Posted on 11/30/2006 12:29:00 AM PST by Dajjal
Wow. I've never seen the letter printed in its entirety.
It is EXACTLY the Democrat Party's talking points.
I guess that's why I've never seen the letter printed in its entirety.
Oh -- except for the "God" part.
Marisol caught the same things I note here, but I thought they deserved emphasis in their own thread:
Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, said:
When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them....If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, said:
Is there not a better approach to governance?Is it not possible to put wealth and power in the service of peace, stability, prosperity and the happiness of all peoples through a commitment to justice and respect for the rights of all nations, instead of aggression and war?
[...]
It is possible to govern based on an approach that is distinctly different from one of coercion, force and injustice.
It is possible to sincerely serve and promote common human values, and honesty and compassion.
It is possible to provide welfare and prosperity without tension, threats, imposition or war.
It is possible to lead the world towards the aspired perfection by adhering to unity, monotheism, morality and spirituality and drawing upon the teachings of the Divine Prophets.
In that is the call to Islam as prescribed by Muhammad -- for Islam in the Islamic view is the only true monotheistic faith.
That call is here too:
We should all heed the Divine Word of the Holy Qur'an:"But those who repent, have faith and do good may receive Salvation. Your Lord, alone, creates and chooses as He will, and others have no part in His choice; Glorified is God and Exalted above any partners they ascribe to Him." (28:67-68)
He chose a verse that rules out "partners" of Allah indicates that he intended a swipe at Christianity, as in the Islamic view Christians associate "partners" with Allah. Since Christianity is the dominant religion of the U.S., it seems likely that he meant to do this, as part of his call to Islam.
You can read his whole letter here: Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans
Posted by Robert at November 29, 2006 05:01 PM
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II
Dear Ahm-a-nut-job,
Four hundred and forty four days.
May your father Satan welcome you warmly home soon.
Signed,
America
"convert or die" ping
See post #6
Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them....If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them."
The choices are conversion, payment of tribute or their destruction.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Didn't this letter only come out today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99Go5CMWLM
"ahmadinejad lies denail"
(Added November 29, 2006)
Or yesterday.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Then again, there is another freeper who goes around with another bad name.
The worst part is he sent it postage due.
There was a lot of squawking about its release yesterday morning, but I haven't seen it get a lot of play since the actual contents were revealed.
In that regard, it's a lot like Ahmadinejad’s speech to the UN. There was a load of media buzz leading up to it, but after it became apparent it was a rehashing of Democrat Party planks with a healthy dose of anti-Semitism, you pretty much heard exactly nada.
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