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Dec.30.2008
Why fundamentalists support Ahmadi Nejad
I visited one of the mentors of fundamentalists in a general session. We talked about coming election and he recommended kindly asking Mr. Khatami wouldn’t be nominated. He said if Mr. Khatami would be nominated for presidential election they had to support Mr. Ahmadi Nejad while with situation he has brought to the country, it is not in favor if he continues presidency for another 4 years. Later this view was repeated by some fundamentalists in parliament and parties. One of politicians quoted last week that in an important session that some fundamentalists who are critics of Ahmadi Nejad have participated in, they told if Mr. Khatami would be nominated we should vote to Ahmadi Nejad with tearful eyes. Such psychological war shows that every body knows that president's place for next term is too unstable and the more important is that fundamentalists know that they don’t have any option except supporting Ahmadi Nejad. Because if they have 10 candidates and all of them request from Ahmadi Nejad to reject nomination, he will be nominated and if he will be nominated, no one in the front of fundamentalism can not compete with him because of facilities he has in his hand. Moreover Ahmadi Nejad had some special supports which prevent other fundamentalists from competing with him. In this area, Mr. Khatami is the only one who is able to win against Ahmadi Nejad in election. As even critic fundamentalists prefer Ahmadi Nejad to Mr. Khatami so they have started such psychological war to inhibit Mr. Khatami from nomination so that Ahmadi Nejad would be next president. I had written previously that reformists should welcome cohesion of fundamentalists who support Ahmadi Nejad but now I believe that they don’t have any other way out except supporting Ahmadi Nejad. And it shall show where all of fundamentalists stand with election totally. In addition Mr. Khatami is an intelligent and democratic person so that he realizes his historical responsibility to announce his nomination soon and to answer positively to the only hope of society which is the only door of exit from such situation.
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Dec.26.2008
Promotional and electoral Moharram
Islamic schools send the group of their clerics to the towns and villages all around the county two times every year to promote religion on the occasion of two important events: Once in Ramadan and the other in Moharram. This year they had invited president there in an unprecedented action to teach promotion to the clerics before their mission as approaching to the presidential election despite lack of satisfaction of government behaviors by leading clerics. Islamic schools have ever been proud that they act independent of government so Mr. Rafsanjani and Mr. Khatami who both were clerics didn’t invite in the schools or in the promotional months to prevent damaging the independence. I suppose state politicians in the schools have felt a huge risk about coming election so they haven’t noticed to the schools independence and they have invited non cleric president to use the powerful speakers of Moharram and Safar as canvassing headquarter for next president. Although it is obvious that traditional and leading clerics are so much anxious about damaging the independence of religious schools and they know that the usage of Ashoora as a tool encounters the future of faithfulness of society with an irreversible loss.
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Dec.25.2008
Christmas and Jesus's birthday and happy religious feasts
This year there are 3 joyful Islamic, Jewish and Christian occasions in less than one month. Eid al adha is the day that Muslims believe as assenting in front of God and Jewish Hanukah which reminds miraculous survival of Jews and named as day of light and birthday of Jesus, great messenger of God who has spread his green shadow on the world. It is a good omen that in less than one month and at the beginning of New Year when most people of the world have entered in New Year, lovely scent of happiness from 3 great divine religions. Especially in the world that many use violence by the name of religion and their victim are humans who have been created by God of religions and the most important tasks of messengers have been preservation of their rights. In Iran we have lots of Christian compatriots and birthday of Christ is an important event. Also Quran deserves a great worth for Jesus and it is a happy day for all Iranian. Merry Christmas and happy birthday of Jesus to any body especially our lovely and kind Christian compatriots. Jesus' behavior which was full of peace, friendship and kindness is the necessity of human society. God grace happiness for all and for us.
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Dec.23.2008
Reform from the beginning to explication by Khatami (Part Two)
Different words and theories about reform front caused lots of political differences. Because of large number of media which is a feature of liberal society and deniable also successful part of civil society, various opinions and interpretations had quick reflections which caused more speed in extremism.
It is not possible to ignore the important role of powerful conservatives inside of government, Who were going to revenge of khordad 2nd, provided the ground for radicalism in society also lots of audiences for extremists by legal, security, political and publicity attacks to the body of reform also with making crisis for government and the sixth parliament. Radicalization in society and hearing voice of extremists was the will of conservationists who possessed the power especially in the judiciary and publicity areas. They were the same who were creating a new crisis for government every 9 days and compressed them inside a tight surrounding by arresting reform extremist or non extremist activists. More important was that they introduced any kind of reformists’ mottos as an extremist movement by tightening political space. Also they named Khatami and who are conservationists more than him, as a complex to revenge from khordad 2nd election and the reformist movement in society. Managers of this project harbored grudge from non extremist reformists more than the others. They used religion as a tool to introduce the reform and liberal movements as extreme actions to disappoint people in such dark and frustrated space to acquire the political power once again with illegal tools and they succeeded at last. Perhaps it was better if Mr. Khatami, as president who had vote of people, as leader of reform movement dedicated enough time to define reform earlier than the others so prevent from registering all theories to his name and hurting reform in general. But Mr. Khatami knew himself president of country who was responsible to solve people’s life, more than leader of reform. However events of recent years have happened. Every one has the right to define reform by own definition. As we have any various and some opposite definition of reform. But again it was expected from Mr. Khatami more than the others to explicate definition of reform clearly. This is neither related to approaching the time of election nor possibility of his nomination but it was important because reform is a necessity and Mr. Khatami should explicate his purpose of reform because of votes he acquired so majority of society who doesn’t want a new revolution also doesn’t want to continue previous methods because of changing generation, know that what Mr. Khatami’s purpose from reform. So that he compiled his purposed reform after intensive sessions and discussed about them in several sessions with the wise and at last published them to show what his mentioned reform was and his boundaries to various definition from reform would be clear.
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Dec.22.2008
Reform from the beginning to explication by Khatami (Part One)
Reform is the code of the term in recent political society which was started by khordad 2nd and unexpected election of Mr. Khatami as president of Iran. The term which was completed by election of the sixth parliament had widely used political terms and new cultures which were driven on political development and its main goal was institutionalization of democracy in the country. Reform was not prevailing at the beginning of khordad 2nd. Mr. Khatami has emphasized several times the term was not posed at the beginning of khordad 2nd. Mr. Khatami’s election was so fast and incredible that there was no time to provide a manifest before his victory in election. Politician even Mr. Khatami, himself, believed that even in the best condition, there should be a second election and his competitor who had comprehensive official support at last would be the president. So that Mr. Khatami and his followers would find the time and opportunity to set their future political behaviors charter, but necessity of society was faster than such predictions. The main body of Mr. Khatami’s supporters in khordad 2nd election was formed from various ranges. Part of them was from the leftist of Emam movement who were political managers and directors at the term of Emam Khomeini and after his demise they nearly isolated from politics area. They entered into the space of publicity with religious mottos. The other group was the open-minded who tried to acquire a civil society and democracy institutionalizing and most of them were supporters of religious democracy. Teachers, students and clerics were the messengers of such transformation to inside of society. The main part of voters was the group who was criticizing then-governing ways and needed to a new space. All of these groups had a lot of different views but they could relate each other by Mr. Khatami’s mottos. When the elected president started his term, he encountered with huge problems of governing to the country and various supporters groups offered a definition from the important historical event based on own overviews. The most natural common point among them was the term of reform that any group had its own interpretation of that. Reform was used against revolution. Neither Mr. Khatami nor any of election activists did want to make a revolution and ruining all existed structures. So that none of active persons or movements who participated in election didn’t discuss about general changes in the governing structure in their campaigns. Of course there were some one and some movements who wanted to change rule but most of them were official opposition groups, who didn’t vote to anybody in that election so they couldn’t claim at all? The most known of them was Mojahedin Khalgh who organized the worst internal and foreign attacks against Khatami who called him the disaster of Khatami who was stretching the life of regime who believed it was ended. On the other hand, reform had some bounds with hidebound and conservative movements. Those believed to maintain current ways in internal political area and knew themselves as guardian of God’s possessions. Between two phrases, reform was the most natural term which became the axis of theorizing and various movements and then general term of political and social conversation formed by reform axis. The union was only in the title of reform. There were lots of differences in their views. Some of them tended toward two end of extremism. There were offered lots of words and theories between two ends of extremism.
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Dec.21.2008
Throwing a shoe and meaningless joy by someone
The story of throwing shoe toward Bush has been noted in Iran’s media. It is not deniable that most of Iraqi people and pacifists in the world are dissatisfied by Mr. Bush’s policies. It is widely practiced to protest against politicians. In the places with more liberty, protests appear more officially and obviously but in the places with strangulated space, protests are more secret and suppressed. Undoubtedly such movements caused the global opinion noted to those policies as insignificant as throwing a shoe which is a simple impolite action and it is not a sign of protest, without showing the depth of problems in Iraq resulted by belligerent Bush’s policies. When throwing the shoe announced as a breaking news in the world, evil of Bush’s belligerent policies decreased as much as he could claim that Iraqi people are now living in a free environment to do such actions also most of Iraqis who were opposed by Bush’s policies interpreted it as an insult to their culture. Also it overshadowed on Bush’s belligerent policies.
Happiness of some Iranian politicians, lecturer and media are completely meaningless. Throwing shoe isn’t a difficult or complicated military act and it can’t show deep public dissatisfaction. Emotional movements may be acceptable from general population but by some one whose views reflect in the world it can bring disaster.
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Dec.09.2008
Relation between religion or religious leaders with human rights
Today is the global Day of Human Rights. Attention to the human rights is the great achievement of humanity. Various divine religions should be pacemakers of defending the right of God’s creatures, because all men and women are created by God. When global human right declaration was approved in United Nations, otherwise there had not established any religious or Islamic government , many books in Islam’s world and also in Iran and Shiite schools were published that referred to the Islam’s attention to these values before global declaration of human rights. It was an honor for the professing that in such general environment they could defend of human rights also it resulted to the more coexistence of humans and religions. Just like the route of Iran’s revolution victory when emphasis on human right in Islamic future ruling and disclosing anti human right approaches in Pahlavi regime had a major role in attracting people toward revolution. Also in the reform terms , conversation about human right in government and sixth parliament caused people and government and religion got closer together of course it caused critiques by fundamentalists and conservatives . Unfortunately in recent years, inside of country, pointing to the human rights literature seems as a fault and instead of that, literature of correction of the entire world affairs has been replaced just like they are waiting for us. it is not deniable that nearly in any parts of the world , governments get used to talk about human rights till it get along with their benefits and whenever human rights would be opposite to their interests, they close their eyes to the wasted rights or using of human right as a political tool but if humans believe that faith of religion and God is incompatible with natural human right , it causes an irretrievable damage to the religion and theism so that religion-phobia prevails to the religion-philia. Even if others won’t be serious in respecting to the human rights, religious leaders have to do it because they should develop divinity soul in society. Unfortunately such belief is not existed in general opinion of the world and more regretful is that some ones try by the name of religion for theorizing violence against human.
In the global day of human rights, we should appreciate memory of victims of wasted rights all around the world and also should praise all defenders of human rights.
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Dec.04.2008
Mosharekat’s opening and Kargozaran’s closing ceremonies
It was the opening ceremony of Mosharekat front and closing ceremony of Kargozaran party. It was interesting that both ceremonies were held in the same day. I participated in both of them. Mr.khatami and many others attended in both. Mr Mirdamadi wore a grey suit in Mosharekat congress and eventually Mr. Reza Khatami wore the same color suit. It seems exactly their uniforms are in grey and they can’t see black or white. Mr. Mirdamadi in his lecture criticized government. He had made ready a list of some acts which was prohibited at the first of revolution but now has been accomplished. It was a long and comprehensive list. There was expectation to talk about next election more seriously but they just pointed to it. They appreciated memory of Ayatollah Tavasoli and Mr. Saadaii , representative of Jahrom in the sixth parliament , also Mr. Dadman and Ahad Bourghaii. They also appreciated saeed Hajarian as devotee of reforms in the presence of Mr. Khatami.
When I arrived in Kargozaran congress, Mr. Karbaschi was talking as general secretary. He was criticizing from government and current Iran- destroying policies obviously. He criticized all of reformists who caused this “small group” elected. He also criticized extremists of previous terms. In the congress Kargozaran talked in detail about presidential election. Their plan was included to form a national union government to use all of experienced politicians from fundamentalists and reformists. He insisted on that if it was not possible then they participated with a unique candidate, regarding to the society’s interest to the reformists. Mr. Karoobi and Mr. Rohani , two ready candidate who didn’t participate in Mosharekat congress , they were both in Kargozaran meeting. Freedom movement sent a big flower basket which was in front of lecture place. Mr. Karbaschi reported from Mr. Hashemi Rafsanjani that Tehran’s cleric fighters’ society also has been frustrated from government’s extreme monopolism. It is not deniable that there is forming a serious alliance toward changing presidency at the end of first term. At the end of session I found an appropriate oppertunity to talk with Mahdi Hashemi Rafsanjani about election.
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Nov.28.2008
The lost respect of humanity
Vatican has announced using mobile phones makes humanity far from spirituality. I heard in an international meeting from one of the success masters that human should be respected so that he should determine whenever he would be available for the others. I read several years ago a report about fast food which pointed that human should deserve him as much as he wouldn’t be fast for providing his food. He should dedicate enough time for himself so that it won’t need to be hasty for himself. These are not struggling with modernity. It is not correct to lose humanity in the middle of modernity’s hubbub. Increased anxiety in today’s societies also in our society is one of the bitter results which have caused from ignorance man. In current situation, relaxation is a scarce entity and its reason is economical, political and social problems. A hungry stomach and disappointment to the future takes possibility of being relaxed. One of the first duties of governments is providing such relaxation by preparing good economy for nation. A government who creates tension for its nation has kept distance from its first duty. Inclination to the drugs in the young population causes by lack of social and economical security. One of the primary duties of religious centers in current situation is to help people to find human personality which our people and today’s world population need it.
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Nov.27.2008
5 dollars per oil barrel and the adventures of Rostam (Iranian ancient hero)
It is narrated once some one said: the power of Rostam and I, is the same. Anyone heard asked surprisingly but how? He said because Rostam and I can not take out this strong tree of the ground. President has said he can govern the country with oil prices as cheap as 5 dollars per barrel. When he administrates country with so many problems by oil prices as 120 dollars per barrel, of course it should be administrated with 5 dollars oil. The price of oil is not important. Anyway.
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