Thank you G, for making that so ever apparent…

When the Western world and western media expected ‘confrontation’ from the Muslim world, President Ahmadinejad gave them a shocking treatment – ‘let us play victim, pardon them and win’ and Britain will look bad if it says thank you or if it continues with its arrogant old ways.

He did such a tremendous action and build up new respectful image of Islam, and world’s perception on Islam as well.

On the other hand I can say the exact same thing about Bush and his desire to bring about the end according to his religious beliefs. People will call me a conspiracy theorist if I say that even though he actually done more than Ahmadinejad ever could do.

Majority of Europeans would back Iran attack – poll
Thursday, 05 April 2007
http://www.mrt.com.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2585&Itemid=26

Ahmadinejad wants to have an Apocalypse to hasten the Mahdi’s return. And maybe Iran’s nuke sites will be bombed as it now continues to increase its centrifuges used in uranium enrichment at Natanz,with Iran already in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions .Of course if Ahmadinejad relaliates by bombing Saudis/Gulf etc ,then he might see his wish of Iran being obliterated

As Muslim liberal Irshad Manji says:

Manji is a Canadian of Moroccan decent, I think. Fact that she’s a Muslim is irrelevant to the topic at hand unless she’s an expert in Iranian politics, but she is not.

Don’t know what that big quote has to do with anything. Can you clarify the significance of the blob u quoted with the topic at hand?

As Muslim liberal Irshad Manji says:

Ahmadinejad is entirely rational from the perspective of a religious fanatic.As a zealous Shia Muslim, Iran’s leader is eagerly awaiting the return of the “hidden imam.” Popularly known as the Mahdi, this is the spiritual guide who, according to Shia tradition, mysteriously went missing hundreds of years ago. Orthodox Shias believe that the Mahdi’s reappearance will herald an era of peace and security worldwide. Shia teachings emphasize that Muslims themselves will be among the biggest traitors to the cause of justice when the end of days arrives. Consider the early “signs” of betrayal: Muslims killed three of the first four successors to the Prophet Muhammad, including the man whom Shias regard as the Prophet’s rightful heir, his cousin and son-in-law, Ali. (Shia means “faction of Ali.”) Moreover, Muslims slaughtered the Prophet’s own grandson along with 72 other members of his beloved household.That galvanizing narrative informs the Shia Muslim crusade against oppressors – despite inspiring the very oppression it seeks to eradicate. No matter. The hidden imam will come home and save humanity from itself. In the meantime, the job of Shias is to wait, bait and accelerate; that is, show patience for the Mahdi’s return and, whenever possible, prod their enemies so that the war becomes so pitched the Mahdi has his reason to re-appear.To that fringe of true believers, doomsday politics makes complete sense. -Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.muslim-refusenik.com/news/philadelphia-inquirer-2006-05-18.html

And to those who question the presence of highest state official in a farewell, I ask them, when was it that Prophet himself did not take part in the forgiveness of prisoners. When was it that he did not take part in the building of a mosque or digging of a trench. If he treated himself as a normal human being, why are we ashamed if Iran’s president came out to bid farewell to prisoners himself.

Instead of following from the examples of Prophet Muhammad, we seem to have changed our standards to something much lesser.