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The man who would not be king

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Another desperate attempt to receive more of unearned obedience ("Cornesh" in Farsi) & more of the earthy dignification from the igorant!! He is becoming so Coronated ("Azim" in Farsi) that he has forgotten to visit his 2 feet by 6 feet Coffin ("Cafan" in Farsi) from which he is a little time away. Let see if he could then visit Qom or Najaf while in his grave & before GOD's stern reckoning of his actions & his sayings in this world.

Cole on “Iran and Islam”

Iran commentary in the United States generates more heat than light for the most part, and much of it is frankly driven by ignorance. Veteran journalist and Iran expert Robin Wright has attempted to redress this problem with an Iran Primer, 50 short entries by experts on key themes. I contributed a brief section on Shiite Islam in modern Iran, which is complemented by other essays on the Shiite clergy, on the theory of clerical rule, etc. Here is my section, below.

Iran and Islam

Juan Cole

* Iran is a theocracy that mixes religion and state more thoroughly than any other country in the world.

* Shiite Islam gives a special place to its clerics and demands blind obedience to their rulings on religious law.

* The commemoration of the martyrdom of holy figures is central to Shiite religious sensibilities and plays out in Iran’s populist politics.

* Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has imposed a strongly patriarchal order, but pious women have found ways to assert themselves in society and education.

* The contemporary Shiite revival has given Iran influence in the Muslim world and especially among other Shiite communities in the Arab world and South Asia, challenging the Sunni secular nationalists and traditional monarchies.

Overview

The 1979 revolution unseated the last dynasty to rule Iran from the Peacock Throne. But it also represented a revolution within Shiism, which had traditionally shunned direct clerical involvement in politics. Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini introduced the idea of clerical supervision of a modern republican state that has all three standard branches of government—the executive, legislature and judiciary.

Iran is today the world’s only clerically-ruled government. Shiite Islam is not just the religion of state, but also forms the framework for a theocracy. As such, religion and politics are inseparable. The starting point for debates in Iran is not secular law and civil rights, but the tradition of Muslim jurisprudence and practice called the Sharia. Lively debates center on issues such as the nature of a just government, women’s rights in Islam, economic justice and the extent of limits on personal liberty. Since the mid-1990s, the Iranian political divide has also played out over the balance of power between the republican and religious nature of the state.

Shiite history

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LOL, more bogus from Colonel Sanders

Sure, Obama gets more security than "President" (read chief rapist) Ahmadinejad in his visits, out of fear of assassins.  But which one is more afraid of the average citizen (or even their own shadow)?  For the answer, refer to:

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The Iranians reading this will see very clearly who is wetting his pants more:)

"Coronation"

"Coronation". yes. That's EXACTLY what it is.

Pity the fools who ousted the Shah, only to be ruled by this religious tyranny of a regime.

I'd be willing to bet the

I'd be willing to bet the security measures are nothing like that compared to that provided to President Obama on his domestic and international trips.

President Ahmadinejad? He travels just about everywhere, fully announced beforehand, using open-topped vehicles. Even in Iraq. Top that! 

Here is ultimate proof of the bankrupcy of political islam

If another one was needed.

Khamenei, the "leader of shiat islamist republic of Iran", is now not welcomed even at the holy shiat city of Qom, needing extraordinary security protection to even enter the holiets shiat city in Iran!!!

What would be the verdict on catholism if pope faced the same issues entering vatican?! 

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Lajan is going to meet rest of Lajans

Iran wasn’t destroyed because of oil it was destroyed because of Mullahs I hope you Muslim lovers enjoy watching Iran turn in to nothing.  

Beginning of the end started with the last election!  

beginning of the end

the regime is falling apart and the rats are scambling to justify why the Seyed Ali Gheda, the Choolagh, is going to Qom to kiss the A.. or rather the hands of the fake and themselves barbaric clerics of Islam.  So that they would allow him to stay in power a little longer.  They should realize that the power of Islam is whanning and once this rapist regime is toppled, either by intense sanctions or my favorite, heavy surgical attacks, (preferrably Qom will be sent to kingdom come), all of them will have to answer directly to the people.