Tragic. Many Sunni terrorists have declared all Shia apostates--the penalty for apostasy under traditional Islam is death--thus justifying their acts of terror.
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I hope you are not suggesting that islam is anything but a religion of peace
Posted by: goesh at February 22, 2006 08:39 AM (vX0fY)
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I am sure that if this were Saudi Arabia they would have blown up thier Mecca. These poeple have no rules of engagement, no respect. They hide behind women and children. What a tragedy for thier poeple and culture.
Posted by: Tom at February 22, 2006 08:55 AM (FKR2r)
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I am beginning to believe that the only way their civil war will end is if the IMAN does return to earth. Look!! Up in the sky it's a bird, it's a plane (an F-16 ?) no it's the Iman !!
Posted by: john ryan at February 22, 2006 09:34 AM (TcoRJ)
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This isn't going to be good for the President. This is a very bad development and will only enforce the anti-war argument that the administration is not getting the job done in terms of progress--in spite of all the good developments that the MSM refuses to report.
It's also bad news because I believe this is the first time islamists have destroyed a muslim holy site. I could be wrong though
Posted by: Agent Meatball at February 22, 2006 10:00 AM (30FRH)
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What I can't figure out is why the Shia in Iran continue to support the Sunni's terrorism all over the World, especially in the Middle East.
Posted by: jesusland joe at February 22, 2006 10:02 AM (rUyw4)
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JJ - politics makes strange bedfellows. Even though there are Shiites in Iran and Iraq, they do not share common goals. The Shiites in Iraq are being far too cooperative with Iraqi democracy for Iranian Shiites taste.
Posted by: Oyster at February 22, 2006 10:17 AM (7YTVr)
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It's also bad news because I believe this is the first time islamists have destroyed a muslim holy site.
If you're not counting the Iranian backed assassination of the Shia cleric Abdul Majid al-Khoei in 2003 which Moqtada al-Sadr was implicated in, and there was no doubt that his following insurrection in Sadr city was orchestrated from Iran either.
While a man, is not a shrine he was the son of Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Qasim al-Khoei who was a spiritual leader of the Shia, he was murdered by Saddam Hussein.
More importantly, he was a voice of moderation.
Posted by: dave at February 22, 2006 10:44 AM (CcXvt)
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A good thing to do is to wait and get more information. There are local people who will use religion to gain power like the cartoon distraction of late. Intentionally done to stir up uneducated people and use them for the advancement of a small group.
Posted by: Chief RZ at February 22, 2006 10:44 AM (iNTGz)
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One more indication that the Ummah isn't the big, happy family that we're supposed to believe it to be.
Posted by: Graeme at February 22, 2006 10:50 AM (30bc9)
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I thought the Immam Mahdi fell down a well in Iran... This is the first I have heard that he disappeared from a mosque in Iraq. And yes, I am being serious. Are there two stories (quite possible)or, am I confused?
Posted by: Babs at February 22, 2006 11:02 AM (iZZlp)
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While I have not heard your story before Babs, it would not surprise me such a story was disseminated with an important Islamic figure being claimed by both Iraq and Iran Shia Muslims.
It also makes sense due to the fact that the Iranian President ignored the original Shia prophecy in regards to the return of the Mahdi and claimed he felt like he was the Immam Mahdi during his speech to the U.N.
Posted by: dave at February 22, 2006 11:22 AM (CcXvt)
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The religious war in Iraq began long before we got there and will go on long after we leave. Of course, the Dems will hope that the non-thinkers will forget that and use the opportunity to cite the violence in Iraq as the fault of the President.
Posted by: Vonski at February 22, 2006 12:44 PM (Srmrz)
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I'm not sure that statement is correct:
The religious war in Iraq began long before we got there
What stopped a religious war in Iraq before, is the fact Saddam had everyone executed he felt was a threat. This is evident by the fact that the majority religion was the most oppressed despite their number.
Posted by: dave at February 22, 2006 01:24 PM (CcXvt)
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Semantics. I suppose you'd rather call it a "conflict?"
Posted by: Vonski at February 22, 2006 01:50 PM (Srmrz)
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Babs, he didn't fall down a well, but the Muslims write things on paper and throw them in the well "near" where he allegedly "disppeared".
Posted by: Oyster at February 22, 2006 02:03 PM (7YTVr)
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Who to root for? I'm stumped.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 22, 2006 05:46 PM (0yYS2)
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Oyster,
What does "near" mean? The well in Iran and the mosque in Iraq are quite a distance apart, especially considering that this myth started before the advent of the car.
Posted by: Babs at February 23, 2006 10:43 AM (iZZlp)
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Geee A civil war in Iraq who coudda seen that one coming ? Perhaps we should start to consider what the worst case scenarios are instead of what the best case scenario looks like and begin making plans accordingly.
Posted by: john ryan at February 23, 2006 12:25 PM (TcoRJ)
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