tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post114812565246616741..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: A New Hitler?Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1148306731697440692006-05-22T10:05:00.000-04:002006-05-22T10:05:00.000-04:00I read the other day that Iran shows the Dome of t...I read the other day that Iran shows the Dome of the Rock on their printed currency. This seems vaguely unsettling, in that the Dome of the Rock is in Jerusalem. Admittedly, it's the third most important shrine in Islam, but you can't help wondering if putting a landmark that's not currently within Iran on their currency suggests a desire to add that landmark to their territory.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1148179307059434592006-05-20T22:41:00.000-04:002006-05-20T22:41:00.000-04:00The Iranians joined the Arabic Islamicists in cond...The Iranians joined the Arabic Islamicists in condemning Israel as an international threat at least as far back as 1978, with the publication of the <I>Protocols of the elders of Zion</I> in Iran. Note that that was before Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi got into big time trouble with his own people, so it may have been a last ditch effort to pacify or distract them from discontent with his rule. Check out the entry on Iran in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion" REL="nofollow">The Protocols of the Elders of Zion</A> in Wikipedia. <BR/><BR/>Of course you realize it's the job of the diplomatic people to spin things in a less threatening way.Fr. Larry Gearharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187388268532224727noreply@blogger.com