September 26, 2007 - 12:30 am
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad set up a storm of controversy during his visit to New York earlier this week. In this exclusive video, PJM’s Andrew Marcus looks back at the mood on the streets and what people had to say. It includes comments from Claudia Rosett; a young German tourist at Ground Zero blaming America for the war and defending sharia law, and an Ahmadinejad supporter on the Columbia campus who claims that Mahmoud was “only kidding” about the whole gay thing.
NO ONE NOTICED THAT Ahmadinejad gave the West a very clear warning. The Koran states that before Muslims can attack ‘infidels’, they must first ask them to convert to Islam. THAT is what he did, repeatedly. I have excerpted just a few passages, which recur in his speech again and again.
Note that in other official translations, he is said to refer to God, which is untrue. God refers to the monotheistic creator as he is described by the Jews and Christians. ‘Allah’ has historically been the name of a Middle-Eastern moon-god, worshiped by Muslims. Accordingly, my notes below have Ahmadinejad referring to Allah.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Delivers Remarks at U.N. General Assembly Meeting, Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Excerpts:
AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of Allah, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, Allah, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness… the Allah-given human talents and the prominence of faith in Allah and realization of the promise of Allah. … big powers’ disregard of … the almighty Allah, as well as the rule of the (inaudible). … Unfortunately, they have put themselves in the position of Allah… Friends, ladies, and gentlemen, the only sustainable way to the betterment of mankind is the return to the teachings of the divine prophets, monotheism, respect for the dignity of humans, and the flow of love and affection in all relationships, ties, and regulations, and to reform the present structures on this basis … To fulfill this objective, I invite everyone — everybody to form a front of fraternity, amity, and sustainable peace, based on monotheism… Monotheism, justice, and compassion for humans should dominate all the pillars of the U.N…. However, by the grace of faith in Allah and national unity, Iran has moved forward step by step, and now our country is recognized as one with the capacity for industrial-scale fuel cycle production for peaceful purposes…. Is it not high time for these powers to return from the path of arrogance and obedience to Satan to the path of faith in Allah? Would they not like to be cleansed of the impurities, submit to the will of Allah and believe in him?… etc., etc., ad nauseum.
BRILLIANT! Simply brilliant! Thank you for showing in the video what is the real deal. To the commentary above, thank you! There is a big difference between the Islamic ideology of monotheism and the Judeo-Christian ideology. Which leads me to wonder about those in the East… Where do the Buddhists, Shintoists, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Confucionists fit into his grand scheme? I certainly wouldn’t want to piss of 2 billion of these polytheistic people. Oh, and lets not forget the other billion who live under tribal religions in Africa and much of the South Pacific. The man (and I’m being generous here) is a moron, plain and simple. Sadly, I think he actually believes what he says, and that makes him all the more dangerous in terms of prosthelizing to the masses. Think Hitler in 1932…