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Ahmadinejad (PBUH) Addressed Americans

Kamangir | November 30, 2006 | Category Iran

Ahmadinejad recently wrote a letter addressing the American nation (see). This is how Nikahang, an Iranian cartoonist, interprets the letter. The text reads “You the American people! Believe in me!”

p.s. Read the whole “letter” here.

Reader's Comments

naj | November 30th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
LOL!
good one!
:))
Ali | November 30th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Kamangir, “PBUH” is only used when referencing the Prophets of God - Moses, Jesus, Muhammad. Not some stupid Iranians
kamangir | December 1st, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Ali,
I know, but what do you call someone who claims to have a halo? He is also confident that he has come to change the world.
Matthew | December 1st, 2006 at 4:41 pm
He also says that he talks directly with God, which would technically make him a prophet and then the PBUH would be apt.
Een titre man khaili doust douram
Translation: I like this title very much.
kamangir | December 1st, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Matthew,
Yes you are right. I forgot to mention that he is a direct line to God.
sm | December 1st, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Matthew,

Do you really speak Persian?
Matthew | December 2nd, 2006 at 12:46 am
Sm,

Yes, but not nearly as well as I would like…all good things come with time and practice.

Arash,

Have you seen Marmulak? Just watched it, very funny.
kamangir | December 2nd, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Matthew,
I have seen parts of it. Yes, I think it is very funny, too.
Ali | December 3rd, 2006 at 6:49 am
“He also says that he talks directly with God, which would technically make him a prophet and then the PBUH would be apt.”

Many people have come and gone claiming to be the one who is a messenger. Acceptance of your message makes you a messenger. Anything about a ‘direct line to God’ is only present in the Iranian-Islam which has 12 Iranian imams and such.
sm | December 3rd, 2006 at 6:06 pm
“in the Iranian-Islam which has 12 Iranian imams and such.”

You mean imams like Ali, Hassan, Hossein, Reza and the one who, apparently, disappeared down a well? Last I heard, they were Arabs, not Iranian.

“Al Khomeini” was also called an Imam, was he the 13th or… I’m losing count. Of course, he spoke Arabic more fluently than Persian.
kamangir | December 4th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Ali,

Acceptance of your message makes you a messenger.

I call that democratic-theology. Though, I am afraid that way Angelina Jolie must be considered a prophet. Just think how many people search for her name in Google.
kamangir | December 4th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Sm,
Your trial to claim explicit differences between being a Muslim and being an Iranian is just fantastic. Come on! We have all had this period. Haven’t you come up with this issue yet?
I hate to admit it, but most Iranians are Muslim and any of them care for any of those Imams more than how much they care for “silly” things like human rights and so on. Let’s accept the bitter truth.
sm | December 4th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Kamangir,

1.The reality that most Iranians are Muslims (your point) is one thing.
2.The fact that the mentioned Imams, in the first paragraph, were Arabs, not Iranians (my point) is a separate issue, not to be confused with your point.

“Your trial to claim explicit differences between being a Muslim and being an Iranian is just fantastic….human rights, etc…..”

I’m afraid that’s your interpretation & conclusion of post #10. #10 is specific to the quote mentioned in it, nothing more or less. However if, by saying â€œIranian Imamsâ€, we want to differentiate between Shia vs. Sunni doctrines of Islam, then, that would be yet another separate matter for discussion.
kamangir | December 5th, 2006 at 11:56 am
Sm,
I may have got your point not very correctly. Just wanted to clarify the idea. :)
Geoff Dodd | February 19th, 2007 at 6:29 am
The fallacy or error in the Iranian letter to the American people is the references he makes to ‘perfection’ - that we all aspire to this exhalted end-state of things ‘being perfect.’ This is mythical rather than mystical. The Americans have grown to understand that human life and society continuously evolve from one imperfection to the next, and I suggest to you that ‘perfection’ is a dream state.