Astrology
I read Squaring Islam With Democracy, and I wonder how people such as Jim Hoagland, can forget the most elementary lesson in politics. You do not mix religion with politics. How can JH say:
- Astrology Of The New Un Human Rights Council
I thought I would look at 19th June when the first session of a totally new Human Rights council, will take place according to this announcement In "historic" vote, General Assembly creates new UN Human Rights Council. One of the more interesting features...
- Unelected President Of Iran Puts Islam Above The Will Of The People
Officially 17,248,782 Iranians out of total 27,959,253 voted for Ahmadinejad. Lest not forget that Iran has close to 50,000,000 eligable voters. So a mere 35% of the people voted for him. What is good though, is the fact that the die-hard Islamists are...
- Iran Reformists: Once Bitten Twice Shy
Iranians are the most complacent people of the world. We have a word in Persian called "tarof". The nearest you get to it in English, is the description "feeling obliged to". The English do not have a word for it. When visiting an Iranian, you will notice,...
- Islamic Neoconservative Of Iran Steps Into Political Spotlight
I must says that George W. Bush has done it again. He has polarized Iran. The two candidates in the theocratic democracy are going to force the people of Iran to vote about their future relations with USA. Ironically the younger, Ahamdinejad, hates USA,...
- From Bad To Worse: Asian Republics Vs Moscow
Ukraine was a case of Eastern versus Western Christianity. But in Central Asia, the call for democracy, will perhaps create an opportunity to go from bad to worse. This was the case in 1979, when the call for democracy in Iran, replaced the Shah with...
Astrology
Oxymoronic Democracies
I read Squaring Islam With Democracy, and I wonder how people such as Jim Hoagland, can forget the most elementary lesson in politics. You do not mix religion with politics. How can JH say:
It is possible to reconcile democracy, Islam, peaceful coexistence with Israel and good governance. Turkey and Morocco are examples of countries making significant progress on these fronts.At some point the die-hard Islamists are going to go all the way, and there will have to be a UN resolution banning theocratic democracies. Once that is done, and UN declares that only democracies based on Human Rights are legit, then the world will not have to worry theocratic democracies, which is an oxymoron.
- Astrology Of The New Un Human Rights Council
I thought I would look at 19th June when the first session of a totally new Human Rights council, will take place according to this announcement In "historic" vote, General Assembly creates new UN Human Rights Council. One of the more interesting features...
- Unelected President Of Iran Puts Islam Above The Will Of The People
Officially 17,248,782 Iranians out of total 27,959,253 voted for Ahmadinejad. Lest not forget that Iran has close to 50,000,000 eligable voters. So a mere 35% of the people voted for him. What is good though, is the fact that the die-hard Islamists are...
- Iran Reformists: Once Bitten Twice Shy
Iranians are the most complacent people of the world. We have a word in Persian called "tarof". The nearest you get to it in English, is the description "feeling obliged to". The English do not have a word for it. When visiting an Iranian, you will notice,...
- Islamic Neoconservative Of Iran Steps Into Political Spotlight
I must says that George W. Bush has done it again. He has polarized Iran. The two candidates in the theocratic democracy are going to force the people of Iran to vote about their future relations with USA. Ironically the younger, Ahamdinejad, hates USA,...
- From Bad To Worse: Asian Republics Vs Moscow
Ukraine was a case of Eastern versus Western Christianity. But in Central Asia, the call for democracy, will perhaps create an opportunity to go from bad to worse. This was the case in 1979, when the call for democracy in Iran, replaced the Shah with...