How about giving Iranian people more freedom and choice, instead of preaching only about Syria and Iraq? How about a referendum in Iran for people to confirm or deny that they want a theocractic religious repressive system as is, or if they want change? About 40 years ago, a referendum overwhelmingly approved an Islamic Republic in Iran ... but no one had any idea what that Islamic Republic would be. Those who voted are from a past generation, and they were less educated. How about another referendum about the Islamic Republic vs. a Secular Republic -- this could be one way to give hope to Iranians and to resolve external tensions ... let the people express themselves. If people really want this system, so be it. If not, then there should be a peaceful transition of power, and no revenge -- amnesty should be given to all those who were responsible for this Islamic Republic, because that is the only way to avoid a civil war.
engimalover it is very sad to say that you are unaware of the fact that people in iran are very happy unlike in any other country.It is fact that u would b getting all this by propaganists but it is evident from what we see in news that no protest no rabble rousing take place in iran despite innumerable rabble rousers are active with propaganda.How can i believe u w/o proof that people in iran are protestig.Infact world is't sympathatic with iranians by talking about there freedom which they have but it is the enimity with ISLAM which make them instable and want to dismantle it.
Strawman argument. You are imagining people in Iran want whips, chains, and gay parades. What they want are jobs, security, and some social and political freedoms -- not exactly like the West (some might want that too, but a minority) but less interference of religion in public and private life, and a broader spectrum of election candidates who can have policies that are less confrontational with the West, and create better conditions for economic improvement.
Obviously you are not Iranian, and have never lived in Iran. You just like to see Islam rule in Iran because you are an islamist or muslim propagandist. I am Iranian, and I have relatives in Iran, and friends who visit Iran regularly and tell me how unhappy people are and how much hatred there is for the mullahs in particular, and increasingly for Islam in general.
@ABCD. Strawman argument again. It is false dichotomy to say we have to choose between Islamic repression and devil worship. Surely there is a middle ground. Sacrifices made in name of Shia Islam have ruined the Iranian economy and the people of Iran are suffering from the consequences and getting little benefit, esp. the war in Syria which Iran is paying for on behalf of Assad and Putin. Granted they have had some achievements in this area, but how long is Assad going to last? Continuing on a ruinous policy will cause Iran to become disintegrated like the Soviet Union -- which was bent on expanding empire in the name of marxism, and only focused on military industry at the expense of its own people. You want Iran to be split into many countries and a civil war to enflame the country? If there are some wise people left in the Islamic Republic they should do a regime change themselves , while preserving the IRGC, Army, and without resorting to violence, to preserve the country. Give people what they want and move on with a new deeply reformed Islamic Republic or else the country -- and its empire -- will crumble within years if not months.
@ABCD. Turkey is still a secular state, and its economy has benefited from not isolating itself or seeking dominance in the region, until it started messing with Syria, and is now suffering the consequences. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are welfare states thanks to huge oil revenues and tiny or small populations. Besides these countries prospered because they were not fighting the West. In the case of Iran, the population is too large and the oil exports too small to have that kind of generous welfare state. The little welfare state that exists in Iran does not have to go away for change to happen. I don't want a revolution, ideally I would like deep reforms in line with the people's social and economic aspirations. A little on the social side, a little on the political side, and a lot more change on the economic side is what is needed, without destroying the existing system. Opinion polls can show to the leadership what most people want, and they can align with that. I don't think most people want devil worship ;)
The entire world is going to very happy when we finally get our act together and end this whole Shia-Sunni: 2 Islams at each others throats. The truth is that Iran has a misplaced sense of its role in identifying itself as an Islamic State. I think of the Imam at their own Imam-Bargahs ( Shia Equivalent of Sunni's Mosque) who whilst addressing his people in Persian with english subtitles had this to inform them about what Is the main purpose of Iran's Islamic" Ideology". He started first by extolling the virtuos and the greatness of the Persian Empire, which The good Imam informed his audience was never interested in Islam. They hated above all Caliph Omar ( in whose Reign Persia was conquered and Islam was instituted) Then he said an interesting thing, He said that "The Only reason why we "opted" for Shia Islam was that they hated Omar as well. The very fact that this Persian EMpire Fell and Islam was introduced was what made them opt for what they knew would help them in the long term to split Islam into Two. The fact that Hazrat Ali who they revere and whose tragic death is commeorated with an annual self-flagglation Spectacle where blood is drawn off by people who go into a frenzy which to many western observers as well as Sunni's is a schocking thing as that is in actuality Haram. And yet to the Persian WHo sits within Sunni and Shia Islam this is a fitting revenge for the poor fools give them a spectacle of bloody barbarity being manifested into a frenzied and quite violent version of Islam. which has one singularity, it's definition simploy is Peace. The winner clearly is The Persian EMpire who has had its revenge by first splitting Islam into Two. They even have comparatively a God King in the presentation of Hazrat Ali who the Shites in their slogan "Ya Ali Madad" Meaning "Ali Help Us" which stands in direct contrast to the universal slogan of Islam, "Ya Allah Madad" God Help Us ( as islam strongly condemns those who ask even of our most revered Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This is in the same mien as the Persians God Kings that were absolute rulers who were worshipped as dieties. This perversion of a fragmented Islam has caused a lot of grief and hatreds amongst muslims who side with either factions, this then further gets exacerbated when they have politicized it or when developed nations take sides. The truth is only that one Islam exists. and that is the one that Even if Hazrat Omat Hadn't conquered Persia, even if Hazrat Ali ( Shias most revered figure) had conquered it instead, they would have both brought the same Islam which Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had declared to us long ago. The only thing that will; end this or anyother civil war is to bring Islam back to its original form, where we had the the peaceful conquest of Jerusalem under Hazrat Omar and the decree of protection that was accorded by him which still stands today as a testament of the goodwill and the justness of muslims who conquered the city and allowed for all faiths to have their right to worship as well as their places of worship left untouched. This is what should have been the only Islam allowed on this earth. To say you are Shia or Sunni imho is a great sin because we are helping in keeping these definers which break our faith in two a reality which goes against the very principles that all men are created equal in the eyes of god which are inherent to all faiths. The only remedy is that Iran should re-identify itself and stop developing the Islam that was only accepted by them because they were against Hazrat Omar (RA) who brought Islam to their region. Islam should be unified again as one and the entire practice of according separate Imam-Bargahs should be ended, with these properties which belong to shia Islam now utilized as Educational and vocational institutions and all muslims regardless of their caste, color creed or race should be praying at the same mosque which should be only identified as one Islamic Identity, one which brings the best that Islam has to offer to world. #AnonOmar
@Omar. I must say the Islamic Republic had a major achievement and that was to align with the US to defang Saddam (representing the Abbasid caliphate), and split Iraq into several countries so it can never threaten Iran again (as in the 80-88 war which was proclaimed the new Al-Qadisiyah and celebrated by almost all arab leaders, except Assad and Gaddafi). Splitting the Levant, which has been another centre of Islamic power (Omayyad caliphate). Only unfinished job is Saudi Arabia, and the plans for its partition are in the works, and inevitable even without Iran's intervention, as oil revenues fall in a decade or two. The arabs and mongols devastated Iran. The mongols no longer have an empire. The arabs tried thru pan-Arabism to re-create an empire whose first victim would have been Iran. For this reason, as an Iranian, I welcome the destruction and splitting of the bedouin populated parts of Syraq (mostly sunnis, representing migrants from Arabia) as they have always been the cause of looting, pillage, and rape in the name of Islam, whether during Omar's time or now during Baghadadi's rule. Arabs must be pacified, neutered, split, and divided, and pit against each other so that the region can have lasting peace. Arab bedouins are the most demented people in western Asia and north Africa, who use religion as a trojan horse to enter fertile lands which they otherwise would not be allowed into, and rape the women, steal the wealth, etc. Arabs are finished -- thanks to Allah for finishing them. Listen to Sheikh Imran explain why the arabs will self-destruct and why this is a blessing for humanity.
If you are preaching Islam as an Iranian, Let me share with you one particular memorable speech by one of your esteemed Imam's to a congregation of Persian Iranians such as yourself. In it he explained about how wonderful the Persian Empire was and how it was the greatest Empire on Earth, And how much the Iranians hated Omar form conquering Persia and Bringing Islam. He explained that the reason why Iran accepted Shia Islam was because they to hated Omar ( but for a different reason). This is where you should understand that the implication is thus, that your Iranian (Read Persian Empire Loving People) are in no way assimilated into Islam at all, you just have Shia as patsy who you parade on your streets and who are seen beating them selves bloody each year not to lament the loss of Hazrat Ali's life, but in a sick way it displays the punishment that Persia has meted out on our misguided Muslim brethren who you have brainwashed into thinking that this is true Islam, its a sham, Why else would they say "Ya Ali Madad" O'Ali Help Us? when this is the same as us Sunni's saying "Ya Allah Madad" Allah Help Us?. It is because your Persian King was like a God who had to be worshiped as such so you elevated a mere mortal to that Godhood and you hold these mass hysterical rallies of self-flagellation so that the Persians can secretly enjoy this spectacle and present this barbaric custom to the world. Please don't think that we sunni's are so stupid as to think that Iran in any way has anything to do with developing Islam or its message of peace, you are only interested in getting back your Persian Empire my friend, and that at the cost of our Shia Brothers and sisters who you have for decades manipulated and used against us. Your Persian Imam lamented the loss of the Golden Crown of Persia which he claimed Caliph Omar had broken and given away..well, This Omar would like to return that Crown and your throne and your bloody Empire back to you..in return for which I want my Prophet Muhammad's Islam back!. Iran does not deserve to be called an Islamic state as it's existence is solely to hate and to destroy Islam by keeping it split and by brainwashing shia Muslims against us you think you can hoodwink the whole world and present yourself as muslims. Never!, You will never take Islam away from us or ever be representing it ever again!. Go back to your God King and leave us alone! #AnonOmar
@Omar. I am not preaching Islam. I honestly do not know much about Islam. I never prayed or went to a mosque to pray. Both my parents were agnostic. I don't care about Persian Empire, it's history. I care about Iran, its people, its well-being, and its security, because I was born there and I still have family there. You are wrong about the mullahs. They truly believe in shia Islam, they care less about Iran than they care about the shia world, and that's why they have so much influence now in the arab shia world. Of course, a few mullahs may not believe in Islam. But they are not nationalist for the most part. But among the army and some elements of IRGC there are nationalists, but they hide their nationalism under Shia ideology. But I understand that for native arabic speakers who can read the Koran in the original (and mullahs can too, that's why they believe) Islam has particular appeal and emotional charge. Islam has a lot of stories related to arabs and semites. It does not resonate with me, because I am not arab. But if you are an arab, I understand. You will get to keep your Islam, if you are arab. But for many Iranians, other than the mullahs and a minority of die-hard believers, religion is no longer part of their life, esp. Islam, and I am talking mostly about the youth. The mullahs actually hate pre-Islamic Iran (except for some IRGC people) and recently they jailed those who celebrated the founder of the Persian Empire. They even tried to destroy Persepolis at the start of the revolution. They want a Shia empire, not a Persian Empire. Read this: "Revolutionary Court Sentences More Than 70 Iranians to Prison for Celebrating "Cyrus Day"": www.payvand.com/news/16/dec/1168.html
Just in case: Cyrus was the founder of the Persian Empire. And people who celebrated him are now in jail. Totally contradicts your conspiracy theory. Remember also that the ancestors of many mullahs come from Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen -- esp. from Jamal Amel in Lebanon. They have a strong connection with Lebanon, Najaf, Karbala, it is their second home for the mullahs. The arab scholars from iraq and lebanon and bahrain were brought to Iran during the Safavid period to spread orthodox shiism to the population, which was in majority sunni 500 years ago, because they did not have enough mullahs in Iran at the time, and they needed to convert many sunnis to shia Islam. So, these people who created shiism in Iran were mostly arab shias. That is why the connection between mullahs and arab shias is so strong. The arab shias know it, and they know that beginning in 1501 when Shah Ismail founded the Safavid dynasty, Iran was founded not as a nation but as a refuge for all shias of the world, and protector of all shias in the world. Shah Ismail invited all Shias to migrate to Iran. Many shias did come from Yemen, Turkey, etc.... to Iran (I know some personally whose parents or ancestors moved to Iran) over the last centuries. In 1501, Iran was founded as a Shia state, not as an ethnic Persian or Turkic state, but as a state in which religion was the uniting factor -- not language, not race, etc. That is why a third of Iran speaks Azeri Turkish ... they believed in Iran as strongly as did the Persian, if not more than the Persians. So, Iran is not just about Persian, it was founded in modern time as a Shia state, not a nation-state, or a state based on ethnicity.
Look, I am not saying that Iranian's have no good people in them or that SHias are to blame..But I do believe that this hatred for Caliph Omar is the root cause of the reason why they opted for SHia Islam, and in no way means that they are representatives of the Islam that Prophet Muhammad established where there is only one Islamic Ideology and one people. This whole idea that SHia are a different sect flies in the face of our constant emphasis that Allah SWT is one. What Shia don't seem to realize is that with their fragment of Islam they have given our enemies or those who stand against us a chance to use either one or the other to develop their own agenda, and it is muslims who suffer when that happens, not shia, not sunni, only Islam is the key..and we have to stop this whole charade of Shia Islam being presented with its customary self-violence ritualized annually..also the fact that we sunni's do not dare say anything regarding the Holy Prophet's Private life, most of those who preach or even write about him online are Shia Clerics from Iran. They don't have any idea that this is casting doubts on our Prophet Muhammad?. They are so stupid to think that on the one hand they make a big deal out of Seyeds who are Descendants from holy Prophets family and then they write personal details to the world that are truly shocking to anyone who cares about his faith. If i had to defend our prophet from such attackers I would look into who is responsible for spreading these stories which are being misinterpreted across the world and that is a shia cleric who writes such infamy. I keep telling people, it was the practice then, But our holy prophet (PBUH) saved her by claiming her for his own, he would never lay a hand on her unless and until she was of age. whoever says otherwise is a liar and a non-muslim. DO you not see, that Shia are manipulated?. They don't even know that their faith is based on hate against the person of Hazrat Omar whose conquest brought Persia down and introduced Islam. There is only one Islam, not two. Peace cannot come in two forms, its one word and means only one thing. #AnonOmar
Wen u say u dont lyk da shia govt r u talking for da 95% iranians who r shia ? Remember dis govt was not impose on dem but it was through refrendum dat dis govt was established. Wer over 90% voted for dis govt so if u say "We" idk if u r talking abt those "gay" iranians in USA😞😞
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How about giving Iranian people more freedom and choice, instead of preaching only about Syria and Iraq? How about a referendum in Iran for people to confirm or deny that they want a theocractic religious repressive system as is, or if they want change? About 40 years ago, a referendum overwhelmingly approved an Islamic Republic in Iran ... but no one had any idea what that Islamic Republic would be. Those who voted are from a past generation, and they were less educated. How about another referendum about the Islamic Republic vs. a Secular Republic -- this could be one way to give hope to Iranians and to resolve external tensions ... let the people express themselves. If people really want this system, so be it. If not, then there should be a peaceful transition of power, and no revenge -- amnesty should be given to all those who were responsible for this Islamic Republic, because that is the only way to avoid a civil war.
engimalover it is very sad to say that you are unaware of the fact that people in iran are very happy unlike in any other country.It is fact that u would b getting all this by propaganists but it is evident from what we see in news that no protest no rabble rousing take place in iran despite innumerable rabble rousers are active with propaganda.How can i believe u w/o proof that people in iran are protestig.Infact world is't sympathatic with iranians by talking about there freedom which they have but it is the enimity with ISLAM which make them instable and want to dismantle it.
Strawman argument. You are imagining people in Iran want whips, chains, and gay parades. What they want are jobs, security, and some social and political freedoms -- not exactly like the West (some might want that too, but a minority) but less interference of religion in public and private life, and a broader spectrum of election candidates who can have policies that are less confrontational with the West, and create better conditions for economic improvement.
Obviously you are not Iranian, and have never lived in Iran. You just like to see Islam rule in Iran because you are an islamist or muslim propagandist. I am Iranian, and I have relatives in Iran, and friends who visit Iran regularly and tell me how unhappy people are and how much hatred there is for the mullahs in particular, and increasingly for Islam in general.
@ABCD. Strawman argument again. It is false dichotomy to say we have to choose between Islamic repression and devil worship. Surely there is a middle ground. Sacrifices made in name of Shia Islam have ruined the Iranian economy and the people of Iran are suffering from the consequences and getting little benefit, esp. the war in Syria which Iran is paying for on behalf of Assad and Putin. Granted they have had some achievements in this area, but how long is Assad going to last? Continuing on a ruinous policy will cause Iran to become disintegrated like the Soviet Union -- which was bent on expanding empire in the name of marxism, and only focused on military industry at the expense of its own people. You want Iran to be split into many countries and a civil war to enflame the country? If there are some wise people left in the Islamic Republic they should do a regime change themselves , while preserving the IRGC, Army, and without resorting to violence, to preserve the country. Give people what they want and move on with a new deeply reformed Islamic Republic or else the country -- and its empire -- will crumble within years if not months.
@ABCD. Turkey is still a secular state, and its economy has benefited from not isolating itself or seeking dominance in the region, until it started messing with Syria, and is now suffering the consequences.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are welfare states thanks to huge oil revenues and tiny or small populations. Besides these countries prospered because they were not fighting the West. In the case of Iran, the population is too large and the oil exports too small to have that kind of generous welfare state. The little welfare state that exists in Iran does not have to go away for change to happen. I don't want a revolution, ideally I would like deep reforms in line with the people's social and economic aspirations. A little on the social side, a little on the political side, and a lot more change on the economic side is what is needed, without destroying the existing system. Opinion polls can show to the leadership what most people want, and they can align with that. I don't think most people want devil worship ;)
The entire world is going to very happy when we finally get our act together and end this whole Shia-Sunni: 2 Islams at each others throats. The truth is that Iran has a misplaced sense of its role in identifying itself as an Islamic State. I think of the Imam at their own Imam-Bargahs ( Shia Equivalent of Sunni's Mosque) who whilst addressing his people in Persian with english subtitles had this to inform them about what Is the main purpose of Iran's Islamic" Ideology". He started first by extolling the virtuos and the greatness of the Persian Empire, which The good Imam informed his audience was never interested in Islam. They hated above all Caliph Omar ( in whose Reign Persia was conquered and Islam was instituted) Then he said an interesting thing, He said that "The Only reason why we "opted" for Shia Islam was that they hated Omar as well. The very fact that this Persian EMpire Fell and Islam was introduced was what made them opt for what they knew would help them in the long term to split Islam into Two. The fact that Hazrat Ali who they revere and whose tragic death is commeorated with an annual self-flagglation Spectacle where blood is drawn off by people who go into a frenzy which to many western observers as well as Sunni's is a schocking thing as that is in actuality Haram. And yet to the Persian WHo sits within Sunni and Shia Islam this is a fitting revenge for the poor fools give them a spectacle of bloody barbarity being manifested into a frenzied and quite violent version of Islam. which has one singularity, it's definition simploy is Peace. The winner clearly is The Persian EMpire who has had its revenge by first splitting Islam into Two. They even have comparatively a God King in the presentation of Hazrat Ali who the Shites in their slogan "Ya Ali Madad" Meaning "Ali Help Us" which stands in direct contrast to the universal slogan of Islam, "Ya Allah Madad" God Help Us ( as islam strongly condemns those who ask even of our most revered Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This is in the same mien as the Persians God Kings that were absolute rulers who were worshipped as dieties. This perversion of a fragmented Islam has caused a lot of grief and hatreds amongst muslims who side with either factions, this then further gets exacerbated when they have politicized it or when developed nations take sides.
The truth is only that one Islam exists. and that is the one that Even if Hazrat Omat Hadn't conquered Persia, even if Hazrat Ali ( Shias most revered figure) had conquered it instead, they would have both brought the same Islam which Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had declared to us long ago. The only thing that will; end this or anyother civil war is to bring Islam back to its original form, where we had the the peaceful conquest of Jerusalem under Hazrat Omar and the decree of protection that was accorded by him which still stands today as a testament of the goodwill and the justness of muslims who conquered the city and allowed for all faiths to have their right to worship as well as their places of worship left untouched. This is what should have been the only Islam allowed on this earth. To say you are Shia or Sunni imho is a great sin because we are helping in keeping these definers which break our faith in two a reality which goes against the very principles that all men are created equal in the eyes of god which are inherent to all faiths.
The only remedy is that Iran should re-identify itself and stop developing the Islam that was only accepted by them because they were against Hazrat Omar (RA) who brought Islam to their region. Islam should be unified again as one and the entire practice of according separate Imam-Bargahs should be ended, with these properties which belong to shia Islam now utilized as Educational and vocational institutions and all muslims regardless of their caste, color creed or race should be praying at the same mosque which should be only identified as one Islamic Identity, one which brings the best that Islam has to offer to world. #AnonOmar
@Omar. I must say the Islamic Republic had a major achievement and that was to align with the US to defang Saddam (representing the Abbasid caliphate), and split Iraq into several countries so it can never threaten Iran again (as in the 80-88 war which was proclaimed the new Al-Qadisiyah and celebrated by almost all arab leaders, except Assad and Gaddafi). Splitting the Levant, which has been another centre of Islamic power (Omayyad caliphate). Only unfinished job is Saudi Arabia, and the plans for its partition are in the works, and inevitable even without Iran's intervention, as oil revenues fall in a decade or two. The arabs and mongols devastated Iran. The mongols no longer have an empire. The arabs tried thru pan-Arabism to re-create an empire whose first victim would have been Iran. For this reason, as an Iranian, I welcome the destruction and splitting of the bedouin populated parts of Syraq (mostly sunnis, representing migrants from Arabia) as they have always been the cause of looting, pillage, and rape in the name of Islam, whether during Omar's time or now during Baghadadi's rule. Arabs must be pacified, neutered, split, and divided, and pit against each other so that the region can have lasting peace. Arab bedouins are the most demented people in western Asia and north Africa, who use religion as a trojan horse to enter fertile lands which they otherwise would not be allowed into, and rape the women, steal the wealth, etc. Arabs are finished -- thanks to Allah for finishing them. Listen to Sheikh Imran explain why the arabs will self-destruct and why this is a blessing for humanity.
If you are preaching Islam as an Iranian, Let me share with you one particular memorable speech by one of your esteemed Imam's to a congregation of Persian Iranians such as yourself. In it he explained about how wonderful the Persian Empire was and how it was the greatest Empire on Earth, And how much the Iranians hated Omar form conquering Persia and Bringing Islam. He explained that the reason why Iran accepted Shia Islam was because they to hated Omar ( but for a different reason).
This is where you should understand that the implication is thus, that your Iranian (Read Persian Empire Loving People) are in no way assimilated into Islam at all, you just have Shia as patsy who you parade on your streets and who are seen beating them selves bloody each year not to lament the loss of Hazrat Ali's life, but in a sick way it displays the punishment that Persia has meted out on our misguided Muslim brethren who you have brainwashed into thinking that this is true Islam, its a sham, Why else would they say "Ya Ali Madad" O'Ali Help Us? when this is the same as us Sunni's saying "Ya Allah Madad" Allah Help Us?. It is because your Persian King was like a God who had to be worshiped as such so you elevated a mere mortal to that Godhood and you hold these mass hysterical rallies of self-flagellation so that the Persians can secretly enjoy this spectacle and present this barbaric custom to the world.
Please don't think that we sunni's are so stupid as to think that Iran in any way has anything to do with developing Islam or its message of peace, you are only interested in getting back your Persian Empire my friend, and that at the cost of our Shia Brothers and sisters who you have for decades manipulated and used against us.
Your Persian Imam lamented the loss of the Golden Crown of Persia which he claimed Caliph Omar had broken and given away..well, This Omar would like to return that Crown and your throne and your bloody Empire back to you..in return for which I want my Prophet Muhammad's Islam back!. Iran does not deserve to be called an Islamic state as it's existence is solely to hate and to destroy Islam by keeping it split and by brainwashing shia Muslims against us you think you can hoodwink the whole world and present yourself as muslims. Never!, You will never take Islam away from us or ever be representing it ever again!. Go back to your God King and leave us alone! #AnonOmar
@Omar. I am not preaching Islam. I honestly do not know much about Islam. I never prayed or went to a mosque to pray. Both my parents were agnostic. I don't care about Persian Empire, it's history. I care about Iran, its people, its well-being, and its security, because I was born there and I still have family there. You are wrong about the mullahs. They truly believe in shia Islam, they care less about Iran than they care about the shia world, and that's why they have so much influence now in the arab shia world. Of course, a few mullahs may not believe in Islam. But they are not nationalist for the most part. But among the army and some elements of IRGC there are nationalists, but they hide their nationalism under Shia ideology. But I understand that for native arabic speakers who can read the Koran in the original (and mullahs can too, that's why they believe) Islam has particular appeal and emotional charge. Islam has a lot of stories related to arabs and semites. It does not resonate with me, because I am not arab. But if you are an arab, I understand. You will get to keep your Islam, if you are arab. But for many Iranians, other than the mullahs and a minority of die-hard believers, religion is no longer part of their life, esp. Islam, and I am talking mostly about the youth. The mullahs actually hate pre-Islamic Iran (except for some IRGC people) and recently they jailed those who celebrated the founder of the Persian Empire. They even tried to destroy Persepolis at the start of the revolution. They want a Shia empire, not a Persian Empire. Read this: "Revolutionary Court Sentences More Than 70 Iranians to Prison for Celebrating "Cyrus Day"": www.payvand.com/news/16/dec/1168.html
Just in case: Cyrus was the founder of the Persian Empire. And people who celebrated him are now in jail. Totally contradicts your conspiracy theory. Remember also that the ancestors of many mullahs come from Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen -- esp. from Jamal Amel in Lebanon. They have a strong connection with Lebanon, Najaf, Karbala, it is their second home for the mullahs. The arab scholars from iraq and lebanon and bahrain were brought to Iran during the Safavid period to spread orthodox shiism to the population, which was in majority sunni 500 years ago, because they did not have enough mullahs in Iran at the time, and they needed to convert many sunnis to shia Islam. So, these people who created shiism in Iran were mostly arab shias. That is why the connection between mullahs and arab shias is so strong. The arab shias know it, and they know that beginning in 1501 when Shah Ismail founded the Safavid dynasty, Iran was founded not as a nation but as a refuge for all shias of the world, and protector of all shias in the world. Shah Ismail invited all Shias to migrate to Iran. Many shias did come from Yemen, Turkey, etc.... to Iran (I know some personally whose parents or ancestors moved to Iran) over the last centuries. In 1501, Iran was founded as a Shia state, not as an ethnic Persian or Turkic state, but as a state in which religion was the uniting factor -- not language, not race, etc. That is why a third of Iran speaks Azeri Turkish ... they believed in Iran as strongly as did the Persian, if not more than the Persians. So, Iran is not just about Persian, it was founded in modern time as a Shia state, not a nation-state, or a state based on ethnicity.
Look, I am not saying that Iranian's have no good people in them or that SHias are to blame..But I do believe that this hatred for Caliph Omar is the root cause of the reason why they opted for SHia Islam, and in no way means that they are representatives of the Islam that Prophet Muhammad established where there is only one Islamic Ideology and one people. This whole idea that SHia are a different sect flies in the face of our constant emphasis that Allah SWT is one.
What Shia don't seem to realize is that with their fragment of Islam they have given our enemies or those who stand against us a chance to use either one or the other to develop their own agenda, and it is muslims who suffer when that happens, not shia, not sunni, only Islam is the key..and we have to stop this whole charade of Shia Islam being presented with its customary self-violence ritualized annually..also the fact that we sunni's do not dare say anything regarding the Holy Prophet's Private life, most of those who preach or even write about him online are Shia Clerics from Iran.
They don't have any idea that this is casting doubts on our Prophet Muhammad?. They are so stupid to think that on the one hand they make a big deal out of Seyeds who are Descendants from holy Prophets family and then they write personal details to the world that are truly shocking to anyone who cares about his faith. If i had to defend our prophet from such attackers I would look into who is responsible for spreading these stories which are being misinterpreted across the world and that is a shia cleric who writes such infamy. I keep telling people, it was the practice then, But our holy prophet (PBUH) saved her by claiming her for his own, he would never lay a hand on her unless and until she was of age. whoever says otherwise is a liar and a non-muslim.
DO you not see, that Shia are manipulated?. They don't even know that their faith is based on hate against the person of Hazrat Omar whose conquest brought Persia down and introduced Islam.
There is only one Islam, not two. Peace cannot come in two forms, its one word and means only one thing. #AnonOmar
We iranians love our country but we hate our shia gov!!
The government is not Shia nor it is Islam they use the name Shia yes , they use the name yes.
Wen u say u dont lyk da shia govt r u talking for da 95% iranians who r shia ? Remember dis govt was not impose on dem but it was through refrendum dat dis govt was established. Wer over 90% voted for dis govt so if u say "We" idk if u r talking abt those "gay" iranians in USA😞😞
Bull shit
We?😜or just you ?😃😜