Comments on: Does Iran support freedom of speech?

By: C L O S E R

C L O S E R — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:58:45 +0000

Holocaust: Memorial, Denial and Resistance (meanwhile in the blogosphere…)…

Both sides shun Arab memorial to Jews – World – smh.com.au
Khaled Mahameed opened a modest Holocaust museum, Arab Institute for Holocaust Research and Education, in his office in the predominantly Arab town of Nazareth 18 months ago. It has some 80 pho…

By: Hakim

Hakim — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:49:26 +0000

“The Iranians are not interested in the Holocaust because of a jealous concern for historical truth but because, in their view of the world, if they can prove that the Holocaust never happened, the justification for Israel disappears.”

Clever, yet completely ridiculous… I’m waiting for a fatwa for a reasonable boycott.

By: dezhen

dezhen — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:18:31 +0000

Interesting observation Hood. I hadn’t thought of it like that.

By: Hood

Hood — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:36:16 +0000

I find it interesting that the argument used by the Jews who showed up to showcase why Israel is considered an illegitimate state, is the same argument that orthodox non-revolutionist Shiites use to highlight why the doctrine of Wilayat-al-Faqih is wrong and why Iran itself is also an illegitimate state.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:25:41 +0000

This is very reassuring

http://tariqnelson.wordpress.c.....e-in-iran/

By: Shadower

Shadower — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:12:56 +0000

Robert Fisk done a good piece on this:

Different narratives in the Middle East
http://news.independent.co.uk/.....079304.ece

By: Baybers

Baybers — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:23:17 +0000

This conference is no more than a publicity stunt for a demagogue who uses a regional conflict to demonise Jews and solidify his power base.

A real holocaust conference would include voices from all parts of the spectrum especially those of mainstream Jewish scholarship on the subject.

This is a grotesque caricature of such a meeting.