Iran vows to rein in media in new morality clampdown

Saffar-Harandi said the move would be part of a wider campaign to revive the values of the Islamic revolution in cultural life.............

I guess that means they would be showing snuff films, stoning films, and Last Tango in Tehran, the lovely story of an old coot mullah and his innocent six year old lover.

What culture? Except the culture of death.

There is obviously an acknowledgement of a need for morality. They just need to change their minds as to the source of the morality. It's a battle for the mind.

A tremendously effective mind-changing tool in the Islamic world is the Jesus film. Google jesus film project. Help, if you agree.

I doubt this will go over well with the younger generation in Iran. American movies are popular in Iran just as they are in most places on earth.Just one more reason for people to hate the mullahs. Interesting how people seem have to be forced to be moral under Islam.In contrast Jesus had compassion for all people even "sinners" inviting them to accept his teaching without compulsion.

There is obviously an acknowledgement of a need for morality. They just need to change their minds as to the source of the morality.

I don't agree with this, actually.

I think this is a question of allowing oneself to be misled by language. "Morality" is just a word and does not always have the same significance. Muslims may say from time-to-time that they dislike the "immorality" of Western society, but "immorality" does not here signify what it would to us. We are not talking about something that can be independently pointed to, and that might be shared, can be discussed, and could be assessed on a rational basis.

Ibn Warraq says that the notion of "morality" in Islam is purely normative in terms of what Allah wants. And, of course, he could just as likely want the opposite. It's merely his instructions: he doesn't say "Do this" because that is good; it is "good" because he says "Do this". When a Muslim says he disapproves of the "immorality" of Western society he is not commenting on particular features of it that some of us might also have reasons for deploring; he is saying that life in it does not go on in accordance with Allah's instructions. That is all.

FOX NEWS - INTERVIEW

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This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," August 8, 2006, that has been edited for clarity.

ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Should the United States and Israel be on high alert? Two weeks from today, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has implied that he will give his final answer to the U.S. about his country's nuclear program by August 22nd.

Now, August 22nd also has great significance on the Islamic calendar. It's a day when Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad road a winged horse, first to Jerusalem and then to Heaven and back.

So is it possible that Iran will flex its nuclear muscles on that date? Joining us now is FOX News military analyst Colonel David Hunt.

And, Colonel Hunt, do you place any significance on that date? Do we believe that Iran will take action based on the date, August 22nd?

COL. DAVID HUNT, FOX NEWS MILITARY ANALYST: I think Iran, Alan, has taken action for years. They've taken it with Hezbollah against Israel, they've taken it against us everyday. They've killed Americans in Iraq. So, yes, I take everything that wing nut says very seriously, whether it's the 22nd — but we've been at this World War III for a long, long time. It's time that the rest of us woke up. So high alert, I'm afraid, is going to be here for a while, and this war we're in with terrorists, like the nation — like Iran, is here to stay.

COLMES: I keep hearing this inflamed rhetoric, like World War III. When you say that, it implies as though the United States somehow has to be involved in a ground or air war when you say World War III. Are you suggesting that the United States is just weeks or months away from being a participant in a world war?

HUNT: I think we have been. I'm not talking about attacking all the nations of the world, Al. I am saying this: The War on Terror is a world war. It involves nations all other the world, like Syria, and Iran. It involves the Russian mafia, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah. It's a different type of war. It doesn't mean we have to invade all these countries. We've got a lot more killing of bad guys to do and a lot more recognition of what this about, holy war, in countries sponsoring terrorism.

SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Hey, Colonel, welcome back to the program. It's amazing to me how many people don't understand the nature of Islamic fascism and how widespread this movement is and how they want to destroy Israel, Europe and the United States.

The Iranians we now discovered today — from the capture of one of the people responsible for the kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers, Iranian trained — we now know Iran is supplying the weaponry to Hezbollah. So this really — they're using Hezbollah as a proxy for them to wage their own war, isn't that true?

HUNT: Yes, and they're also running Hamas. They're the ones — there's $100 million a year going into Hezbollah out of Iran. Iran, as we know, are killing American soldiers in Iraq, and they're controlling a militia. They're controlling Muqtada al-Sadr there. So they have very bad guys, and they're doing it by proxy. You're right, Hezbollah is just one of their main armies, and they're well trained and well financed.

HANNITY: How naive is this notion — The New York Times editorial today — that the idea that we can talk to Syria, talk to these terrorist regimes. Can you talk to Ahmadinejad? Can you talk to an Assad? Can you talk to Usama bin Laden? Can you get anywhere? Is that an...

HUNT: I think we can talk to them when we line them up and kill them. The only reason to talk to some of these guys is to just do that. However, we're not going to wipe out, as we talked offline, the entire country, but we have to directly talk to these guys to find out what they want. If they're not going to cooperate, yes, they have to go.

HANNITY: Regime change.

HUNT: Absolutely, 100 percent.

HANNITY: All right, thanks. Good to see you, Colonel.

COLMES: All right, Colonel, we thank you very much, Colonel.

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Iran Cleric Warns Israel to Fear Missiles

Tuesday August 15, 2006 10:46 AM

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian hard-line cleric warned Israel on Tuesday that Iran's long-range missiles will land in Tel Aviv if the Jewish state attacks Iran, state-run television reported.

Ahmad Khatami, a mid-ranking cleric, said Israel should bear in mind its monthlong war with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas before considering any threats against Iran.

Boasting that Hezbollah's 40-mile range missiles ``turned Israel into a country of ghosts,'' Khatami declared that Israel would face dire consequences if it ``makes an iota of aggression against Iran.''

``They must fear the day (Iran's) 2,000-kilometer (1,250-mile) range missiles land in the heart of Tel Aviv,'' he said.

Khatami is a Friday prayer leader in Tehran and a member of the Assembly of Experts, a clerical panel that has the power to choose or dismiss Iran's top leader, but he is not considered a government official.

Tehran perceives international criticism of its nuclear program as carrying a potential threat of military action. The U.N. Security Council has given Iran until the end of August to halt its uranium enrichment activities, or face potential sanctions.

Israel has remained in the background as the United States and several Western allies have stepped up claims that Iran seeks to develop nuclear arms - an allegation Iran denies. But Israel has made no secret that it takes a dim view of Tehran's nuclear aspirations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for Israel to be destroyed.

Many in the U.S., Europe, the Arab world and Israel accuse Iran of having fueled the warfare in Lebanon through its close ally, Hezbollah, in a bid to show its regional strength. A U.N.-imposed cease-fire took effect Monday, ending more than a month of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.

Iran, like Hezbollah, viewed the end of fighting as a victory over Israel.

Iran's parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel told a session of parliament Tuesday that ``Hezbollah's victory broke the image of Israel's non-defeatability.''

Khatami's comment about Iran's long-range capabilities appeared to refer to an upgraded version of its Shahab-3 missile, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East.

Iran's military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April including a missile not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously, a development that raised concerns in the United States and Israel.

After decades of relying on foreign weapons purchases, Iran's military has been working to boost its domestic production of armaments. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane. It announced in early 2005 that it had begun production of torpedoes.

It would be much simpler for all Iranians to drink their mind controlling kool-aid and get in line like good sheeple.

Oh, good, another Cultural Revolution. Just what the world needs.

Let a hundred jihads bloom?