Hi, Ola, Alo, Salaam, Shalom,
Please note:
1- Christians and Jews are considered to be people of the book by Moslems as well as the holy Quran and NOT non-believers.
2- There are Al-Qaeda terrorist extremist who consider more than a hundred Million Shia Moslems NOT true believers and believe they should all be killed. But thank GOD those guys are less than 3% of Moslem population of the World. We have radical Christians who think the same about Moslems and there percentage is higher than those radical Moslems. Most likely these types of e-mails are initiated by such radical people. A True Moslem is a Christian and a Jew as well.
4- In Islam even non believers are respected and not killed and Prophet Mohammad did just that when he conquered Mecca. He told his followers to respect the home all enemies even atheist... And Christians and Jews are people of book and the holy Quran has many stories about Saint Virgin Mary, Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus as well as the full story of Ten Commandments.
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As of today neither the Leader of Iran nor its President, nor any other Iranian government official have blamed the bombing in a Mosque located at Zahidan, Iran on US or Israel. The only person who had expressed that opinion is a substitute or temporary leader of one of Tehran’s Friday prayers. It is a free country and a person is entitled to his opinion but that should NOT be called an official governmental statement. So the report by Agence France Press (AFP) is EXAGGERATED.
However, that is quite different from the US State Department intestinally and wrongfully calling another country “The number one sponsor of terrorism” and making sure to ignore the real threat which is the Al-Qaeda and those regional allies who support them!
There are many versus in Quran about Jesus and the fact that he was born from Saint Virgin Mary. There also many versus about Prophet Moses & the TEN COMMANDMENTS, In Quran there is also lots of detail about what good thoughts, good words & good deeds should be, these teachings are also the basics of an the ancient religion of Iranians ( Zoroastrian) as well as all the above mentioned religions. So if one wants to be a really good Moslem, then she/he should also be a Good Jew, a Good Christian and a Good Zoroastrian. Certainly an extremist religious fanatic can neither be a good Moslem nor a good Christian nor a Good Jew, nor a Good Zoroastrian. So Al-Qaeda, Neo Nazis & ..., as well as their followers/ sympathizers are NOT RELIGEOUS AT ALL. Since the Zoroastrian religion came first, then it is an ancient religion dealing with basics or an equivalent of what we call a high school Diploma. According to Quran Prophets: 1-Noah, 2-Abraham, 3-Moses, 4-Jesus & 5-Mohammad (Peace be upon all of them) were all sent by GOD. Since there are extensive writings about the teachings of Prophets Noah & Abraham in Torah, Bible & Quran, then after Zoroastrianism every Moslem should know about true Judaism which is equal to a Bachelor’s Degree. Afterwards Moslems should be Familiar with the real teachings of Christianity which is like a Master’s Degree and then they should know about real Islam which is like a Doctorate Degree. I look forward to the day that true believers in all these Godly religions unite and respect/love each other. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later, but we all should work hard to bring about such a peaceful era. I am counting on all true believers of all faiths. There is Persian Poem that says: “All human beings are members of the same team, if one member is in pain, then others should also scream.” If people don’t sympathize with others who are in pain, then they lack self esteem!
Since President Obama was not even born 60 years ago, then nobody could blame him for what had happened then! One can NOT even blame the President for what happened during the previous administration. President Obama is a HOPE Leader who believes in real CHANGE, if some politicians at the State Department would not undermine his positive efforts, and then he could succeed. What Iranians are saying is: “Let’s wipe the slate clean AND start from scratch.” BUT State Department statements and acts won’t let that happen. For argument sake let’s say that Iran had a Voice of Iran/English that broadcasted every day to some disgruntled American Indians and told them how their rights are NOT being recognized in the US. How they should own all of the US territory and yet they have nothing! And then the Iranian government told the US that this country can NOT enrich uranium for the US nuclear power plants and placed several severe international sanctions against the US and threaten more sanctions?! Then lets assume the Iranian government’s Foreign Ministry recently published a report calling the US No. 1 State Sponsor of Terrorism while the President of Iran had sent greetings and positive messages to the US at the same time as all of the above was happening. AND then Iranians would call this “the carrot and stick policy” treating the Americans like rabbits but Iran insisted that they still wanted to have dialogue, but only when Americans had become good rabbits and NOT bad ones like Bugs Bunny’s cousins! Then Iranians would also ask Americans to help them in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq while all those sanctions and threatening language continued. Unfortunately the opposite is true and that is exactly what the US is doing to Iran…And that is not the way to bring about a Change as well as improve relations! Now lets look at the Grievance Meter of the past 60 years not to blame any body and just to get a historical perspective. For argument sake for every 100 people harmed by the actions of the other side we will allocate a grievance factor of 1 for the country that was harmed.
Direct and Indirect Acts of one side harming the other side = Grievance(G) Factor
1-The 1953 US/British Coup against a popular Iranian Prime Minister- 15 Million people’s lives changedFor ever! Britain was also involved so half of the Responsibility is allocated to the US = Iran 7.5Mil/100=75,000G
2- 1979 US Embassy Take Over by some Iranians Where 52 US diplomats/soldiers were held Hostage= US 52/100 = .52 G
3- President Carter gave the Iraqis a green light to (Iraq) launch the war against Iran through Prince Fahd"of Jordan, Arab Allies of US as well as some Europeans and other Asians supported Iraq against Iran. 1 million Iranians killed and injured 100,000 of whom by Iraq’s Use Chemical weapons, Source: Wikipedia.com, I million Iranians harmed, other Arab countries as well Europeans were also involved, so 1/3 of the responsibility is allocated to the US = Iran 330,000/100 =3,300G
4-1983 Attack on US servicemen in Lebanon 241 Killed, 60 injured=301, blamed on Islamic Jihad, Alleged friends of Iran, source: Wikipedia.com = US 301/100 = 3.01G
5- On July 1988 US shoots down an Iranian Passenger Airliner killing 290 civilians, 254 of which were Iranians = Iran 254/100 = 2.54
Total Iranian Grievances against US = 78,302.54G, Total US Grievances against Iran = 3.53G *According to this table, the magnitude of suffering by Iranians compare to that of Americans is about 22,000 to 1 based on the ratio of 78,302.54/3.53. WHAT A DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE!
Note: In this table I have treated all life as very precious and equal, so any loss of life is very sad, I have also treated all loss of life or harm done to citizens of each country as an equal cause for grievance. However there is a large difference between the magnitudes of loss suffered by Iranians versus that suffered by Americans. According to human rights declarations and the Geneva Convention on the conduct of warfare, there is also a BIG Difference between killing civilians and soldiers, as well as use of weapons of mass destructions by the Western Supported Sadam Gang. Those who kill civilians where there are no military targets are called terrorists. However I don’t want to start calling names! All I want is mutual respect by all sides, dialogue as well as justice for all and Peace on Earth. Let bygones be bygones, as Mr. Nelson Mandela said: “We can not forget but we can forgive.”
Mr. Hill negotiated the Bosnia peace settlement. While working on Balkan issues, Ambassador Hill worked closely with Mr. Holbrooke, the US Envoy to Afghanistan & Pakistan, serving as his deputy at the Dayton Peace Talks in 1995. Mr. Holbrooke described Hill as "brilliant, fearless and argumentative" in his book on the Dayton negotiations and said that Hill manages to be both "very cool and very passionate." The combination, Holbrooke said, enhances Hill's "extremely good negotiating skills." Hill said the negotiations with the Bosnians, Serbs and Croats were successful because all the parties "were all ready to settle.'Hill had a diplomatic failure as special envoy to Kosovo “because the Serbs were not ready to relinquish their stranglehold on Kosovo, so we ended up in a NATO bombing campaign.” “Like a lot of things in life: you’ve got to do everything you can do” Hill said, to ensure “that you have left no stone unturned, that you have really tried.”
Source: Wikipedia.com
HOLBROOKE & HILL (H & H) PARTNERS IN PEACE; WHO ARE GOOD FRIENDS AS WELL. & DO RESPECT EACH Other’s EFFORTS. Very good CHOICES FOR IRAQ, PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN. H & H could also stand for Humanitarian HELP towards PEACE in the REGION. I certainly wish the BEST for the HOPE LEADER & HIS ADMINSTRATION. May GOD HELP ALL OF THEM SUCCEED to BRING PEACE & PROSPERITY to THE MIDDLE EAST as WHOLE, and DO NOT let the region to become more of an Al-Qaeda RAT HOLE! The H & H TEAM Can do it.
That positive new year message coming from the President of the most powerful nation in the world is a very meaningful first step. It takes a lot more courage to be a promoter of peace than decelerate of wars. It shows the US HOPE Leader has lots of inner strength and confidence which is the sign of all great leaders. Actually such a great leader is a lot more powerful than those US presidents who used to brag and insult others… Persians have a saying that only vacant taxis use their horns to get customers and empty drums make a lot of noise!
Hopefully this atmosphere of misunderstanding will be lifted sooner than later between these two great nations of US and Iran as well as their respective leaders. Then an era of international cooperation, peace, prosperity and trade will begin; the result of which would benefit many nations in this region and throughout the world. Thanks again President Obama the Great and GOD bless you!
Hi,
Thanks a lot for caring about the well being of your community and your children’s future as well as that of your own.
Kindest regards,
George Francis born in 1896, the oldest man in America cast his vote for Obama.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6189921
To God be the glory. Amen
God bless USA
God bless Obama
All of us Obama supporters would like to express our Congratulations to President-Elect Obama, first lady Michele Obama and the rest of the Obama FAMILY as well as the TEAM OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS in US and BILLIONS WORLDWIDE. Obama’s mother, father & maternal grand parents as well as paternal grandfather are watching from the heavens and all of them are really proud of him. However, US DEMOCRACY is also a winner at this race. I humbly bow my head to this GREAT DEMOCRACY, GOD BLESS AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE! GOD BLESS President Obama and all of his supporters! After all of these conflicts and wars, hopefully people of this world will finally live in peace, prosperity and harmony. But all of us should keep on supporting President OBAMA and help him make this great country as well as the beautiful world we all share, better than before so people who are really happy and hopeful would NOT LOSE HOPE. Now the world really admires the US and its DEMOCRACY. The world is looking up to this great country again, so let’s share our happiness with others and bring more happiness and prosperity as well as peace to the US as well as the rest of the world.
TEAM 1 USA/OBAMA should now be formed. YES WE CAN DO ANY THING NOW! So let’s keep up the good work and bring about MORE CHANGE.
