I think this whole Islamist bullshit began and will end with Iran. Iranians are at the forefront of experiencing the true evil of Islamism. When the Islamic revolution took power it sent a sort of shockwave throughout the sunni world and was critical in the rise of Islamism as we know it. I think the current Iranian regime is really the Islamist equivalent of the Berlin wall. When these tyrants fall and the Muslim world sees young Iranians burning their hijabs in public - it will be a great blow to the morale of modern Islam.
I was thinking, we Iranians, arabs, afghans, pakistanis etc... all live in a very small region but we can't wait to kill each other!!!
But look at us on this site!!! We're all at peace!
I hate religion (except Zoroastrianism lol
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Welcome Nima
I am Iraqi and was born during the war. Needless to say, throughout my childhood I was brainwashed by Saddam's propaganda to believe that Iranians are evil, anti-Arab..etc. Thankfully now I know how lovely and enlightened they are and I really look forward to getting acquainted with many Iranians.
I like Reza. I've seen him on CNN, The Daily Show, and Real Time with Bill Maher. I know he's trying to start this liberal Muslim movement and I applaud him for that but it just doesn't add up. How can you be pro-gay rights and Muslim at the same time?
I watched
Persepolis and it shows how communists were persecuted immediately after the revolution. Great movie BTW.
The post is engaging and informative. Thank you very much for sharing. I wish I knew my country's history that well and in such detail.
You have to remember that Arab society is not solely shaped by Islam. The masochistic, backward and tribal culture plays an important role. That's why further you get from Najd and Hijaz (Saudi) the less Backward the country is.
I was born in the Iran-IRaq war as well (last year of the war though).
The story of my birth is kind of funny though. My parents were having dinner one night when my dad hears the whistle of missile and thinks it's coming at them so he pushes my 8 month pregnant mother under the table (we lived in Shiraz which is not that far from Iraq). The next day I was born prematurely. The hospital were I was born was short of doctors and nurses (they were on the front lines) and the electricity kept coming and going. I was put in an incubator b/c I couldn't breath and I was deaf (b/c of being born prematurely) so every time the electricity went out a nurse had to give me mouth to mouth
lol
And you're right about the tribal thing.
It's the same story all over the region. Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan are still tribal and see how back warded some parts of their countries are (well Afghanistan is completely back warded lol). The baluchistan region of IRan is the same and they're the most underdeveloped and back warded province of Iran (although that's not the only reason).
Of course it doesn't add up. As an Iranian, Reza Aslan should be ashamed of what he's doing. He's a sophist and an apologist for Islam. He's exactly the type of Muslim that made me the leave Islam - an intellectually dishonest 'liberal' muslim whose trying to sugar coat Islam for a western audience and make guilt-ridden westernised Muslims feel good. At a time when Islamic fundamentalism is wreaking violence and intellectual rot throughout the world, he should be confronting Islam instead of trying to play pretend.
yeah I hate aslan as well
Brilliant analysis. And yes I agree, any reformation or enlightenment that comes to the Islam, will come from, *IS* coming from Iran. Great and brave people, and such beautiful language, arts, culture. I too love Persia.
Reza Aslan seems to like to fall back on sugar-coated theology when it suits him and discard it when it becomes too tedious to carry/justify/prove. I find him to be a bit ambiguous and inconsistent.
thanks
hopefully one day we can ditch Islam and the entire region can go back to its former glory!
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