Posted on 01/05/2006 10:12:21 AM PST by Flavius
ran Focus
Tehran, Jan 05 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a crowd of theological students in the holy city of Qom on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has joined his ancestors and others will soon follow suit, according to the state-run Mehr news agency.
The Butcher of Sabra and Shatila has joined his ancestors and others will soon follow suit, Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. The same report appeared on the website Khedmat, which is run by members of the Iranian presidents entourage.
Ahmadinejads announcement of the death of the Israeli Prime Minister comes at a time when Sharon was reportedly fighting for his life on Thursday after a massive brain stroke.
Irans state-owned media and newspapers have been reporting the Israeli leaders deteriorating health condition with evident glee. In a statement put out by state-run news agencies, the Headquarters for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement said the death of Sharon brings joy to the hearts of Muslims.
The ultra-conservative president told the radical Shiite Islamists, many of whom have come to Qom from different Muslim countries, that Islam did not restrict itself to geographical borders.
We must believe in the fact that Islam is not confined to geographical borders, ethnic groups and nations. Its a universal ideology that leads the world to justice, Ahmadinejad said.
We dont shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world, he added.
Ahmadinejad dwelled on his recurrent theme that the return of the Shiite Messiah, the Mahdi, is not far away and Muslims must prepare for it.
We must prepare ourselves to rule the world and the only way to do that is to put forth views on the basis of the Expectation of the Return, Ahmadinejad said, referring to the Shiite Muslim belief that the Mahdi, on his return, will establish justice in a world consumed by chaos and corruption.
If we work on the basis of the Expectation of the Return [of the Mahdi], all the affairs of our nation will be streamlined and the administration of the country will become easier, Ahmadinejad said.
Some politicians think we had a revolution so that some could hit others in the head and have one party ruling for some time and another party in opposition for some time. But we had a revolution to achieve a lofty goal, on the basis on the Expectation of the Return, he said.
Ahmadinejad said Divine Providence was helping Irans Islamist regime, as the turn of events around the world picked up speed.
Our interpretation is that the hand of the Almighty is putting every piece of the jigsaw puzzle of the future of the world in place in line with the goals of Islam, the hard-line president said.
Ahmadinejad cited the United States occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, both Irans neighbours, as proof of his assertion.
The Global Oppressor [the U.S.] occupied these countries with the aim of putting pressure on Iran, but God let the fruit of this fall on the lap of the Iranian nation, he said.
LOL Mahmoud Ahmadinejad !
yes, holyweird is silent
How much more of this guys BS are we going to have to listen to before we take his a$$ out? Jus' frickin bomb his a$$ already. Geez Louise!
id say france is about ready
Nothing like having a Madman as Leader of the country. Ask the Germans.
Yep, time to stop pussyfooting around with this turd.
This guy annoyed me when he b*tched about the US. He pissed me off when he called the Holocaust a hoax. I was enraged when he called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." Now I don't know what to feel, especially considering that he will soon have (if not already) nuclear capabilities.
Yeah hopefully you, you POS.
Unfortunately I don't think the "world" expects the same standards of behavior from muslims as it does of others.
I do look forward to "South Park" soon producing a show parodying the "Return of the Mahdi". Maybe even with a cameo appearance by Paris Hilton.
exactly what I was thinking. We can't just shrug this guy off anymore. That's what the world did regarding Hitler in the 1920s/30s, and look where that got us. Not to mention appeasement. And now it's even worse, seeing as the pro-appeasers want to GIVE him nuclear material. For energy my arse...
lol. you just have about a dozen phrases like that, and randomly draw them out of a hat. but first you have to have a general assembly to select the proper hat and a special committee to decide what stationary to use and a research team to decide who has the best handwriting...
me too...
The Iran President's evident apocalyptic (= end of the world) tone and message relating to the Mahdi is extremely troubling. This kind of message is typical of nihilistic blood cults that view violence, bloodshed and death as a necessary precursor for the return of the one who will bring Justice. See the very helpful book, Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman for a full discussion of the typical elements of terror movements over the past 200 yrs or so.
This lunatic is virtually promising to wipe Israel and NYC off the map at the first opportunity. He will do it.
We MUST take out the Iran nuke program, sooner rather than later. It is criminal not to.
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