Thoughtfully evaluating several scenarios concerning the exit of Ayatollah Khamenei, Jones (2011: 120–121) concluded that “the succession process...will be a high-stakes and brutal showdown conditioned more by the politics of the moment than by the provisions of the constitution.” Blank (2008...
The meaning of this ‘neutralisation’ became horribly clear on May 29th 1979, only a few months after the revolution brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power, with the new clerical regime’s military, supported by affiliated voluntary extremist sectarian militias launching a murderous offensive on Ahwazi ...
“For the first time, I declare my position regarding what is happening in Syria: Bashar Al-Assad is a delinquent, a criminal and a child-killer… The regime of Assad is the most criminal and backward regime of the Arab world. Shame on anyone who continues to remain silent. Every moment...
Islam is the Arabic word meaning 'religious system revealed by Muhammad'. The word Republic comes from the Latin word republica. 1.4.2 Latin root Text ND 1.4.3 Greek root Text ND 1.4.4 Word Origin Language(s) Arabic, French 1.4.5 Latin Root Not Applicable 1.4.6 Greek Root Not ...
As the original White House thinking went, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are not in Syria for charity. Both are looking to capitalize on the success of their client-state rescue mission. Putin seeks a permanent military presence in the Levant, a regime that can onc...
Quilts have meanings and stories. Sure, snuggling up with them is comfy and cozy however they're generally made with a meaning behind them. These barn quilts so many of us see, especially driving in more rural areas are actually paintings all in perfect squares, diagonal patterns, colors,...
Ayatollah Khomeini, Graham Priest, J.L. Austin, Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, Martin Luther King Jr., Michel Foucault, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Paul Feyerabend, Plato, postmodernism, relativism, Socrates, Stanley Fish, Thrasymachus The term “postmodernism” (or “poststructuralism”) is notoriously ...
They are ill-informed and well meaning people; taken in by the ruse. But the demonization of Jews is now endemic. After all what westerner wants to believe the utter betrayal done by the Islamists- while they hide in luxurious safety in “neutral” countries- to intentionally call down the...
When Ayatollah Khamenei is praying for the imminent return of the final prophet of Islam, theMahdi,Netanyahuand many Israelis also pray for the imminent return ofImmanuel(the real Messiah, not this Jesus fellow). Until recently, the last president of the United States openly and happily admitted...
They're unlikely to go all the way, but could push to reach "threshold" status. Iranian officials insist they do not intend to build a nuclear weapon, and there is a "fatwa," an Islamic ruling, against the very idea by the country's top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yet Tehran's ...