Wednesday, November 19, 2008

And you believe we can talk with Iran?

Iran students protest against Israel-Arab ties

Washington, 17 November (IranVNC)—A number of university students today gathered outside Jordan’s embassy in Tehran to protest what they called some Arab countries’ moves to normalize ties with Israel, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported today.
By: IranVNC

Washington, 17 November (IranVNC)—A number of university students today gathered outside Jordan’s embassy in Tehran to protest what they called some Arab countries’ moves to normalize ties with Israel, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported today. Protestors carried placards, which read: “No compromise, no submission, fight until collapse,” and “Israel must be wiped from the page of time,” in Persian, and “He who hears a man calling out to the Muslims and does not reply is not a Muslim”, and “Oh, Muslims! Unite, unite,” in Arabic, the agency reported.

“The viewpoints of the heads of some countries on relations with Israel is not the perspective of the Islamic Ummah, but rather, tribal and ethnic viewpoints and, as Imam [Ruhollah] Khomeini said, they are the viewpoints of American Islam,” the agency quoted Isma’il Tahmurasi, a representative of the student organization, the Office for Fostering Unity, as saying in a news conference today.

The students, who yesterday also protested outside the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, denounced a Saudi-sponsored interfaith conference held last week at the United Nations in New York.

Comment: Westerners listen-this is not a fringe movement nor a small group of "radicals". Do not use the worn out mantra thisis but an aberation and yes we can talk. I agree we can talk-we disagree on what the talk should consist of-let's first havethat discussion.

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