TagsTagsMichael Rubin on a little-known Turkish Islamist living in the US while pulling strings in Istanbul, and preparing to make a Khomeini-esque grand return to Turkey: Could there be an Islamic Revolution in Turkey? Few U.S. policymakers have heard of Fethullah Gülen, perhaps Turkey’s most prominent theologian and political thinker. ...
If you want a deeper understanding of the roots of America’s current relationship with Iran—the root causes, if you will—I highly recommend Mark Bowden’s riveting book, [Amazon Link]. I just finished it this afternoon, read two hundred pages because I literally couldn’t put it down. As you can probably tell from ...
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The grandson of the Ayatollah Khomeini has called for the US to intervene in Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, the inspiration of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, has broken a three-year silence to back the United States military to overthrow the country’s clerical regime. Hossein Khomeini’s call is ...
As radical Islamic terrorists plot and scheme in Britain to launch nerve gas attacks, the BBC runs this gushing photographic tribute to one of the most disgusting, hate-filled icons of the worldwide jihad: In pictures: Remembering Khomeini.
A terrific profile of Oriana Fallaci at the New Yorker: The Agitator. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Fallaci’s interview with Khomeini, which appeared in the Times on October 7, 1979, soon after the Iranian revolution, was the most exhilarating example of her pugilistic approach. Fallaci had travelled to Qum to try to ...