Raqqa, Syria- March 1, 2050—In an unprecedented move, the government of the Islamic State announced that it was prepared to allow Western governments to open embassies in its capital, Raqqa. The news was met which much excitement among the Islamic State West residing expatriates, as well as oil companies that have been eager to sign oil and development contracts with the Islamic State, which has been under sanctions for the past three and a half decades.
Hurting and bankrupt from decades of isolation and sanctions, and considered a pariah and a sponsor of terrorism around the world, the Islamic State has lately been attempting to portray a softer, more gentle image of itself. It has reduced the number of public beheadings and has replaced them more secret “indoor” hangings using cranes. It has also allowed limited access to foreign reporters and has allowed overseas travel by its citizens. It has also declared its support for universal justice, albeit in an “Islamic context.”
Russia and China—who deny any support of the Islamic State—welcomed the news of a possible opening in relations between the IS and the the rest of the world as “step in the right direction.”
In an editorial posted on Islamicstateian.com, a U.S. residing blogger who identifies herself as “Lotus Al-Arabi” cheered on the news of a rapprochement, saying “the West is the biggest criminal on the face of the of this planet. There is no proof or evidence of any crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic State. It’s all Jewish and Western propaganda. Had it not ben for the attacks by the West on the Islamic State 35 years ago, that country would have a beacon of freedom and democracy in this world. All those videos of beheadings were propaganda videos produced in Tel Aviv. The IS never killed anyone. In fact, human rights in the Islamic State are much better than some other countries such as….ahhh….the lawless areas of South Wazirestan.”
In another blog on the same site, Professor Ahmad Meslahi, a Syrian-American biologist at Northern Oregon University in the United States, whose brother was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State in the early days of the rise of that government, also welcomed the news of a possible opening between the IS and the West, calling it a “significant step forward.” Professor Meslahi said that his brother had made an error and that’s why he was publicly beheaded. “That’s what happens in revolutions, especially when foreign powers get involved,” he said. “My brother was a victim of foreign conspiracies, not the Islamic State per se. The IS was simply protecting the country against insidious foreign plots. That’s all. The most important thing that we should not lose sight of is the fact that the Islamic State is an independent nation. It doesn’t take orders from anyone. That’s what matters, and nothing else. As long as they can stick to their claims of independence, we should just ignore everything else and enter into a grand bargain with them that should result in the immediate lifting of sanctions. And let’s not forget about Palestine either. The sanctions on Islamic State also prevent the people of Palestine from getting their land back from Israel.”
The “grand bargain” language was also echoed by Abdullah Al-Faroosi, the head of the International Islamic State – American Council, a Washington, DC based organization with 200 members that claims to represent the interests of more than a million Islamic State citizens who live in the United States. After attending an international oil company symposium in Belgium, Mr. Faroosi said “I think that what the citizens of the Islamic State want more than anything else is for sanctions to be lifted immediately. Sanctions are the obstacles that prevent the Islamic State from becoming a modern, free state, and they are the driving force behind the human rights violations by the IS. The minute sanctions are lifted, the Islamic State will become a free, modern and progressive state.” When asked about how the lifting of sanctions can lead to such an immediate political and social transformation, Mr. Faroosi’s response was simple: “through the development of oil fields!”
It remains to be seen how the Islamic State will respond to the latest overtures by the West. Its aging leader, Imam Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi still remains a violent figure who displayed the State’s brutality just a few years ago following protests regarding a fatwa that stated that women should not leave the house after 2:00 pm. For supporters of rapprochement, however, those recent events are somehow inconclusive. When asked about the matter, Lotus Al-Arabi said “what crackdown? The fatwa was the law. People should just obey the law. People who protested were foreign agents. All of them. They belonged to Israel and U.S. funded opposition groups who came onto the streets to topple the legitimate government of the Islamic State and install a puppet Western regime. I’m glad that they were stopped.”
(originally published on iranian.com)
For a moment I thought you were describing the Islamic Stae of Iran 2015!
Good one AO.
I agree with Hamal,l I thought I was reading about Islamic State of Iran as well, specialy the quotes from Lotus Al-Arabi which reminded me of some one who I think lives in U.S and constantly blames U.S and Jews for all the ills of the world by blogging on the other site!
Another astonishing thing is Jews being around in 2050, i thought they would be wiped out by then?
Finaly my fear is what you mentioned here can easily come true, luckily I will not be around to see it!
Dear MRX, unfortunately for the Islamo-Fascist crowd, the Jews will be there in 2050 as they are now. They will out-smart the ommat-e Islami, as they have been dooing for the past 60 years. That's because the leaders of Ommat-e- Islam have been such luminaries as Yasser Arafat, Rouhollah Khomeini, Hafez Assad, Muammar Ghddaffi, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, and Osama Bin Laden. Any wonder why they are where they are today?
Great blog, AO. I noted your exchanges on IC with Mammad Sahimi -- you held your own very nicely. What utter drivel the Prof spouts! Yeah, the Students of the Emam's Line were just naive idealists. How cute. In fact, their ilk were precisely the ones who wanted the radicalize to ann-ghollab and exploited the hostage crisis as a means to that end. No matter even if his entire family were executed, Sahimi and his ilk are driven by their hatreds and will never renounce their filthy so-called "ideals". As the saying goes, such people forget nothing and learn nothing.
AO you posted in the Other place first? Shame! Shame!
Dear Amir:
Thank you my friend. You know, the good professor is part of the old revolutionary calss. The toppling of the Shah--at any cost to the country that they pretend to care for---was these guys' greatest accomplishment. I bet you they look at their photo albums from those years and bask in the glory days when they were pumping their fists in the air in the streets of Tehran, or holding a looted G-3 machine gun....that was their day. For these guys to say anything negative about the revolution will be tantamount to admittng that they were wrong, something that they will NEVER do, even if the IR kills and rapes every single member of their family. My father says it best. He says "if these guys ever admit that they were wrong in toppling the Shah it would be as if they paint a giant 'goh Khordam' across their foreheads." I guess we can all figure out the rest.
Dear Fozolie,
I think it's best to post blogs like this where certain members of the Iranian diaspora can take a look at themselves in the mirror--and hopefully squirm. Also, I really have NOT been treated unfairly on IC. So, I really don't have a problem with it. As I have said before, I think the bigger problem is that most of my firends left IC and allowed it to become a haven for the ommat-e Hezbollah. But I can only speak for myself in saying that I was, and I am, being treated fairly there. I can't speak for anyone else's experience.
AO jan ,
Nice work as usual my uber-zionist-muslim friend. I , too followed your exchanged with mr. mohammad who as mr amir stated, is the same good ol' buddy of ours mr. S, who apparently holds a prominent postion as the University of "Second choice":))
Actually, what really captured my attention and put me in a state of shock was how he adamantly tried to manuver away from the issue at hand and instead of coming up with relevant replies and sticking to the topic; accused you of doing the same! that was so audacious on his part and i really wish i could bring it to his attention...unfortunately, my application to be a member has not been approved by Haj saeed, for some odd reasons.
But what is for sure, is that he went right against his own claims that some people and especially those monkeyes, are apparently immune to the norms and conventions of human evolution, and just refuse to evolve, and the thing was that when they are confronted with that fact they get so furious , like our "Department chair" buddy did out there , that they probably blow a dozen fuses and utter pure jibberish.
And i am getting the feeling that the Lady who hates Amereeekaaa and aameh perialism, will be coming up with one of those brilliantly written articles of hers, to make her masters proud yey again.
Maan... she has such superb english writing skills, i am just wondering why i don't see her name on the faculty list At harvard...oxford...Imam sadegh U...u know all the Ivy Seekh schools:)))
Unlike AO, my comments sometimes doesn't get published. Sometimes it takes 5 to 10 hours my comments get shown up in that site. But I don't give up.
I encourage everybody come on that site because as AO said there are only ommat e hezbollahs left in there. Some of them are NOT even Iranians according to their own statement such as kingreza. One person Juvus says that she/he is Christian and she/he is from south America. Most likely friend with late Chavez who was friend with Ahmadinejad, or some of them are from Gaza, but those individuals never confess to their nationalities, and some of them are from Islamic countries such as Pakistan. We also have British guy David who married Iranian woman and cheerleading cirminal mullahs in his comments.
When I make a conversation with that crowd, I always get a feeling that those people are foreigners and don't have any interest of Iranians in their hearts.
I encourage everybody participate in there for constructive dialoge. We can find ways to get around censorship.
I almost forgot.
Most of the time my comment doesn't get published, but I write to the editorial staff asking them the reason behind their inconsistancy of I.C policy. Why so called woman can bad mouth America by saying "Americans are savage" it get published, but when I write Arabs are savage it doen't get published. What is the differences between Americans and Arabs ?. If savage is bad word it should be bad for both people, not only for Arabs. After such a critism, I noticed that my comment get published.
Sometimes, the editor allow that woman insult me by callng me "racist fanatic" , but when I want to defend myself, my comment doesn't get published. I aksed editor that why he/she didn't allow me to defend myslef. What kind of democracy is that ? then the editor deleted her/his comment, but stil didn't allow my comment against her to be published.
Dear AO, I just read the following "Joooo on the Brain Derangement Syndrome" gem of a comment by "Ayatoilet" on Joooo_Obsessed.com. Enjoy:
"Israel's program is very rogue. Think back to 2004 and a joint Indian/Israeli nuclear test in the Indian ocean ... covered up ... and called a Tsunami. Killed 600,000 people. Iran is actually doing the rest of the world a big favor."
:-)
Dear Siavash,
Your line of reasoning in encouraging us to go back to the old site and subject ourselves to censorship of the site owner and the slogans of a bunch of Islamist/Commie ideologues is similar to that of the Reformists who keep saying that by engaging the Regime and taking part in their elections, something good will eventually happen. I know that you are not a Reformist, and far from it.
Nevertheless, at least for me, there are certain principles that I cannot compromise and freedom of speech is one of those.
Siavash
Looks like the editors are just having a little fun with you....don't take it to heart and become without khyal:))
Dear Faramarz,
Thanks for the feedback.
I feel obligated to answer to Islamist/commie ideologues. I just can not let them take over the site that is called "Iranians" and portrait Iranians as Islamist/commie.
what if people from other nationality see the site. What do they think ? They think "oh... look at Iranians, they're all pro criminal mullahs or they're pro communism". Is that what we are.? Of course NOT. Islamist/commie are just a handful. They have never had any place in Iranian society, nor do they have any future in Iran.
If you come over there, you will see that me, AO, Arvand Rud, Anglophile, mino66, MRX.... and many others who are true Iranians defending our country and our position. On the other hand we have "an khanoom" lol and the "Chakhan guy" who are sticking together and defending ruling criminal mullahs. Come and fight. If we stick together, we have louder voice.
Doctor 41, I always complain to editors. They considedr it once in a while. I try to stay without Khyal. Be honest with you, sometimes I really get mad because I feel like being discriminated by editors.
I do nt know why you guys even bother trying to state an opinion in iranian.com ? That site is owned by NIAC the lobby of islamist regime. the site is run , administrated and commented/blogged by at most 5 half iliterate full time cyber troll members of NIAC each with dozen or so user names, who would attack, libel and block anyone who challenges their anti Iranian, anti semetic and pro terrorist hezboola/hamas bull crap.
Well said Hamal. A site that allows that vicious hair brained woman post such comments as "Israel should be wiped off the face of time" yet it does not allow any rebuttal of the hateful language or questions about 'editorial policy' then better left alone.
AO please accept my apology for going off topic. I did enjoy reading your piece.
AO, good old kiaani pal..forgot about the english page on this site...thanks for a great piece as always .. I gave up on writing a while back but good to see you all still marching on ..still when I pass thru the cyber ommah at odd times I get these random thoughts , feel free to make sense of these if any>;,
Islamic Renaissance they say shall come in their sermons these framasonery of bedoine supremacy & that patience is the essence..but hey!, wait a minute blind ommatie goates !!!. didnt Islamic Renaissance happen already under the pahlavi regime in which you could practice Islam freely, attend your mosque while tolerating others all under a semi-kiaani system? . then what gives you hypocrite sons of Qadess ?. its like taking a candy from a kid's mouth & promising him that candy for his grand kids.
As for Islamic Renaissance in the greater Muslim world preached by usefull idiots being the natural course of evolution similar to christianity ..etc..Sorry all you profegooz it aint gone happen since unlike christianity, Islam has a patent-based patron named Arabs & their one pony ride to fame . Christianity was an orphan when it reached Rome. hence for Romans it was only a faith & not a tool of national supremecy showcasing an identity . For non-arab muslim Islam is a faith as it should be . Yet for Arab psychee, Islam = Arab identity & Arab identity = Islam . For an Arab Islam is not a mere faith but a trojan horse of Arab's cultural, lingual, at times political & totaliterian supremacy over the Ajam alien . hemce any & all breach of its strict codes is met as a challenge to Arab nationalism & also any breach of Arab nationalism is met as an attack on Islam . you could see this pattern all the way from Qadessiyeh, byzentine to Spain, Algeria, Palestine ...etc to ISIS or ISIL or I-SUK . So the only hope of this renaissance if any remains solely in non-arab islamic universe such as identity-rich Iran & to a lesser degree Turkey as for the rest are just a id-less chain of fartly accidents of history . So Ironicaly the only hope for prophet Mohammad(pbuh)'s Islamic renaissance is thru Darafshe kaviaan for a system that gives us a kiaani identity & an Islamic faith(with free will ofcourse) ...
In other news, IRI and the US State Dept scheduled another round of talks set next year (March 2051) on solving the remaining issues on Iran's Nuclear centrifuges.
:-)
Hamal and fozoli,
Are you saying because the site is bobbying ruling criminal mullahs in Iran, we shouldn't bother them. We have to let them do whatever they want to do. If they want to attack U.S and israel under the name of Iranians. That is fine, we have to let them do it.
That doesn't sound logical to me.
Thank you friends for all your comments. Sorry for the delay in response. I haven't been online much recently to due to [much desired and missed] field work out in the woods.
Dear Amir: Ayatoilet is one of the worst when it comes to Iranian style conspiracy theories and Jews. He's a smart guy. He just needs to get rid of his irrational conspiracy theories.
Dear Samsam: Great to see you buddy. I gotta say that at times I get the feeling that post Islam Iran has become a hopeless cause. The Omatti culture has destroyed us from within. Wih ver few execptions....
Fesenjoon: Duuuuuuuuude you're back!!!!! Where have you been man?
Dear Siavash: I agree with you. I think more of us need to be on IC. And I have said that on many occassions.
Dear Fozolie: thanks for reading the blog.