Iranian bloggers have been watching developments in the nuclear dispute with the West over the past few weeks with much foreboding, but also a fair measure of irreverence.
Fearful or otherwise, many of their comments revolve around the various statements made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with some suggesting he is playing an aggravating role.
West.blogfa.com, 28 February: "Ahmadinejad's brakeless train!"
I wish Ahmadinejad had consulted the transport minister before saying that they'd thrown away the brake!! The technical term for a train without a brake is a 'runaway train'. If there's a runaway train on the tracks, first they re-direct it to side tracks and then they direct it to a track that goes nowhere. At the end of the track that goes nowhere, the train hits a big obstacle...
Ex-MP Ahmad Shirzad, 24 February: "I invite Ahmadinejad to a debate".
Maybe for the first time, Mr Ahmadinejad has said something that can be discussed in a costs-benefits framework. He's said: 'If we stop whatever else we're doing for 10 years and concentrate entirely on nuclear energy, we can advance by 50 years'... I'm really happy that, at last, an official at his level has at least once left the narrow perspective of politics on the Iranian nuclear issue and explicitly spoken about the value or lack of value of this technology for the Iranian people... I Ahmad Shirzad... invite the president to a televised debate on this basis.
Alpr.ir, 4 February: "Accept the resolution!"
Our dear Iran (I'm talking about Iran, not the Islamic Republic) is on the threshold of one of its most bitter crises in contemporary history... with an aimless political system, an ineffective government, a shaky economy, a dissipated society, so many wasted resources, disparate neighbours, a siege-like regional position and a global consensus against Iran... I wish we had a network or group which, instead of collecting one million signatures for changing laws on women, would collect one million signatures for accepting the resolution and suspending enrichment.
Dutch-based journalist Ebrahim Nabavi, 1 February: "Halt enrichment!"
I suggest that students should organise a series of protest gatherings in universities and in the city, with the premise that, since enrichment increases the danger of an attack and war, the government should halt enrichment for six months for now... Students can launch a quiet protest movement. They can organise anti-war marches, both against the government's nuclear activities and against a US military presence. I'm sure that, if this is done, it will play a very important role in preventing war. The government and the state are only insisting on the continuation of enrichment on one pretext: they're saying - we don't want to forego the people's right. The people must say that they have a right to life and peace. They should say that they're prepared to forego their right to nuclear energy temporarily for the sake of peace.
Commentator "Maryam" on Nabavi's post
I agreed with your earlier proposal that people should gather peacefully in front of the Majlis to demand Ahmadinejad's dismissal. But I don't accept your proposal to students today... Why do you think that Arab countries should have this technology, but we shouldn't?.. Why must this state, which we hope to reform, not have security?.. I'm not saying that nuclear energy is our self-evident right; I'm saying that even a nuclear bomb is our self-evident right.
Javadkashi.blogspot.com, 6 March: "Cold winter of politics"
The thing that amazes me is the cool public atmosphere in this respect... It seems as if the bulk of the people don't consider themselves involved and mainly imagine that the political system is facing a problem in the international arena that doesn't concern them very much. Analysts and intellectuals, if not afraid, prefer to wait for fear that their stances won't match the subsequent course of events. To sum up, people are watching two trains moving towards each other on the same track, some with indifference, some with amazement, some with excitement and some with terror. Each train refuses to change track or stop in the hope that the other one will do so.
Siamakold.blogspot.com, 3 March: "The big man will come from Washington, not Jamkaran"
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks are given even more coverage by Western media than the US president's remarks. And, on board his runaway train, he's headed for where his beliefs take him... Ahmadinejad's continued muscle-flexing in the political arena will undoubtedly only lead to the country being weakened. Until he's removed from the country's political scene and enrichment suspended, the international community will never come to terms with the Islamic Republic. If he continues his presidency, as he supposedly works to pave the way for the return of the big man [reference to the 12th Shi'i Imam], the big man will no doubt appear, but not from Jamkaran; from Washington.
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Friday, March 9, 2007
Spain fears Islamists reclaiming "al-Andalus"
dpa German Press Agency
Published: Wednesday March 7, 2007
By Sinikka Tarvainen,
Madrid- While the international spotlight is on 29 suspects
on trial for the 2004 Madrid train bombings, Spanish police are
working behind the scenes to counter a growing threat of new attacks.
Radicals inspired by al-Qaeda have stepped up propaganda and
recruitment activities in Spain, a country they claim as a part of
the Islamic world because of its Muslim past, according to police
experts.
Extremists present in Spain no longer come just from North Africa,
but also from Pakistan.
Spain has become one of the main bases for the recruitment of
suicide bombers, some of whom are trained at new al-Qaeda bases in
Africa's Sahel zone before they are sent to Iraq.
The ongoing Madrid bombings trial has given a face to Islamist
terrorism as Spaniards have watched one suspect after another take
the stand, from bearded fundamentalists to young men with an
apparently Western lifestyle.
After questioning the suspects, the court is currently hearing
police experts and other witnesses.
Ten bombs that exploded on four Madrid commuter trains killed 191
and injured nearly 2,000 people in March 2004, suddenly placing
Islamists on top of the security agenda, ahead of the armed Basque
separatist group ETA.
Two groups are suspected of involvement in the attacks: the
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) and the extremely radical
Tafkir Wal Hijra, which is of Egyptian origin.
Such groups do not form part of a hierarchical structure, but heed
messages emanating from al-Qaeda and act on their own.
Arab activists are believed to cooperate with Pakistanis making
money transfers on their behalf.
Pakistani radicals are active especially in the north-eastern
Catalonia region, where police have detected the presence of Asian
groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET).
The JEM has been implicated in the 2005 bombings in the London
transport network, while the LET is linked with attacks in India.
Police are investigating whether the Arabs and Pakistanis have
contacts with Chechen Muslims, large numbers of whom reportedly
arrived in Spain in 2006.
Islamist radicals proselytize at an estimated 10 per cent of
Spain's hundreds of unofficial mosques, which operate in garages,
basements and the like.
Fighters recruited in Spain are no longer trained only in Iraq and
Afghanistan, but also in Sahel countries such as Mali, Niger and
Mauritania, where al-Qaeda and its allies teach them to handle
weapons, explosives and even poisons, according to the daily El Pais.
The young men then travel to conflict zones such as Iraq, where
one of the Madrid train bombers is believed to have died in a suicide
attack in 2005.
Those who are not killed in Iraq or are unable to enter the
country sometimes return to Spain, where they constitute one of the
potentially most dangerous groups, according to police sources.
The Madrid bombers targeted Spain partly to punish the then
government for its participation in the Iraq war.
Spain has changed its Atlanticist foreign policy since then, but
the presence of its troops in Afghanistan and its judicial crackdowns
on Islamists keep it on al-Qaeda-inspired hit lists.
Islamist websites have also long called for a reconquest of al-
Andalus, a Moorish name for Spain, parts of which were ruled by
Muslims for nearly eight centuries until 1492.
Recently, some websites have also begun campaigning for the
"liberation" of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the
Moroccan coast, causing concern among police experts.
© 2006 - dpa German Press Agency
Source
Published: Wednesday March 7, 2007
By Sinikka Tarvainen,
Madrid- While the international spotlight is on 29 suspects
on trial for the 2004 Madrid train bombings, Spanish police are
working behind the scenes to counter a growing threat of new attacks.
Radicals inspired by al-Qaeda have stepped up propaganda and
recruitment activities in Spain, a country they claim as a part of
the Islamic world because of its Muslim past, according to police
experts.
Extremists present in Spain no longer come just from North Africa,
but also from Pakistan.
Spain has become one of the main bases for the recruitment of
suicide bombers, some of whom are trained at new al-Qaeda bases in
Africa's Sahel zone before they are sent to Iraq.
The ongoing Madrid bombings trial has given a face to Islamist
terrorism as Spaniards have watched one suspect after another take
the stand, from bearded fundamentalists to young men with an
apparently Western lifestyle.
After questioning the suspects, the court is currently hearing
police experts and other witnesses.
Ten bombs that exploded on four Madrid commuter trains killed 191
and injured nearly 2,000 people in March 2004, suddenly placing
Islamists on top of the security agenda, ahead of the armed Basque
separatist group ETA.
Two groups are suspected of involvement in the attacks: the
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) and the extremely radical
Tafkir Wal Hijra, which is of Egyptian origin.
Such groups do not form part of a hierarchical structure, but heed
messages emanating from al-Qaeda and act on their own.
Arab activists are believed to cooperate with Pakistanis making
money transfers on their behalf.
Pakistani radicals are active especially in the north-eastern
Catalonia region, where police have detected the presence of Asian
groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET).
The JEM has been implicated in the 2005 bombings in the London
transport network, while the LET is linked with attacks in India.
Police are investigating whether the Arabs and Pakistanis have
contacts with Chechen Muslims, large numbers of whom reportedly
arrived in Spain in 2006.
Islamist radicals proselytize at an estimated 10 per cent of
Spain's hundreds of unofficial mosques, which operate in garages,
basements and the like.
Fighters recruited in Spain are no longer trained only in Iraq and
Afghanistan, but also in Sahel countries such as Mali, Niger and
Mauritania, where al-Qaeda and its allies teach them to handle
weapons, explosives and even poisons, according to the daily El Pais.
The young men then travel to conflict zones such as Iraq, where
one of the Madrid train bombers is believed to have died in a suicide
attack in 2005.
Those who are not killed in Iraq or are unable to enter the
country sometimes return to Spain, where they constitute one of the
potentially most dangerous groups, according to police sources.
The Madrid bombers targeted Spain partly to punish the then
government for its participation in the Iraq war.
Spain has changed its Atlanticist foreign policy since then, but
the presence of its troops in Afghanistan and its judicial crackdowns
on Islamists keep it on al-Qaeda-inspired hit lists.
Islamist websites have also long called for a reconquest of al-
Andalus, a Moorish name for Spain, parts of which were ruled by
Muslims for nearly eight centuries until 1492.
Recently, some websites have also begun campaigning for the
"liberation" of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the
Moroccan coast, causing concern among police experts.
© 2006 - dpa German Press Agency
Source
Anal bomber
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.
A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.
"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.
Maliki, 35, who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was preparing to board a US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
The flight left without Maliki but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas, where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found, officials said.
Passengers were not evacuated and no flights were disrupted by the incident at Terminal One at Los Angeles airport.
"There never was a threat," Fetter said.
He said police and the FBI were called in from "an abundance of caution" because Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."
Maliki, who had a U.S. green card, was being questioned by immigration officials about his immigration status.
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The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.
A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.
"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.
Maliki, 35, who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was preparing to board a US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
The flight left without Maliki but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas, where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found, officials said.
Passengers were not evacuated and no flights were disrupted by the incident at Terminal One at Los Angeles airport.
"There never was a threat," Fetter said.
He said police and the FBI were called in from "an abundance of caution" because Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."
Maliki, who had a U.S. green card, was being questioned by immigration officials about his immigration status.
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Behead those who say islam is violent
Pilipino Muslims display a banner and t-shirts with a wanted sign during a rally Wednesday March 7, 2007, at a downtown Manila square , to protest recent televised preaching by a Christian sect leader Eli Soriano, who alleges that Muslims are killers. More than 1,000 Muslims took part in the rally and demanded Soriano, who is currently in hiding, be extradited back to the Philippines so he can face charges being brought against him. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scientist Says
Kate Ravilious
for National Geographic News
February 28, 2007
Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human- induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.
Earth is currently experiencing rapid warming, which the vast majority of climate scientists says is due to humans pumping huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. (Get an overview: "Global Warming Fast Facts".)
Mars, too, appears to be enjoying more mild and balmy temperatures.
In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.
Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.
"The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said.
Solar Cycles
Abdussamatov believes that changes in the sun's heat output can account for almost all the climate changes we see on both planets.
Mars and Earth, for instance, have experienced periodic ice ages throughout their histories.
"Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance," Abdussamatov said.
By studying fluctuations in the warmth of the sun, Abdussamatov believes he can see a pattern that fits with the ups and downs in climate we see on Earth and Mars.
Abdussamatov's work, however, has not been well received by other climate scientists.
"His views are completely at odds with the mainstream scientific opinion," said Colin Wilson, a planetary physicist at England's Oxford University.
"And they contradict the extensive evidence presented in the most recent IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report." (Related: "Global Warming 'Very Likely' Caused by Humans, World Climate Experts Say" [February 2, 2007].)
Amato Evan, a climate scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, added that "the idea just isn't supported by the theory or by the observations."
Planets' Wobbles
The conventional theory is that climate changes on Mars can be explained primarily by small alterations in the planet's orbit and tilt, not by changes in the sun.
"Wobbles in the orbit of Mars are the main cause of its climate change in the current era," Oxford's Wilson explained. (Related: "Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says" [September 13, 2006].)
All planets experience a few wobbles as they make their journey around the sun. Earth's wobbles are known as Milankovitch cycles and occur on time scales of between 20,000 and 100,000 years.
These fluctuations change the tilt of Earth's axis and its distance from the sun and are thought to be responsible for the waxing and waning of ice ages on Earth.
Mars and Earth wobble in different ways, and most scientists think it is pure coincidence that both planets are between ice ages right now.
"Mars has no [large] moon, which makes its wobbles much larger, and hence the swings in climate are greater too," Wilson said.
No Greenhouse
Perhaps the biggest stumbling block in Abdussamatov's theory is his dismissal of the greenhouse effect, in which atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide help keep heat trapped near the planet's surface.
He claims that carbon dioxide has only a small influence on Earth's climate and virtually no influence on Mars.
But "without the greenhouse effect there would be very little, if any, life on Earth, since our planet would pretty much be a big ball of ice," said Evan, of the University of Wisconsin.
Most scientists now fear that the massive amount of carbon dioxide humans are pumping into the air will lead to a catastrophic rise in Earth's temperatures, dramatically raising sea levels as glaciers melt and leading to extreme weather worldwide.
Abdussamatov remains contrarian, however, suggesting that the sun holds something quite different in store.
"The solar irradiance began to drop in the 1990s, and a minimum will be reached by approximately 2040," Abdussamatov said. "It will cause a steep cooling of the climate on Earth in 15 to 20 years."
Source
for National Geographic News
February 28, 2007
Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human- induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.
Earth is currently experiencing rapid warming, which the vast majority of climate scientists says is due to humans pumping huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. (Get an overview: "Global Warming Fast Facts".)
Mars, too, appears to be enjoying more mild and balmy temperatures.
In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.
Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.
"The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said.
Solar Cycles
Abdussamatov believes that changes in the sun's heat output can account for almost all the climate changes we see on both planets.
Mars and Earth, for instance, have experienced periodic ice ages throughout their histories.
"Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance," Abdussamatov said.
By studying fluctuations in the warmth of the sun, Abdussamatov believes he can see a pattern that fits with the ups and downs in climate we see on Earth and Mars.
Abdussamatov's work, however, has not been well received by other climate scientists.
"His views are completely at odds with the mainstream scientific opinion," said Colin Wilson, a planetary physicist at England's Oxford University.
"And they contradict the extensive evidence presented in the most recent IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report." (Related: "Global Warming 'Very Likely' Caused by Humans, World Climate Experts Say" [February 2, 2007].)
Amato Evan, a climate scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, added that "the idea just isn't supported by the theory or by the observations."
Planets' Wobbles
The conventional theory is that climate changes on Mars can be explained primarily by small alterations in the planet's orbit and tilt, not by changes in the sun.
"Wobbles in the orbit of Mars are the main cause of its climate change in the current era," Oxford's Wilson explained. (Related: "Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says" [September 13, 2006].)
All planets experience a few wobbles as they make their journey around the sun. Earth's wobbles are known as Milankovitch cycles and occur on time scales of between 20,000 and 100,000 years.
These fluctuations change the tilt of Earth's axis and its distance from the sun and are thought to be responsible for the waxing and waning of ice ages on Earth.
Mars and Earth wobble in different ways, and most scientists think it is pure coincidence that both planets are between ice ages right now.
"Mars has no [large] moon, which makes its wobbles much larger, and hence the swings in climate are greater too," Wilson said.
No Greenhouse
Perhaps the biggest stumbling block in Abdussamatov's theory is his dismissal of the greenhouse effect, in which atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide help keep heat trapped near the planet's surface.
He claims that carbon dioxide has only a small influence on Earth's climate and virtually no influence on Mars.
But "without the greenhouse effect there would be very little, if any, life on Earth, since our planet would pretty much be a big ball of ice," said Evan, of the University of Wisconsin.
Most scientists now fear that the massive amount of carbon dioxide humans are pumping into the air will lead to a catastrophic rise in Earth's temperatures, dramatically raising sea levels as glaciers melt and leading to extreme weather worldwide.
Abdussamatov remains contrarian, however, suggesting that the sun holds something quite different in store.
"The solar irradiance began to drop in the 1990s, and a minimum will be reached by approximately 2040," Abdussamatov said. "It will cause a steep cooling of the climate on Earth in 15 to 20 years."
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George Soros Buys Halliburton Stock
In a delicious irony, Foreign Policy magazine editor Mike Boyer reports at the magazine's blog FP Passport that SEC documents reveal that George Soros bought 1.9 million shares of Halliburton stock in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Soros gave more than $20 million to "527" organizations in the 2004 election, many of which used anti-Halliburton bashing as a rallying cry for the anti-war Left.
Writes Boyer: (via Boozhy and Andrew Sullivan)
Normally, I'm willing to overlook the hypocrisy of the liberal elite. If Al Gore and his Hollywood cronies want to fly around on gas-guzzling, atmosphere-polluting private jets while railing against global climate change, I'm willing to overlook it.
But the latest move by globe trotting, hyper-liberal billionaire George Soros borders on being too much.... Soros, of course, is the dean of Democratic money giving. And Halliburton, of course, is the company that embodies everything the Democrats see as evil. Dick Cheney is its former chief, for goodness' sake.
How can you not laugh at this development? The possibilities for amusement are wonderful...
Update: George Soros' fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, owns the shares.
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Soros gave more than $20 million to "527" organizations in the 2004 election, many of which used anti-Halliburton bashing as a rallying cry for the anti-war Left.
Writes Boyer: (via Boozhy and Andrew Sullivan)
Normally, I'm willing to overlook the hypocrisy of the liberal elite. If Al Gore and his Hollywood cronies want to fly around on gas-guzzling, atmosphere-polluting private jets while railing against global climate change, I'm willing to overlook it.
But the latest move by globe trotting, hyper-liberal billionaire George Soros borders on being too much.... Soros, of course, is the dean of Democratic money giving. And Halliburton, of course, is the company that embodies everything the Democrats see as evil. Dick Cheney is its former chief, for goodness' sake.
How can you not laugh at this development? The possibilities for amusement are wonderful...
Update: George Soros' fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, owns the shares.
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Ahmadinejad is officialy a member of tin foil hat brigade
Ahmedinejad: Iran, Saudi Arabia to fight against “conspiracies”
(DPA)
4 March 2007
TEHERAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that his first state visit to Saudi Arabia has been fruitful and the two Islamic states agreed to jointly fight what he called ”conspiracies” against the Islamic world.
Talking to state-run Iranian TV on his return from Riyadh, he said the two states discussed the latest developments in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas and vowed to increase efforts for unity within the Islamic world and blocking discord among Islamic sects.
Ahmadinejad has several times accused the West, chiefly the United States, of seeking to sow discord between Shia and Sunni Muslims in order to strengthen its own status and that of Israel in the Middle East.
The Iranian president had visited Saudi Arabia on Saturday, holding his first meeting with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh.
Afterwards, Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Saudi Arabia were obliged to help meet the needs of the Islamic world.
“Iran and Saudi Arabia are two great and powerful Islamic countries and accordingly have numerous mutual obligations and responsibilities in the Islamic world and Middle East,” he said in a statement on the website of the Iranian presidential office.
The Iranian website quoted Abdullah as saying that Saudi Arabia is the “second home country for Iranians.”
“Today, the Islamic world has many enemies who want to sow discord between the two countries, but our two nations are Muslims with a united belief and therefore enjoying good relations,” Abdullah said.
Ahmadinejad was received by the Saudi monarch and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, secretary general of the National Security Council, who is known to be close to the Bush administration in Washington.
Source
(DPA)
4 March 2007
TEHERAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that his first state visit to Saudi Arabia has been fruitful and the two Islamic states agreed to jointly fight what he called ”conspiracies” against the Islamic world.
Talking to state-run Iranian TV on his return from Riyadh, he said the two states discussed the latest developments in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas and vowed to increase efforts for unity within the Islamic world and blocking discord among Islamic sects.
Ahmadinejad has several times accused the West, chiefly the United States, of seeking to sow discord between Shia and Sunni Muslims in order to strengthen its own status and that of Israel in the Middle East.
The Iranian president had visited Saudi Arabia on Saturday, holding his first meeting with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh.
Afterwards, Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Saudi Arabia were obliged to help meet the needs of the Islamic world.
“Iran and Saudi Arabia are two great and powerful Islamic countries and accordingly have numerous mutual obligations and responsibilities in the Islamic world and Middle East,” he said in a statement on the website of the Iranian presidential office.
The Iranian website quoted Abdullah as saying that Saudi Arabia is the “second home country for Iranians.”
“Today, the Islamic world has many enemies who want to sow discord between the two countries, but our two nations are Muslims with a united belief and therefore enjoying good relations,” Abdullah said.
Ahmadinejad was received by the Saudi monarch and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, secretary general of the National Security Council, who is known to be close to the Bush administration in Washington.
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Arab science LOL
Egyptian Cultural Advisor: "God Did Not Create Eve From Adam's Rib"
The cultural advisor of the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Dr. Muhammad Abd Al-Ghani Shama, said: "God did not create Eve from Adam's rib". This came in reaction to the words of a lecturer of medicine from Al-Azhar University who claimed that men have one rib less than women since God created Eve out of Adam’s [removed] rib. According to Dr. Shama, this belief is not true since it is affected by Israeli sources, that Adam and Eve were created from the same material.
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The cultural advisor of the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Dr. Muhammad Abd Al-Ghani Shama, said: "God did not create Eve from Adam's rib". This came in reaction to the words of a lecturer of medicine from Al-Azhar University who claimed that men have one rib less than women since God created Eve out of Adam’s [removed] rib. According to Dr. Shama, this belief is not true since it is affected by Israeli sources, that Adam and Eve were created from the same material.
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