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2012-02-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran says making nuclear bombs a "great sin"

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Posted by tipper 2012-02-29 05:26|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 ....Clearly then, if building bombs is wrong, they don't wanna be right.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2012-02-29 05:44|| 2012-02-29 05:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Good morning Mike. I don't see much on the possible strategy of Iran regarding Saudi Arabia.
It looks to me that the Saudi have been encircled. I understand the Persians invented chess. Knowing how they like to play the media game could they be working on securing interests in oil there. We now have several choke points on the flow of oil here. The Arab spring could have been or will be worked to the advantage of Iran. I believe Iran longs for the days of history past.
Mecca would be a supreme necleus of power. Whirlwind of a propaganda event. In politics of our time the bait and switch technique is a very common pratice. Should this be true then their efforts with Isreal will now be tempered. Saved for another day while the python coils about its prey.

Posted by Dale 2012-02-29 07:58|| 2012-02-29 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 This is actually funny. Like saying they wouldn't build nuclear weapons because the Catholic Pope wouldn't approve.

There is no original sin in Islam. In fact, the very idea of sin in Islam is almost a nonsequitur, because they believe Allen is omnipotent and everything is predestined. Thus there is also no need for repentance, and forgiveness is also nebulous.

And most of all, they clearly believe that a Muslim can do anything they want to infidels, assuming it is hostile, without it being a sin.

Not just making, but *using* nuclear weapons against infidels would be "A-O.K." as far as Allen is concerned.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-02-29 09:24|| 2012-02-29 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I cannot even begin to imagine what audience this guy is playing to. Nobody believes it. Nobody believes anybody else will believe it. Not even Obumble.

Posted by gorb 2012-02-29 11:24|| 2012-02-29 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Playing for time, first of all, and that new word...tarawiya? It is not a lie by a Muslim when the spoken words are narrowly understood by the speaker and completely and deliberately misleading to the listener. Closing his eyes, "I don't see him," he said, so the questioner continued the search elsewhere.

In this case, it would be a sin for Israel or any of Iran's opponents to make atomic weapons, with which they might fight off Iran's jihad. It perhaps might be a sin -- though as Anonymoose points out, not if aimed at enemies of Islam as defined by the speaker, or perhaps if sin is defined as resulting in harm to Iran -- for Iran to produce atomic weapons at the moment he is speaking. And of course, Iran's nuclear weapons program is peaceful in that once the unbelievers and enemies have submitted to the threat of Iran's nukes, there will be peace...for Iran's rulers, at least.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-02-29 13:43|| 2012-02-29 13:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Tawriya. good article, tipper.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-02-29 14:01|| 2012-02-29 14:01|| Front Page Top

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