Today is the birthday for a significant player in the recent history of the Middle East. No...not that one....I said 'recent.'
But, first…some context.
1."Report On 1,500 Protesters Killed And Khamenei's Role Reverberates Among Iranians"
Report On 1,500 Protesters Killed And Khamenei's Role Reverberates Among Iranians
2. "Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'"
Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'
3.No one can contend, or pretend that such events are uncommon in that part of the world, or among these people. “We should by now have become used to the death cult that is thriving at the fringes of the Muslim world. This is the cult of people who are proud to declare, "You love life, but we love death." This is the cult that sent waves of defenseless children to be mowed down on the battlefields of the Iran-Iraq war, that trains kindergartners to become bombs, that fetishizes death, that sends people off joyfully to commit mass murder. Because the death cult is not really about the cause it purports to serve. It's about the sheer pleasure of killing and dying.” Opinion | Cult of Death
4. In 1979, an even more radical bunch than the Saudis in charge of Mecca, violently attacked the Grand Mosque of Mecca, killing, of course, any in their way. “Ringleader Juhayman and his followers have inspired al-Qaeda and countless other Islamic revivalist movements to ever greater acts of violence, even though they were mesmerized by their limited understanding of an obscurantist theology and were convinced that that one of their unassuming members was the Messiah. Casual readers will be well served by this introduction to Muslim fundamentalist terrorism.” From publisher’s weekly
5. When the Saudis could not re-take Mecca, they called in the French Special Forces. The radicals were captured, and beheaded. Heads are traditionally sewn back on for burial. A nice touch.
6. October 6, 1981 A young student, Mohammed Islambouli, who had watched the take-over of the Grand Mosque of Mecca ( 11/20/1979) brought the teaching of Juhayman back to Egypt. He shared the burgeoning Islamic revival with his brother, Khaled, a lieutenant in the Egyptian army. On this date, marching past President Sadat, he suddenly emptied his weapon into Sadat for betraying Islam and making peace with the Jews.
A main street n Tehran is named in Kaled Islambouli’s honor.
7. "When Khalid el-islambouli’s unit began to approach the PresidentAnwar Saadat's platform, he with three other soldiers, jumped from their truck and ran towards the stand while throwing grenades toward President Anwar Saadat’s platform, where he was standing with foreign dignitaries. Khalid el-islambouli climbed the platform and emptied his rifle into Anwar Saadat's body, shouting "I have killed the Pharaoh!". Immediately afterwards Khalid el-islambouliwas captured. He and twenty-three co-conspirators were tried and found guilty. Khalid el-islambouli, Muhammad al-Salam Faraj, Essam al-Qamari and three other co-conspirators were executed on 04/15/1982. http://globaljihad.net/view_page.asp?id=402
Anwar Sadat
PRESIDENT OF EGYPT
BORN
December 25, 1918
Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt
(Born on this day)
But, first…some context.
1."Report On 1,500 Protesters Killed And Khamenei's Role Reverberates Among Iranians"
Report On 1,500 Protesters Killed And Khamenei's Role Reverberates Among Iranians
2. "Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'"
Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'
3.No one can contend, or pretend that such events are uncommon in that part of the world, or among these people. “We should by now have become used to the death cult that is thriving at the fringes of the Muslim world. This is the cult of people who are proud to declare, "You love life, but we love death." This is the cult that sent waves of defenseless children to be mowed down on the battlefields of the Iran-Iraq war, that trains kindergartners to become bombs, that fetishizes death, that sends people off joyfully to commit mass murder. Because the death cult is not really about the cause it purports to serve. It's about the sheer pleasure of killing and dying.” Opinion | Cult of Death
4. In 1979, an even more radical bunch than the Saudis in charge of Mecca, violently attacked the Grand Mosque of Mecca, killing, of course, any in their way. “Ringleader Juhayman and his followers have inspired al-Qaeda and countless other Islamic revivalist movements to ever greater acts of violence, even though they were mesmerized by their limited understanding of an obscurantist theology and were convinced that that one of their unassuming members was the Messiah. Casual readers will be well served by this introduction to Muslim fundamentalist terrorism.” From publisher’s weekly
5. When the Saudis could not re-take Mecca, they called in the French Special Forces. The radicals were captured, and beheaded. Heads are traditionally sewn back on for burial. A nice touch.
6. October 6, 1981 A young student, Mohammed Islambouli, who had watched the take-over of the Grand Mosque of Mecca ( 11/20/1979) brought the teaching of Juhayman back to Egypt. He shared the burgeoning Islamic revival with his brother, Khaled, a lieutenant in the Egyptian army. On this date, marching past President Sadat, he suddenly emptied his weapon into Sadat for betraying Islam and making peace with the Jews.
A main street n Tehran is named in Kaled Islambouli’s honor.
7. "When Khalid el-islambouli’s unit began to approach the PresidentAnwar Saadat's platform, he with three other soldiers, jumped from their truck and ran towards the stand while throwing grenades toward President Anwar Saadat’s platform, where he was standing with foreign dignitaries. Khalid el-islambouli climbed the platform and emptied his rifle into Anwar Saadat's body, shouting "I have killed the Pharaoh!". Immediately afterwards Khalid el-islambouliwas captured. He and twenty-three co-conspirators were tried and found guilty. Khalid el-islambouli, Muhammad al-Salam Faraj, Essam al-Qamari and three other co-conspirators were executed on 04/15/1982. http://globaljihad.net/view_page.asp?id=402
Anwar Sadat
PRESIDENT OF EGYPT
BORN
December 25, 1918
Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt
(Born on this day)
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