Iran leader’s shameful dinner in NYC tonight.
CHRISTIANS WHO DINE WITH LIONS
September 25, 2008
What is it about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his hate-mongering that makes supposedly intelligent people fall all over themselves to celebrate him?
Last year, it was Columbia University - which gave the Iranian president a platform for his Holocaust denial and calls for Israel’s destruction.
Tonight, it’s a dinner at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, billed as “a conversation about the role of religions in tackling global challenges and building peaceful societies,” at which “His Excellency” is the guest of honor.
Sponsoring the evening is a gaggle of far-left churches and denominations, including the World Council of Churches, the American Friends Service Committee, the Quakers and the Mennonites.
Not that Ahmadinejad - what with his continuing pursuit of nuclear weapons - could possibly have anything to contribute to any discussion of “building peaceful societies.”
In fact, we have to wonder why supposedly pacifist groups like the Quakers and the Friends would be so eager to honor someone who has openly called for Israel’s “annihilation” - and the “destruction” of America.
Not to mention his continued persecution within Iran’s borders of non-Muslims, including Christians and Baha’is, and even of non-Persian Muslims.