6:33:09 PM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Thunder90

"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?


15 posted on 11/22/2005 6:37:34 PM PST by DogBarkTree
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To: LibWhacker
Islamic "spirituality"


16 posted on 11/22/2005 6:42:29 PM PST by manwiththehands (Happy Thanksgiving to our heroes in Iraq. God bless you and Godspeed. Come home safe.)
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To: LibWhacker; devolve; potlatch; ntnychik; Grampa Dave; BOBTHENAILER; bitt; The Bronze Titan; ...

Murderer of 100,000 decries "lack of spirituality"--
Behead this pig on tape in time for Christmas.

17 posted on 11/22/2005 6:43:39 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: LibWhacker

The slowly growing alliance of Islam and Marxism is truly one of the most bizarre trends of modern times.


18 posted on 11/22/2005 6:50:14 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
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To: LibWhacker

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.


19 posted on 11/22/2005 6:54:54 PM PST by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses)
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1995 - 1997 : (CUBA : IRAQ SANCTIONS OPPONENT UK LABOUR MP GALLOWAY HAS AFFAIR WITH CUBAN GIRL, GALLOWAY MEETS "ARAB PRINCE" - GALLOWAY IS ONE OF THE OIL FOR FOOD VOUCHER BENEFICIARIES) Judy was just 18 when she began a 14-month affair with Galloway. He was 42 at the time. They met when she worked as a promotions girl at the a hotel in Havana. Their affair began in 1995 and ended in 1997. During their time together, George Galloway also introduced Judy to a young man he described as an Arab prince who was visiting Cuba. She said: "One day we were in a market and the Arab man spent 600 dollars on a papier maché elephant. The prince was very friendly with George." Describing the first time she and George made love, she has said: publicly: "He took me to dinner in a restaurant where only tourists are allowed and after that we went to a friend's house and had sex. "He desired me and I respected him. He was very passionate. He had learned some Spanish and he would say things like, ‘I adore your body', and, ‘You make me fly like a bird when I touch you'." The rest of the time they communicated through his hand-held computerised translator.- "The King of Cuba (GALLOWAY!)," News of the World , April 27, 2003
20 posted on 11/22/2005 7:13:42 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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