num_pages: 306
description: Iran: Harsh Arm of Islam offers an unvarnished portrait of the Shiite religion, the past Shiite imams, including Imam Khomeini, and the struggle of Iranians fighting a conspiracy in the name of religion. it is not just another hysterical anti-Islam polemic but a forensic peep into the guts of Islam written by an intelligent, angry and compelling Muslim critics intimately involve with current events.This lively and compelling book is a product of nearly a decade of research and reflection on the relation and the polarization between secular minded Iranians and the Arab Iranian clergy. It shows the lack of patriotism toward Iran and the Islamic institution's loyalty to the sands of Arabia.The book's balance critique and recommendations are credible and deserve serious considerations. Among much suggestion for change is for Iranians to shun the Arab ethos, The Arab Islam, and the Arab Allah. Iranians should do away with the morbid Arab months in the Arabic calendar, especially the months of Moharram and Safar. At the same time, they should throw out the Arab Allah and embrace their own God. The Persian God of pre-Arab Islam who championed love, Compassion, wisdom, and tolerance for all people and all religions. It is often said that the sound of Monajat prayers] in Arabic is so powerful and so full of ecstasy that it can move people to tears. Nothing can be more accurate. The unfortunate Persian women who first heard that unfamiliar sound and the trauma that followed attest to that. With their swords drawn, the Arab horsemen's unbroken, flesh-creeping never-racking sound of "Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar" (God is great, God is great) in the middle of the pitch-dark nights terrified, haunted, and scattered the dazed Persian families seeking places to hide and most often drew them right into the arms of the waiting barbarians, where the men met the sword and women and children were taken as slaves. Pre-Islam was perhaps the only time that minorities lived side by side in peaceful harmony with Persians. Christians and Jews were solid citizens of Persia centuries before the advent of Islam. Throughout history, Shiite cleric fomented ethnic hatred. And governments, influenced by clerics, not only failed to protect minorities, they also curtailed their upward mobility and diminished their sense of belonging. They lived as tenants, never as landlords. Their Motherland held them less dear than Muslims. No matter how unyielding their patriotism, how essential their contribution to society, they were always made to feel like second-class citizen, like, "a one legged-man in an ass-kicking contest." . There are so many amazing vignettes that perhaps the conservative reader could be entertained, if not outraged and touched.
title: Iran: Harsh Arm of Islam: Islam; Let My People Grow!
titlecomplete: Iran: Harsh Arm of Islam: Islam; Let My People Grow!
publisher: Xlibris Corporation