Leading Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati used his Friday prayer sermon to celebrate the recent executions of protesters and to call for more executions as the will of God. Jannati explained that the Koran (Qur’an) expressly allows rulers to execute critics.
Jannati said that the recent instability was due to weakness — presumably the absence of executions for people exercising free speech. He insisted: “We showed weakness, so then we had Ashoura. If you show weakness now, the future will be worse … There is no room for Islamic mercy.” We have not seen much “Islamic mercy” coming from the regime.
Jannati thanked Iran’s judiciary chief, Sadeq Larijani, for the recent executions of protesters as “stand[ing] up courageously for the sake of God” and specifically praised the speed of the executions – made possible by a lack of delay due to any real appeal or basic legal process. He noted that the Koran specifically Islam permits rulers to kill their opponents, including “hypocrites, those with evil intentions and those who spread rumors.”
It must be good to hold power while claiming to speak for God. That makes repression and murder as a simple matter of divine judgment.
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As long as it is done in the name God, one can do any (mis)deed and get away with it.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and Pat Robertson seem to have a lot in common.
ENEMIES OF GOD. WHICH GOD?
As predicted an inevitable outcome of evil with more to come.
“Iran ‘executes two over post-election unrest’
Iran has executed two men (Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour) arrested during the period of widespread unrest that erupted after June’s disputed presidential election, reports say.
They had been convicted of being “enemies of God”, members of armed groups and trying to topple the Islamic establishment, Isna news agency said.” BBC Thursday, 28 January 2010
“enemies of God”. Which God? The God who created Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour to protest against tyranny or the heinous God created by insane megalomaniac men only in the muslim poetry of death text.
God has no enemies, never has, for what has a God to gain by creating enemies; it is man alone who creates enemies for mans own purpose not God. God is simply the usual non-existent ultimate authority from on high utilised to justify the despicable murder of many and obliterate the conscience of the perpetrators.
If a God the Merciful actually existed in the muslim poetry of death text Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour would be alive today.
Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour your contribution to life will always outweigh the heinous negative muslim religious idiocy which has led to your violent deaths.
Oh One Day, Oh One Glorious Day for All Humanity, adherents of the muslim poetry of death text will realise the muslim poetry of death text was written by and for insane, misogynistic, megalomaniac men, who believed erroneously they were messengers of God, trapped in a cultural context devoid of the notion of human rights, promoting the subservience of women to men’s will, a text born of a murderous violence against dissent and cultural difference. ‘Death to other’ their vicious call to faith down through the ages. Any semblance of peace for pagans, infidels, etc a short lull in a storm of terror and suppression.
The goodness which may exist in the muslim poetry of death text of scan reference for charity to others is overwhelmed by its insidious call for uncharitable acts of grievous harm, subjugation to penalty, and denigration of non-adherents which starts from its very first pages. In fact, pertinently it is the fate of non-adherents to the certainty of grievous harm which precedes any other subject within this muslim poetry of death text.
“As to those who reject the faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.
Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
… and Allah has increased their disease; and grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).
…. then fear the fire whose fuel is Men and Stones – which is prepared for those who reject faith.”
Parents create a child, from birth they seal the child’s hearing and blind it to the world then contrive to either inform or not inform the child of their supposed truths, the child does not respond appropriately and then the child is set alight on a bed of fiery stones. God the merciful what a joke, God the megalomaniac more like it. This is clearly written by man for man based on a cultural abhorrence of citizen independence and is no way can have been derived from a God of compassion and justice – wakeup.
Has it not occurred to adherents of the muslim poetry of death text 90% of muslim poetry of death texts are dedicated to providing adherents of the muslim poetry of death text reasons, mostly extremely violent ones, for not considering what are in fact are cogent rational rebuttals of the muslim poetry of death texts. Why so much energy of creating a framework of enabling real terror against waivers and non-adherents? How can it be a text from God when the writers have to stoop to the utilisation of such abusive and violent text to promote its acceptance?
“ O Prophet! Rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred; if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers; for these are people without understanding …
“ … But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay them, wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war). But if they repent, and establish regular prayers, and practice regular charity, then open the way for them; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. .. … they are men without knowledge.”
The framers of the muslim poetry of death text were so aware of the potential, one can only assume from experience, for rejection of their muslim poetry of death text they not only felt they needed to supply an incredibly ridiculous illogical reasons why the muslim poetry of death text would be rejected, but also that such a rejection of the veracity of the muslim poetry of death text would necessarily result in extreme grievous harm.
One of the reasons why this would have been done is because the creators of this text knew with certainty their muslim poetry of death text, claimed to be sourced from God and/or Gods representative, would not necessarily convince by the power of its words alone, This is obviously impossible if God was the actual source of the text for if the text is derived from God and it is rejected means God is inept and/or Gods choice of transcribers is suspect. God is not inept. If a Gods text cannot convince by the power of its words alone then clearly it is created by man not by a God.
This was written more as a warning for the already converted, as well more importantly the start of the building of the idea non-adherents were less and grievous harm necessarily their lot. Clearly such a denigration of humanity as we see repeated in history is the enabler of terror against fellow human beings. The fact the creators of the text evoke God, the ultimate authority, as the determiner of grievous harm against non-adherents provides the necessary abrogation of conscience as to an infidel’s fate when required.
If there is one thing in this whole muslim poetry of death text which should prove to adherents with little reflection, beyond a shadow of a doubt God had nothing to do with the creation of this muslim poetry of death text is the notion that God is responsible for sealing a non-adherents hearing so whether or not a non-adherent was to be communicated the muslim poetry of death text they would not accept it.
This proposes the following – God creates a human being seals this human from even hearing Gods own words, then God subjects this same human to grievous harm for not accepting Gods word. Such an obvious complete atrocious lunacy of reason, for it simply translates to – God is a complete megalomaniac git. However crazy and unsubstantiated, this reinforces the notion God (himself/herself) has condemned the infidel, what greater authority do you need to enable grievous harm with the appropriate absence of conscience.
“And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.
They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord. And it is these who will prosper.
……… And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.
For them is Penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is the Penalty of the Hereafter; and defender have they none against Allah.”
What has occurred from the very beginning underlies the extreme ferocity of reaction against those questioning or ridiculing the validity of this muslim poetry of death text and is occurring now in places like Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan etc grievous harm needs to most publically and viciously visited upon non-adherents on earth. As clearly it was found, even before the muslim poetry of death text was compiled, non-adherents and strayers from the faith suffered no ill effects if allowed to go about their business unhindered in fact prospered as well, if not possibly better than everyone else.
Such a state of affairs clearly undermined the veracity of the muslim poetry of death text (“For them (infidels, pagans, unbelievers etc) is Penalty in the life of this world…” and “And who believe in the Revelation ….And it is these (believers) who will prosper.”) ) for if an adherent was not visibly better off on earth, more favoured by God for having to subject themselves to an onerous lifestyle derived from cultural antiquity what is the point. This is the real reason for the continuing terror, need to control every aspect of an adherent’s life, subject non-adherents to grievous, harm, fear and loathing in this world and the direct cause of the violent deaths of Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour in Iran.
The terror will continue until the muslim poetry of death text is either substantially revised or there are no longer any adherents. For even if every human professed conversion to save themselves and their families there would still be the requirement for terror and/or the real threat of terror to maintain adherence. For the muslim poetry of death text is clearly inherently flawed given it is clearly not a text from God but man. Constant repetition, humans as they are, will not make it any easier to swallow for some.
To say this muslim poetry of death text is not responsible for the terror visited upon humans down the ages by some muslims is to deny firstly the text itself dehumanises non-adherents- the first step to enabling terrible violence against them as well as authorising this violence and secondly the terrible history to this day of violence perpetrated by avowed adherents of the muslim poetry of death text against non-adherents and adherents alike.. A text upon which these muslim adherents claim is the reason and justification for their terror which is readily seen in the text itself from the very first page.
If the muslim poetry of death texts are not responsible – point to the text which framed and substantiates these insidious actions – societal actions are framed by ideas sourced from somewhere. To abrogate the responsibility of the muslim poetry of death text given it has been used down the ages to substantiate such actions without detailing the actual source is to deny reality and accept a continuance of terror.
Muslims cannot expect society in general to remain benign regards their beliefs, practices and the veracity of the muslim poetry of death text where they clearly enable the justification of the terror and subjugation of adherents and non-adherents. How can any rational human being look kindly on adherents of such a text after they have considered the basis for an adherents faith the acceptance of the notion that those who disagree have no ‘knowledge’ and can be violently attacked for holding views contrary to the muslim poetry of death text.
Non-adherents are not the only ones destined for grievous harm for those adherents, whether for conscience or other reasons, reticent to ‘.to go forth in the Cause of Allah’. to commit grievous harm and or murder in the name of the muslim poetry of death text “we can expect for you either that Allah will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands.” So you either participate or else. Such is the societal framework proposed by the muslim poetry of death texts.
The muslim poetry of death text urgently needs to be rewritten to take out the erroneous text, which enables the continuing terror against non-adherants and the subjugation of women to an unequal status to men.
Why is it regarded as a muslim poetry of death text? It is because it proposes the death firstly of the relative independence of a citizen and secondly the acceptance of the right to subject fellow human beings to grievous harm, even death for simply holding and or expressing contrary views to a text erroneously claimed to be derived from the word of God. Almost every page of the muslim poetry of death text violently condemns or seeks to erroneously discredit those who rationally point out the muslim poetry of death text lacks logic and coherence. A text which seeks vainly to purge the stain on its adherent’s souls for the fear and terror imposed on other, justified by this text, with scant reference for practiced charity. Mass murder of other one day followed by a charitable act does sponge evil so easily from a healthy conscience – unless of course you are a dedicated follower of the muslim poetry of death text.
Please note although the muslim poetry of death text contains every possible method of non-adherents presenting an adverse commentary and the very nasty things that will occur against them (which takes up almost all of the text contained therein) on the muslim poetry of death text this does not provide the necessary logical basis for denying the truth of the non-adherents views, that this is a text in major part purposefully generating fear and loathing and a very poor excuse for a societal framework. For believers of the muslim poetry of death text to claim non-adherents who express reservations about their beliefs are racist or unjustifiably prejudiced against them given the contents the muslim poetry of death text is utter hypocrisy. For an adherent of the muslim poetry of death text immediately becomes, by any definition of human rights, unjustifiably prejudiced against others and condemns women to a second class status relative to men.
The muslim poetry of death text is certainly not the only text religious or otherwise requiring a makeover. The notion of Sovereignty as a legitimising agent for government action or non-action certainly requires revision. Though since 1138 there has been recognition in some quarters such actions as those detailed below belong to a barbaric past and should be left there.
Richard, prior of the church of Hexham, England wrote an account of King Stephens’s devastation of humanity in Northumberland in 1138.
“And then that execrable army, more atrocious than the whole race of pagans, neither fearing God nor regarding man, spread desolation over the whole province, and murdered everywhere persons of both sexes, of every age and rank, and overthrew, plundered, and burned towns, churches, and houses. For the sick on’ their couches, women pregnant and in childbed, infants in the womb, innocents at the breast, or on the mother’s knee, with the mothers themselves, decrepit old men and worn-out old women, and persons debilitated from whatever cause, wherever they met with them, they put to the edge of the sword, and transfixed with their spears; and by how much more horrible a death they could dispatch them, so much the more did they rejoice.”
It would possibly appear from an alien’s perspective reviewing human religious and secular text everyone is a non-adherent of something and necessarily requires to be subject to grievous harm. I wonder why that would be. I suppose it depends on which God.
As the sea does not differentiate between the beliefs or race of the drowned, nor the depth of the grief of those left behind why should God?
“It must be good to hold power while claiming to speak for God. That makes repression and murder as a simple matter of divine judgment.”
It has not much to do with God, but everything to do with how a society that does not value the individual treats criticism. It matters not about God or religion as evidenced by Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, Communist China, or Pol Pots Cambodia. Where the individual is considered subservient to the collective (state) this type of thing is a natural outcome.
What is this world coming to?
Is everyone going crazy?
Makes sense to me. There are a number of states that arrest you simply for being present. East Lansing, Michigan comes to mind. It is truly a Police State.
Cedar Fest comes to mind. It is an annual they know the kids are going to party and the kids know the cops are going to arrest some. They are all going to be bankers and stockbrokers. I was going to say Insurance sales people but they have better odds.
Most of the kids end up with Felony’s, which in today’s world is worse than death unless you are connected.
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/04/police_finish_cedar_fest_sentencing_prep_for_final_four