From: kytan@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com (Kok-Yong Tan)
Subject: Re: Cold war against ISLAM (Part-1)
Organization: Organised?  Here?  Hahahahahahahaha.....
	<1992Jul22.043406.12626@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:55:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.043406.12626@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes:
{my stuff deleted}

>Not the world media. The Western Media.

I stand corrected.  

>It is what they perceive as kooks(?). I still do not understand why people
>call Khomeini as a dictator when he does not have any official power. His
> official tittle is only as a religious leader which is againt Muslim principle.
>In true ISLAMic government style, the head of state must have absolute power
> like a president of USA. Of course with consultations and he can be removed

Uh...the President of the United States does NOT have absolute power.  There
are checks and balances installed.

> by the majority. 
	   The IRANIAN religious leader can only advice or give fatua regarding
>religious laws, but he does not have the mechanism to enforce it. It is up
>to the people to do it. Of course Iranians respect Khomeini more that their
>President, but that is their choice. If the Americans will respect their pope

Uh...please.  Not all Americans are Catholic.  In fact, Americans have this
"thing" about Catholic leaders.  Look what happened to the two Kennedys...

>or whatever more than their President , that is their choice. You cannot say
>that the pope is a dictator. In fact it is the complete democratic process,
>where people's choice is paramount.
	   What is so extremist about Iranian revolution? Was it because of
>the executions of war criminals? I though after world war 2 there were a lot
>of executions of war criminals judged by generals, not even proper judges.
>At least in Iran they are judged by Islamic judges, with witnesses called 
>to the stand. The generals are not involved as judges, I mean the revolutionary
>guards and soldiers loyal to the Islamic revolution. Because in Islam, only
>certain people with certain criteria can be Judges. Professionals soldiership
>is not an important criteria.

What is extremist about the Iranian revolution is that they are trying to
export it via terrorists.  If they just overthrew the Shah and remained within
their borders, I don't think the world would have bothered.  However, through
their admitted minions (Hezbollah, et al) they commit terrorist bombings
outside their borders.  THAT's what the world is afraid of.  Lebanon is not
part of Iran, unless you want to redraw the Middle Eastern maps.

>	   Why are they so scared of Iran? They even support Iraq, which is
>a proven dictator. Now tell me who is the most dangerous ones. The religious
>ones or the ones who pretend to be religious.

As for why they are scared of Iran, see above.  Iraq was supported because it
was a counterweight to Iran, NOT because it was so good.  Politics operates on
the principle that if two enemies of yours are too busy fighting among
themselves, then they won't have time to pay any nasty attention to you.

>	   Do you know what NAZI means. I THINK it is Nationalist Socialists
>Christians. They claim to represent Christianity. Even the Irish REpublican

Please learn your German before you make ad hoc translations.  The abbreviation
stands for a term which translates to "National Socialist."  Christianity was
NOT in their official creed, although, by default many were supposed Christians
BEFORE they became National Socialists.  

>army claims to be Catholics, so their battle was supposed to be based on
>Religion, but do they follow Christian practices.

So?  Both sides are Christian but you don't see any one side driving a truck
filled with explosives VOLUNTARILY into a British army encampment and blowing
it and themselves to kingdom come, do you?  (Of course, the IRA have forced
UNWILLING "volunteers" to do so but that's another thing altogether.)

	   Come on. It is more than that. You just have to ask a lot more 
>questions.



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