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Ali Khamanei

Is Islam a Tolerant Religion? - Part 3

On two previous occasions (9 July and 30 June, 2006,) I shared with the readers of this website a very timely topic that is being discussed on www.Elaph.com It is quite a courageous enterprise on the part of an Arab intellectual to write on such a sensitive subject as “Is Islam a Tolerant Religion?” The author has returned for the third time to the subject, being encouraged by the positive response of some of his readers.


Is Islam a Tolerant Religion? - Part 2

In my previous article, “Is Islam a Tolerant Religion?” posted on 30 June, 2006, I did not expect it to be Part One of a series of articles on this subject. The Tanweer website, where I saw the Arabic text, gave no indication of a continued discussion of the topic. But while I was glancing at the website of the Arabic online daily Elaph, I discovered Parts II & III of the series.
As is my method in my contributions to FFI, first I begin with excerpts from the article, and then end with my analysis and comments.


Iran's Stolen Election

Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran have never been free. Candidates are screened and only those with proven loyalty to the regime are allowed to run. This time, only four candidates from a long list were qualified.  Polls, taken prior to the election indicated that Mir Hussein Mousavi, a reformist Islamist who during the war between Iran and Iraq acted as the prime minster was the forerunner.


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