Freedom for Iran

End of discussion

It goes to prove that in engaging in a factual discussion with religious imbeciles is futile. As they believe all their mental faculty is in control of their god, or better, since imbecile muslims submit their meager intellect and thought to their bloodthirsty god, they have no motivation to think, or even to be curios about their surroundings.

You, and your bloodthirsty god, prophet, mullahs, Pasdars and your entire cult are WAY WRONG!
Go get some help before professional help comes to you, in armor!

KavehV is wrong

You are simply wrong. Believing Muslims suffered under this government along with everyone else.  You are blaming the victims. Your views are immoral.  Your desire for revenge and violence sounds frighteningly pathological. I do not blame you for your misguided views. Who knows what you went through that made you thus. But I encourage you to get professional help. 

To all mentally challenged muslims .....

Reminder:
All the grievances and complaints about your barbaric cult is still in verbal stage!

Given the past 30 years of the most bloody barbaric existance of your Islamic state, thought, law and social order, I'd say you ALL muslims have EARNED OUR HATRED!

Although it is quite too late to be the advocate for "do to others as you wish others will do to you" to your barbaric lot. The time to advocate: "do to them as they have done to others" is certainly approaching closer. Just remember: YOU HAVE EARNED IT!

"I-Muslim"

Salam, I posted this comment on a different thread, but it applies here as well.  Imani is an essentialist.  Essentialism is a form of bigotry, because it leads its acolytes to make assumptions about those they do not know, about whom they know nothing.  When Imani says "Islam is evil", he is implying that anyone who says "I believe in Islam" is evil, which is not true.
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I am an Iranian Muslim. 
I pray thrice a day like my parents and their parents before them.I fast from dawn until dusk one month a year for thirty days.I traveled to Arabia to walk around a black cube in the middle of the desert, and I had the time of my life.I read an old Arabic book, and come to my own conclusions about how to engage its passages. I wear modest clothes, I do not gamble, or consume alcohol or sleep about with women (or men, for that matter).I try not to lie, or speak ill of others, or lose my temper.
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I do these things partly because I was raised to do so and partly because I have come to some conclusions that they are the right things to do. I hardly know who Muhammad was or what he was truly like. I do not presume to judge him or his friends and relatives. I would object if people a thousand years from now passed judgments on my character on the basis of sayings about me compiled centuries after my death.  
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I read the collected narrations about Muhammad and his family.  Some are enlightening and some are disturbing, so I emulate the good and I try to avoid the evil.  I read the Qoran as well.  The Qoran, for someone like me who knows Arabic, can be inspiring at times, confusing at others, frightening at other times.  All in all, it's a book worth reading, worth putting on my shelf, and worth wafting over my head before I go on a trip the way grandmother used to do.  I think every understanding of religion is a human understanding, and so no one should impose their understanding on others.  I value the truth, which is why I do not support censorship. Though freedom allows a million falsehoods to emerge, only freedom can allow the truth to emerge as well.  I agree with Jefferson that the antidote to wrong speech is not censorship, but more speech.  Despite all of this, I still consider myself a proud Persian Iranian American Muslim who speaks Persian, Arabic and Hebrew, who acts in Shakespearean dramas, watches Arthur on PBS and eats yam-fries instead of the regular kind.   I believe in a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That, and ( שלום ,עלינו ועל כל העולם.)
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I love the story of Karbala and I will tell it, in some rendition to my children.  Karbala is the story of a man who stood up to a tyrant and suffered for doing so.  If Hussein had been a Bahai and Karbala had been Isfahan, I would have found the story just as compelling. Though I do like the added bonus that Hussein called himself a Muslim just as I do, so I can attach myself to his character in the narrative.   I enjoy listening to the songs Shiahs sing about Hussein and Karbala. אדם לאדם זאב, as they say; bad things happen in our world, and it's not self-pity or victimhood to acknowledge injustice; there is nothing wrong with setting aside a just a few days a year to do nothing more than simply cry about it.  Occasional azadari is a great idea.
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There is absolutely no reason to purge my identity of a vision of Islam that is already tolerant, open-minded, and peace loving.  I will not decide who to be on the racist pretention that Arab is by definition bad and Persian is by definition good.  Plugging into the idiom of Islamic civilization makes it easier for me to understand where my heroes like Hafiz, Sa'di, Baba Taher and others were coming from.  Engaging with my Muslim identity helps me be a better Persian.  Was there coercion involved in the Islamication of Iran in the early days? I am sure there was, though it was not all coercion.  And even if it were, no one is coercing me now. I am free and living in the West.  For me, Islam means submitting myself to the truth as I understand it.  It means being intellectually honest and acting on my convictions.  Many people would argue that all of these characteristics make me a good man, but a bad Muslim. Sure I may not fit into many a rigid definition of what a Muslim is supposed to be, but I couldn't care less whether others thought I was a "real" Muslim or not. Most Iranian Muslims I know (including many quietist clerics) agree to varying degrees with this vision of easygoing Shiaism.  Few in the modern world have articulated this vision of Islam in a philosophically satisfying way, though Soroush is doing an admittedly good job. 
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I feel proud when I hear songs of the revolution, when I see my countrymen walking in the streets or marching off to defend our borders.  The wrong people got a hold of our revolution, the wrong people won out.  But that doesn't mean everyone who fought to overthrow the Shah was evil or misguided.  A lot of good people with good ideas fought and died for that revolution, and I will not ignore their sacrifice because things turned sour.  If I were living back in 79 (assuming I were a little braver, which is a big if!) I would have marched against the Shah too, I would have marched to battle too. I would have sung the songs and chanted the slogans.   The memory of the revolution deserves better than to be the sole property of theocrats.  It belongs to Muslim democrats like me, too. I would have gone and fought for a Muslim democracy, which is nothing more than a democracy where Muslims are not persecuted.  I intend to fight as hard for an Iran that respects human rights as I will against an attack on my country by foreigners.
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The hatred that exists against Muslims on this site is really astonishing. I have been quietly observing, for some time, some of the worst xenophobia from so-called "liberal" Iranians, who make blanket assumptions about anyone subscribing to a Muslim identity with nary a consideration of basic decency. 
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PS. Check out: the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights at bahairights.org

Do to them as they have done to others.....

Another well articulated article on barbaric Islam, yet a little too soft in exposing Islamic barbarism. Let us not forget the all too common practice of summary executions of non-muslims, from antiquity to present day. We all know how these Islamic animals lined up prisoners throughout 1980's and slaughtered the self professed non-muslims, and even non-practicing muslims, on the spot!

Why should anyone be blamed for demanding justice, Islamic (Abrahamic) style; line up all suspected muslims in post IR Iran and shoot the self professed moslims ON THE SPOT. Justice in kind, it would only be fair!

Amil, it's not the religion, it's the people you are insulting

right?

Why else would 1.2 Billion people, including 90% of Iranians willfully stick with this horrible religion unless they were idiots?

Why do you call the majority of Iranians idiots? Why do you hate them so much? What makes you more enlightened?

If you were really concerned with truth, you would equally criticize ridiculous passages out of the Bible and just about every other holy book.

Amil jaan

Islam was a civilising force for its time...every religion has only a limited "shelf" life ...

asdf: A racist is a racist is a racist

I apologize in advance, but your entire remarks are incorrect.

What a bunch of loonies, terrorists and radicals do has nothing to do with teachings of Islam. Every religion has some terrorist followers. Christian Serbs murdered 350,000 Bosnian Muslims precisely because they were Muslims. Hundreds of thousands of native Latin Americans were killed by Christian missionaries. Since 1978 3.5 million Muslism have been killed by the Christian West.

Religions do not create nations (with the exception of Israel), people do. Your comparison of India and Pakistan is incorrect and inapproriate, because the initial conditions for the nations were not the same. Hindus forced Muslims from the best and most fertile areas of the Indian subcontinent. Just look at the 120 million Muslism in India. They are at least as successful as their Hindu compatriot.

On the other hand, just when democracy was taking roots in Pakistan, General Zia al-Hagh,  with US support, staged a coup in Pakistan, overthrew the democratically elected Bhutto, and established the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, two years before Iranian Revolution. It was his and subsequent military dictatorships in Pakistan, all supported by the US, that first created the Afghan Mojahedin, then, Taliban, and eventually Al Qaeda.

Nazis murdered Jews ONLY because they were Jews. Bigot Imani attacks Muslisms ONLY because they are Muslims. Nazis are considered universally as racists. So is bigot Imani. He is a racist, because he attacks ALL Muslims, not a group of them, not part of them, BUT ALL OF THEM, precisely and  only because they are MUSLISMS.

If something acts like a racist, talks like a racists, he must be a racist.

Mammad

Mola Nasredeen wins the best comment award

Please keep your comments coming - they give this otherwise dark pages of hatred some light. I am soooooo enjoying your sense of humor!

Telling the Truth is ZioNazi Bashing?

Their lobby has taken American government hostage by treachery and deceit. Nobody is allowed to voice any criticism of the Crappy State. Even the president of the US has to watch what he say about the Superior Race - I meant the Chosen People. The drunk retards paid for to live in the Piss Land now are back in their "Homeland." And these guys with their most backward ways are busy spreading hatred and creating human conflict and calling it "intellectualism." What a bunch of frauds! Why don't you do something useful for a change?

Amil you must have been traumatized by some mullahs when you

were a child. You seem to be very fluent in reading Koran, maybe you attended some maktab as a child. Maybe you were molested by them. As you may have known it's happening in catholic church too. You could sue you know. Vatican has paid close to a billion dollars for the molestations done by the priests.But your hatred for muslims is very deep and needs psychotraphy to go away. Zion kocholo (mehdi maz) may have been abused as a child too.

P.S. Don't forget to send me the applications I asked you earlier. We need to fight the muslims together. Those sandal wearing, beard growing, mosque going, halva eating muslims.

Islamists apologists defend indefensible religion of crime

Any time one criticizes the atrocities of Muslims against Muslims on accounts of a fascist religion and murderous god, islamists have nothing to offer whatsoever, except the self-defeating no argument that well jews and Christians and west do it too and you are a zionist. This is a failed argument to change the subject the same way that IRI has been doing.

We are NOT talking about christians and jews and west, and who cares about what they do in face of the most atrocious muslim regime occupying iran. We care about those who have been brutalizing iran for 30 years now, and criminals are none but hard-core islamists on behalf of a bankrupt religion called islam.

If your religion is not the same as the one who has brutalized iran for 30 years, killing tens of thousands and robbing millions, you don't need to worry about anything. If you share the "same" religion, they you are part of the problem and are only fooling and dehumanizing yourself by defending a religion of crime and murder. Take the dark glasses off and see the truth.

Any belief system that

Any belief system that externalises a divinity is utterly and completely irrational and destructive, as history as proven amply.

I judge Islam by the countries it creates and on that count, they are doing pretty poorly. Just compare India with Pakistan and BenglaDesh, cut from the same cloth in 1948. Which country has greater freedom and prosperity? Yes, I know the Hindu caste system is oppressive too. But at least modern Indians are moving away from that. Saudi Arabia won’t let Jews into their country.

By carelessly characterizing those who are critical of Islam’s terroist fringe as racist, Mammad has helped create and sustain the atmosphere needed to legitimize Islamophobia.

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Isalm is a cult

In Islam God is the the God of fear...dare to question Islam because God is God of logic not blind faith.

I left Islam 10 years ago. I recommand you all read Ali Sina's book and check his website. Both my parents are fanatic and practicing muslims and I have not spoken to them since I left Islam. They have disowned me...so be it. My father has said that he will kill me with his hands since I left Islam and he will given me ti IRI..I said fuck it! My parent almost married me to my cousin who was 25 years older. I flew the country with a help of my mother's aunt and became a physician. I was scared for years thinking I have sinned by not marrying my cousin. I had deep Islamic roots in me. But I chose not to follow Islam blindly. I spend nearly two years reading Qran. I'm fluent in arabic and know half of Qran by heart since childhood.

Question Islam and research the Qran for yourself and see if it makes sense. Mohammad was not a prophet he was a narcisstic human being with twisted mind and so much hate in him.

Question Islam and question this cult because the future lies in our hand. This is not Islam bashing but searching for truth...

بیان حقیقت را آیا حمله به اسلام توان نامید؟

بیان حقیقت را آیا حمله به اسلام توان نامید؟

امیل ایمانی

17 ژوئیه 2008

باران نفرت از واپسگرایان خداترس بر سرم باریدن گرفته و رگبار تهدید به سویم روانه شده؛ و تنها جرمم بیان واقعیت است دربارهء اسلام و دیگر هیچ.  اگر بیان حقیقت دربارهء اسلام، نقد و حمله به اسلام محسوب شود، پس این گناه بر من روا است.

امّا پرسشم این است که آیا اسلام چون یک دین است، مقبول واقع می‌شود؟ که می‎گوید اسلام دین است؟ میلیونها نفر چنین می‌گویند؟ سندشان چیست و مدرکشان کدام است؟ گفتار توده‌های مغزشویی شده‌ای که ویروس اسلامی را، که از پدر و مادرشان به آنها رسیده، با خود به این سوی و آن سوی می‌برند، نمی‌توان سند محسوب داشت و این از هر گونه ارزشی تهی است.  آنچه که به حساب می‌آید این واقعیت انکارناپذیر است که این آیین، که مدّعی است تنها دیانت الله است، سرچشمهء رنج‌های فراوان و بی‎پایان غیرمسلمانان بوده و هست و خود توده‌های غافلی از مسلمانان نیز از چنگالش رهایی نداشته و ندارند.

بگذارید فقط چند مورد از هزاران رویداد هولناکی را ذکر کنم که مسلمانان نسبت به پیروان سایر ادیان یا کسانی که ابداً به هیچ دینی معتقد نیستند، مرتکب می‌شوند.  در کشورهای نمونهء‌اسلامی مانند عربستان سعودی و ایران، مثلاً، زنان را جرأت آن نیست که دربارهء جایگاه خویش که الله مقدّر کرده و در حدّ اثاث خانه محسوب است زبان به گلایه بگشایند.  اگر اندک بیان اعتراض نمایند، شوهران به حربهء کتک روی آورند و جواب آنها را با ضربه‌هایی که بر تن و بدنشان وارد می‎آید بدهند.  اگر به خود شهامت دهند که در ملأ عام در کمال آرامش راه‎پیمایی نمایند تا حقوق مساوی خانوادگی با مردان بیابند، پاسبانان که حافظ نظم و آرامشند، به ضرب باتوم و چماق آنها را بیازارند و روانهء زندانشان سازند تا بیش از پیش تحقیرشان نمایند و خشونت را بر آنها روا دارند.

باید از خویشتن پرسید پس از چه روی میلیونها زن مسلمان، فروتن و افتاده، سر به زیر افکنده به این رتبهء دون خود تسلیم شده و خدای را نیایش کنند و سپاس گویند که این لطف را در حقّ آنها نموده است.  این زنان را عملاً پدر و مادرشان و آخوندهایشان از همان لحظه‌ای که قدم به این جهان نهادند نقشی بر روح و روانشان القاء کردند که نابرابری جنسی را پذیرا گردند و تمامی ویژگی‌های بی‌پایه و بیمارگونهء اسلامی را بپذیرند.

در کتاب دینی‌شان آمده که، "مردان بر زنان فرمانروایی دارند، چه که الله برخی را بر دیگران برتری بخشیده و نیز از آن جهت که مردان دارایی خویش را صرف نگهداری آنها نمایند.  زنان خوب حرف‌شنو و سربزیرند.  بخش‌های نادیدنی خویش را حفظ کنند، چه که خدا آنها را حفظ کرده است.  اگر از نافرمانی آنها بیم دارید، پندشان دهید، در بسترشان تنها بگذارید و بزنید آنها را.  پس اگر شما را فرمان بردند دیگر کاری علیه آنها نکنید؛ خدا بلندمرتبه و والامقام است."[i]

حتّی مصر، تاج جواهرآسای جهان عربی اسلامی نوعی نسل‌کشی را به آهنگی آهسته علیه شهروندان بهائی خود به اجرا گذشته و آنها را از تمامی حقوق شهروندی‌شان محروم کرده است.  بهائیان هنوز از داشتن شناسنامه و برگهء شناسایی که هر شهروندی ناگزیر از داشتن آن است، محرومند؛ چه که آخوندهای مقتدر می‌خواهند این اقلّیت آرامش‌طلب را به کلّی محو و نابود نمایند.  مصر، صفحه‌ای از کتاب "نبرد من"[ii] جمهوری فاشیست اسلامی ایران را به عاریت گرفته کودکان بهائی را از تحصیل منع می‌کند.

سابقهء ستمگری‎هایی که حامیان "دین صلح و سلام" مرتکب می‎شوند، به روشنی تمام، آن را به عنوان بدترین نوع کیش به معنای مطلق و تمام عیار آن محکوم می‌کند.  مسلمانان وحشی آیین نفرت و خشونت را به ضرب شمشیر و سرنیزه بر مردم من تحمیل کردند.  آنها چنین کرده و می‎کنند تا کوچک‌ترین اثری از فرهنگ و میراث شکوهمند ایرانی را به کلّی نابود سازند و از روی زمین محو کنند.  اینک بر سرزمین بومی من با مشت آهنین فرمان می‌رانند، و هر آنچه را که در فرهنگ نمونهء انسانی و برابری خود چون گنج نگه داشته‌ایم خوار و کوچک می‎شمارند.  زنان ما را از وسیلهء زندگی و معاش محروم می‌کنند و به این ترتیب به سوی روسپی‌گری می‌رانند، صدها هزار از بهترین و درخشان‌ترین افراد ایرانی را به ترک میهن خود وادار می‎کنند، فعّالیت تبهکارانه و رذیلانه را که حاصل آن ترس و وحشت در دور و نزدیک است در پیش گرفته‌اند و هر صدایی را که جز در ستایش آنها سرودی را برخوانَد در گلو خفه کنند.

مگر نه آن که مسیح در انجیلش می‌فرماید، "از میوه‌هایشان آنها را خواهید شناخت"؟  پیش از این گفته‎ام و دیگربار نیز خواهم گفت زیرا تا زمانی که این گروه شریر و تبهکار به کردار زشت و زنندهء خود ادامه دهد، اسلام جز خشونت نیست.  اسلام غیرمسلمانان را تحمّل نکند. اسلام بازمانده بربرهای گذشته است.  با اسلام باید مقابله کرد و نشان داد که چیست و آن را از چیرگی و فرمانروایی بر جهان باز داشت.  بیایید شما را بگویم که این مردمان الله اخیراً چه کرده‌اند؛ مُشتی از خروار برایتان باز گویم:

فردی در شیراز، در کناری ایستاده؛ اتومبیلی می‌گذرد.  مرد از راننده اندکی بنزین می‌طلبد تا سوخت اتومبیلش را فراهم آورد و وانمود می‌کند که سوخت اتومبیلش تمام شده و او را سرگردان ساخته است.  راننده که کاملاً با این فرد بیگانه است از اتومبیل خود بنزین بیرون می‌کشد و به او می‌دهد.  ناگاه، افراد دیگر از نهانگاه بیرون می‌آیند؛ مرد راننده را به درختی می‌بندند، بنزینی را که کریمانه به فردی کاملاً ناآشنا بخشیده، بر او می‌ریزند و کبریت بر او می‌کشند و  بر اتومبیلی که وانمود می‌کردند بنزین ندارد سوار شده شتابان می‌گریزند.  چرا؟  هدف از این آتش‌افروزی کیست؟ فردی غیرمسلمان؛ یک بهائی.  گناهش چیست؟ مسلمان نیست و مسلمان نبودنش او را سزاوار سوختن ساخته تا زنده در آتش بسوزد و خاکستر شود.  این تبهکاران و ولگردان الله، این آتش‌افروزان از انسانیت بی‎خبر، خود را سربازان گمنام امام زمان می‌نامند؛ امامی که شیعیان احترامش گذارند و به عنوان ناجی انتظارش کشند.

باید که دنبالهء داستان ناخوشایندتر گردد؛ "مسلمانان خوب" خدا، از هر گونه و هر طبقه از جامعه، از کنار مردی که به درخت بسته شده می‌گذرند، و هیچ کاری در کمک به او انجام نمی‌دهند.  معجزه‌ای رخ می‌دهد و مرد در خاموش کردن آتش کامیاب می‌گردد و با تلفن همراهی که در جیب داشته با پاسبانان تماس می‌گیرد.  آمدن پاسبانان نیم ساعت طول می‌کشد؛ می‌آیند و مرد را به پاسگاهشان می‌برند تا بازجویی کنند؛ پرسشها مطرح نمایند و جوابها بخواهند.  این است اسلامی که در حرکت است به سوی جلو.  اسلامی که در ژرفنای اروپا رخنه کرده و در پهنهء گسترده‌ای پخش شده است.  اروپا را دارد تغییر می‌‎دهد؛ آنچنان که می‌خواهد و وعده‌ها می‌دهد که با امریکا نیز چنین خواهد کرد.

آتش اسلام از پس می‌آید تا کشورها را در بر گیرد و بسیاری از اروپاییان از پیش در گریزند از میهن پدری خود و وطن مادری خویش.  اینان ثروتی دارند و بینشی. دیگران بی‌خبرند و غافل از این تهدید؛ هدفشان چنان است که آن را چون جام مقدّس چندفرهنگی در میان خود جای دهند، یا آن که روزی به خود آیند و ببینند برای زندگی خویش در حال نبردی سهمگینند.  چه که اسلام چندفرهنگی را باور ندارد.  اسلام تک‌فرهنگی است: فرهنگ بربریت اسلام.  اسلام چون قدرت گیرد، بی‌گمان خود را تحمیل کند و راه و روش خود را بر دیگران بقبولاند؛ هر که باشد و هر جا که باشد.  کسانی خواهند بود که در پایان از خواب بیدار شوند و از گیجی به در آیند؛ اینان یا باید دست از پایداری بردارند و سر تسلیم فرود آرند یا با مسلمانان بجنگند و قدم به قدم در نبردهای خونین خیابانی آنها را به عقب برانند.

حقیقت همیشه دلپذیر نیست و غالباً ممکن است بسیار سبب پریشانی خاطر شود.  امّا حقیقت بهترین سلاح است در مقابله با شر و بطلان.  وقتی به تعالیم هولناک قرآن اشاره دارم، آنها را از خود نمی‎سازم و جعل نمی‌کنم.  سوره‎ها را از کتاب مقدّسشان نقل می‌کنم؛ سوره‌هایی که مسلمانان را به انواع کارهای ناپسند علیه غیرمسلمانان تشویق و ترغیب می‌کند.  این کتابِ الله جواز قتل است.  وقتی خاطرنشان می‌سازم که محمّد مثال‎های وحشتناکی را با اعمال و کردار خویش برای پیروانش قرار داده از منابع خودشان نقل می‎کنم تا گفتارم را مستند سازم.

آیا کسی در این جهان آشفته هست که دربارهء ستمگری‌های روزانهء اسلامی که این وحشیان انجام می‌دهند و آن را بر مبنای کتاب مقدّس الله توجیه می‌نمایند، کلامی نخواند، نبیند یا نشنود؟

می‌گوید، "پس ترس را در دل کافران خواهم انداخت؛ پس بزنید گردن‌هایشان را و قطع کنید انگشت‌هایشان را؛ چه که مخالفت کردند با الله و رسولش".[iii]

و نیز می‌گوید، "الله اهل کتاب را فرود آورد از حصارهایشان و در دلهایشان ترس انداخت؛ گروهی را کشتید و گروهی را اسیرنمودید و خدا شما را وارث زمین آنها و خانهء آنها و اموال آنها و ثروت آنها نمود.  الله شما را کشوری بخشید که قبلاً آن را نپیموده بودید."[iv]

چرا این جانیان مسلمان‌نمایی که حقّ و حقیقت را از آن خود می‎دانند به خود زحمت نمی‌دهند به من ثابت کنند که ره به خطا می‌روم؟  چرا سندی نمی‌آورند که نشان دهد آنچه می‌گویم دروغ است؟  به جای آن، هر ناسزا و دشنامی را که نتوان به آسانی بر زبان آورد نثار من می‌کنند.  برخی از مسلمانان متمدّن‌تر همچون هم‎مسلکان زشت‌سخن و بدزبان خویش تن به خفّت نمی‌دهند و خود را خوار نمی‎سازند.  این قبیل مسلمانان فریاد و فغان بر آورند که خودشان و دینشان را من و امثال من لکّه‌دار کرده‎ایم و قربانی کرده‌ایم.  آنها انتقاد من از اسلام را حمله به اسلام محسوب دارند و مرا به تفرقه‌انگیزی و نژادپرستی متّهم کرده تصوّر نمایند از حمله به اسلام لذّت برم و خشنود گردم.  افزون بر آن برچسبم زنند و گویند صهیونیستم و جیره‌بگیر اسرائیلم و از لابی یهودیان مزد همی گیرم.  چه کسی دیگری را مورد حمله و توهین قرار می‎دهد؟ لطفی در حقّم بکنید و بگویید کدامین اتّهامی را که وارد کردم دروغین است و جعلی است؛ باور بدارید که شادمان خواهم شد که ره توبه پویم و طریق انابه در پیش گیرم. امّا اگر نتوانید چنین کنید، جهان بشریت را مدیونید که دست از سرسپردگی مصیبت اسلام بردارید و خود را از آن رها سازید.

امیل ایمانی کیست؟  شهروندی امریکایی است که در ایران زاده شده؛ هواداری مردم‌سالاری کند؛ در ایالات متّحده سکونت اختیار کرده؛ سرمقاله نویسد، مقالات ترجمه کند، داستان‌سرایی نماید و مقاله‌ نیز بنویسد.  او در پشتیبانی از کسانی نویسد که در زادگاهش ایران به مبارزه مشغولند.

[i] در کتاب قرآن، سورهء نساء، آیهء 34 چنین آ مده است: "الرّجالُ قوّامون علی النّساء بما فضّل‌الله بعضَهُم علی بعضٍ و بما أنْفَقوا مِن أموالهِم فالصّالحات قانتات حافظاتٌ للغیب بما حفظ الله و اللاّتی تخافون نُشُوزَهُنّ فَعِظوهُنّ و اهجُرُوهُنّ فی المضاجع و اضْرِبوهُنّ فَاِنْ اطَعْنَکُمْ فلاتبغُوا علَیهُنّ سبیلاً اِنّ اللهَ کان عَلیّاً کبیرا".

[ii] نام کتابی است اثر آدولف هیتلر رهبر حزب نازی آلمان که قبل از رسیدن به قدرت در زندان نوشت و برنامه‌های آیندهء خود را در آن شرح داد.  در متن انگلیسی حاضر نام آلمانی کتاب یعنی Mein Kampf آورده شده است.

[iii] در کتاب قرآن، سورهء انفال، آیهء 12 می‎گوید، "سَاُلقی فی قلوب الّذین کفروا الرُّعب فاضربوا فوق الأعناق و اضربوا مِنهم کلّ بنان؛ ذلک بأنّهم شآقوا الله و رسوله".

[iv] در کتاب قرآن، سورهء احزاب، آیهء 26 آمده است، "و أنزل الّذین ظاهروهم مِن اهل الکتاب مِن صَیاصیهم و قّذّف فی قلوبهم الرّعب فریقاً تقتلون و تأسِرون فریقا و أوْرَثکُم درضهُم و دیارهم و اموالهم و ارضاً لم‌تطَوُّها..."

Nonsense trash by a racist

Make no mistake. Bigot Imani wants all 1.3 billion Muslims either forcibly converted, or wipped out.

Do you see in any of the bigot's "writings" any differentiation between the vast majority of Muslisms who are good, peaceful people, and a few bad apples? No.

Do you see in any of the bigot's "writings" the fact that since 1979 3.5 million Muslism have been killed by the West (this is not my statistics)? No.

Do you see in any of this bigot's "writings" any mention of all the horrible crimes that have been committed by radical Christians and Jews, who are just as terrible as Muslim radicals, if not worse? No.

He has suggested, directly and indirectly, explicitly and implicitly, that the entire West should expell all of its Muslim citizens, or have them converted.

In the past, bigot Imani has used a language to describe ALL Muslims, not some of them, that were used in the past by the Nazis, the racist South Africans in the Apartheid regime, and the American slave owners in the 19th century. Nazis believed that Jews were not completely human. The South African and American racists believed that black people were 2/3 human.

Likewise, bigot Imani has called all Muslims subhuman. He still uses this in his "articles" that he posts elsewhere, but not here, because I exposed him here.

Shame on those of you who jump up and down with delight when you see bigot Imani propagates hatred, and calls it telling the truth. I expect nothing else of Zionists like Zion and Fred. But, the rest of you make me want to throw up because of your shameless patting on the back that you give to this bigot, and cheer him on.

The fact is, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the entire world, particularely in the West. That is why bigot Imani is worried.

Mammad

Is Islam becoming more and more unpopular because of Mullahs?

I'm not religious and I dont hold any grudges against any religion. But is it me, or is Islam dieying?

Dear Mehdi Mazloom

Unlike you that believe in Jewish faith, I have none. I never grew up in any religious house hold and was not born Muslim. What I have said is based on my understanding about all faith, that if you want to criticize it, it's best to go for the gold and do the religion as an ideology.

It's misinterpreted when one who supposedly believes in Jewish religion criticize Islam! But even for Muslims is accepted when an atheist criticizes Islam! Make sense?

One is the attack on a culture and it's taken personally, which the Muslim would say that it's the continuous discriminatory acts by "westerners" or such and other is a philosophical debate. In the Iranian household making fun of Islam is a norm, because then it's understood that the intentions are not racial. It's the fact of superiority that one says my God is better than yours. That's just stupid.

Hope that clarifies.

Amil

Muslims don't realize that innocent people - including Muslims themselves are losing their lives every day because of this man teaching.

How many more people will have to die for honest Muslims to see the reality of today.

How long do they need to realize that, no one is perfect, and definitely not Muhammad. How the hell can they come here and write this man was the most humbled man, when he was telling them "love me more then you love your own children". The irony is, these zombies do follow these passages.

We all proud of the institution to which we belong and hold dear their basic principals on which they were founded. We all are willing to engage with intellectual polemics to defend our pov. Notwithstanding, we are still open to hear other people criticize our set of beliefs, and see then as no big deal. 

What our Muslims friends seem to use the tactic of the  "insulted", and "one who's feeling was hurt", (which btw, myself don't give a rat ass), in order to pacify their opponents and win over them.

Yes, you are absolutely right, I have the same problem with them, when I tell them, Islam was not very kind to me as non-Muslim living in Islam majority country. Then they level the same crap "paid by lobby", etc.

Again & again. when Muslim will learn to seperate Muhammad from his message and hold him to the same standars as we hold everyone else, then they will join the civilizews and tolerant world.

Amil boy I am ready to recant my religion for the right amount

of cash. To prove it that I am serious listen to this comment of mine: "The world would have been better of if it wasn't for these cousin marrying, flafal eating, belly dancing, polygamist, hoka smoking, pig hating, Mohammad worshiping muslims". Do you like this one? I have more of these for the right amount of cash. How's about that? 

The Truth

That is what they are afraid of dear Amil. They have no argument, nothing to refute your points. Name calling is all that they have left.
This is a sign of success. Keep up your great job.

Abarmar - my favorite intellectual.

I truly command you for your high minded and intellectual foot dancing. But some of your comments seem to come from Alice wonder land. Case in point.

you write:

If you like to tell the "truth" about any religion it means that you
are bashing it. Do that about the Jewish religion and you'll findout to
be called anti Semite.

Anti Semite is one whom openly denies the Holocaust. Or call for another "final solution for Jews". Or Muslims whom wish not to compromise with Jews about living side by side as equals. 

Go to mid US and question Jesus Christ and see
how isolated you'll become, if your house won't be put on fire.

Why don't compare the "Satanic Versus" by Salman Rashdie, and "The DeVinci Code" by david Brown. and the stark contrast between these 2 religions.

The first book Rashdie just commented on some of Muhammad's decisions.Yet he was facing death. On the second one. Brown seemed to question the entire set of belief under the catholic church. Yet, no one ever threatened his life. 

A suggestion.

yes my friend, The best suggestion for the good and honest Muslims, is to follow the example of the Jews and Christians. Seperate Muhammad from his message.

He should be commanded for what he did for those who agreed with his teaching and followed him. And condemned for the atrocitieds which he brought upon those who opposed his teachings and refused to follow him like heard of cattles. 

Dokkane Tazvir o Riya (Hafez)

At the core of these abrahamic religions are:

(1) Create an atmosphere of fear mixed with sacredness.

(2) Practice legalized oppression on behalf of a well-intentioned god to enforce god's will at all levels - from head of household (towards his wife and daughter) to head of state (caliph or IRI rahbar towards ordinary people). Don't show any mercy for any maverick or disobedient.

(3) Lie by pretension of how good and exemplary those dead religious figures were (caliph omar, emam ali, doctor shariati, doctor beheshti, emam khomeini). People have to believe you if you kill anyone with an open counter-argument.

This is not limited to islam though, but started with ten commandments (read them!) to medieval europe and spain, to iran of omar and ali to iran of today.

Two nights ago, there was an outstanding program on local PBS about crimes of Catholic church during spanish inquisition. It was like a dry run of the islamic republic of iran, with amazing similarities, albeit some 200 years apart. They killed some 85,000 innocent people (a number very close to executions by IRI) and set fire to some 12,000 people under various pretexts (similar to stoning, killing of bahais, and whoever else who is in the way).

Solution: education , education, education. Until people stop seeing the ugly emam's face on the moon, and stop finding his dirty beard hair in the middle of koran.

Sigh that shah's policies were not to offend islam and mullas by not allowing publication of "the truth about islam."

It is said that Ali Dashti on his way to prison by IRI said that if shah's regime had allowed him to publish his "Twenty Three Years", we would not be here today. (but I guess he would have been killed before that, the same way that likes of kasravi were killed and likes of jamalzadeh were driven away).

Islam

Unfortunately ISLAMIST and traditionalist have made the religion to look vicious and cruel in the eyes of the world. From Fanatic Shism who believe in Imams (Iran) and to Wahabissm (Saudi Arabia). I'm secular muslim and am not shame of it. I don't believe in Mosque, travelling to Mecca, against Alcohol, Zakat, Imams, Mullahs or any other craps).Religion should stay at home and that's all there is to it. Everyone has the right to practice their religion,culture, etc and not forcing it upon others like what Mullahs are doing in our country.

AS for Mola Nasredeen
I think you should consider, stand up comedian as job. I will come and watch your show as long you leave the camel at home. Am I still part of the broken record...

Move over Aristotle

Lets assume you are from the  Rat worshiping parts in Rajastan and have had it with the rabid rats killing your family, neighbors, people over the mountains and destroying the crops making the entire township destitute, you have your work cut out. You must first start by condemning Buddhism, Jainism, Shintoism and then all other systems of beliefs including all versions of Animism and only then you are permitted to express your dismay, not anything else, at Rats. If not, Rat worshipers will accuse you of not being fair-minded or in the pay of the villainous Unicorn worshipers.

Islamist/Anti-Semites and their likeminded lefty allies’ logic put Aristotle to shame.

Muslim "By Birth"?

Mahi, you really are not anything "By Birth" except the Nationality you are born with, your race and your gender.

Religions are personal choices and beliefs, not something you are born with.

Some people take religions so seriously that they think they were born with it and it is in their blood, I guess.

You are on assignment again ha?

Well you have expenses too and need the cash. I wonder how much you receive for your services demonizing muslims .

How much do they pay if I write: Only if these dirty, ugly, premitive, backward, camel loving, sand niggers, turban head muslims did not exist the world would have been a fantastic place?

See mine is even better than yours. Send me the application, I'm open to negotiate the wages. Or is it a "pay for performance contract? With the value of dollar falling continuously and my upcoming trip to Ghom I could use some extra cash.

Dear Sir

As a muslim by birth not by choice I agree with you 100% Both my mother and father side were religious fanatics and when my parents met at NYU over 50 years ago, they both decided to raise us be open minded and question Islam. My parents told us that they were both muslims by birth but after studying the Islam they realized they don't want to follow it. My parents let me research it for myself and decide...well I deny this cult as my religion.

I had the opportunity to study zoroasterism and now firm believer of this peacful religion. As for my parents they are both christians.

The new generation needs to study Islam and question it and the truth shall reveal itself.It's not Islam bashing but simply everyone's right for the sake of our future on this planet. It's every citizens responsibility on this earth to question Islam and it's teachings.

Amil

Well said essay. The problem is, due to their cultural and religious dogma where any discussion about Muhammad can get you killed.

One of THE reasons why average innocent Muslim are confused and bewildered when they deal with non-Muslims is that, these masses are forced to believe in two tracks of morality and social code. One for Muhammad, and another one for the rest of the believers. Muhammad was above the same laws which he dictated to others to follow.

And whenever you remind them of this contradictory set of behaviors, most become unglued and accuse you of Islamophobia.

Well, maybe one can call the non-Muslims with such lables it is one thing.. But when former Muslims who lived this life style and whom came to realize the truth say the same, that is another thing.

Here is a link. Please go there and read ex-Muslims own writings.

//www.faithfreedom.org/forum/index.php