In Mansfield's emailed newsletter, in commentary I don't find on her website, she notes:
===[begin Mansfield]
I suggest that everyone read this very carefully.
The holy Koran stresses this common word and calls on an followers of divine religions and says: [3.64] Say: O followers of the Book! Come to an equitable proposition between us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah and (that) we shall not associate aught. With Him and (that) some of us shall not take others for lords besides Allah, but if they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims. (The Family of Imran).
Quoting the letter from Amahdinejad:
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Mr President, According to divine verses, we have all been called upon to worship one God and follow the teachings of divine prophets.
We increasingly see that people around the world are flocking towards a main focal point - that is the Almighty God. Undoubtedly through faith in God and the teachings of the prophets, the people will conquer their problems. My question for you is: "Do you not want to join them?"
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The gist is this: Iran's President has just officially invited the US to embrace Islam.
This is NOT good
====[end Mansfield]
Wow. "Not good" indeed.
That's an aspect of the letter that you will NOT find discussed in the mainstream media. I missed it completely myself. Yet it's obviously, blindingly evident. And very, very chilling, now that she has pointed it out.
See, inviting an enemy to embrace Islam is, traditionally, reserved as a last warning. For example:
"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).
Have a nice day.
Argh, could you please correct the title, should be:
Mansfield: A Final Warning from the Islamist Rulers of Iran?
So sorry.
This is a vitally important take on the Ahmadinejad letter.
Let me guess....
Uh, jihad!?
I have an uneasy feeling we're going to be at DEFCON 1 sooner rather than later.
This maniac needs to be stopped, permanently.
From Six Meat Buffet
Dang, until he used that term, he had be believing in him. (/Sarcasm on strong.)
Bush response:
Mahmood: We have asaying about people like you in Texas - all hat and no cattle. Shut your mouth, shut down the nukes, and keeping pumping out that oil. Going through life - short, ignorant and stupid - is no way to go through life, son.
Best Regards,
President george W. Bush
Gird your loins, people.
I support Mansfield's general warning that, in the west,
similar early speeches and statements (in form, style and
substance) from Osama and others were, in retrospect, the
last major public pronouncements before some major event.
Such statements were ignored when delivered because the
form and style is so roundly dismissed in the west. But,
the westerners who dismiss these statements so lightly
ignore how important such messages are to the people who
make them.
bttt
I'd like to see the original copy of Mahmood's letter to determine if the DNC's fax number is on the bottom margin.
Will you not accept this invitation? That is, a genuine return to the teachings of prophets, to monotheism and justice, to preserve human dignity and obedience to the Almighty and His prophets?
Him quoting this line from the Koran got my attention and makes me feel that Mansfield might be correct about this.
Especially when you remember the way they refer to Imran in the book just a few verses later
3.67 Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.
Couple that with this teaching from the Koran
5.51 O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Cristians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely hi is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people
This could very well be his "last chance" to justify his actions in his twisted mind.
A long read but worth it, FRiend.
It looks like Iran is giving us Islam's traditional "final warning"; one last call to Islam (*submission*).
Can't help but wonder what they're fixin to do or what they THINK they can do about the warning, though.
Interesting times, indeed.
Consider the "overtures" of your murderous cult of death hereby rejected. Bring it.
This statement more than any other illustrates how effective the MSM's misinformation campaign against President Bush has been.
It is wrong on all counts. It shows how little the opposition is willing to read and research and find the truth for themselves. It is a parroting of the same tripe that has been spouted by Liberals and the Press for 3 years now. "If the New York Times says it...it must be true." Bullshiite.
The announced goal of the the action against Iraq and Afghanistan was NOT to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction. These jerks seem to forget that Saadam Hussein himself stated categorically that he had himself destroyed the WMD that he said he had.
Why do these idiots conveniently forget the name Hans Blix so quickly? We all know why.