This past semester I enrolled in Professor Harvey Cox’s “Fundamentalism in Religion and Politics” course at the Divinity School here at Harvard. For the final, he gave us the option of doing a video project or a final paper. My friend and I did a video project on how Shi’ism and the story of Imam Hussain’s martyrdom was reinterpreted in the middle of the 20th century for revolutionary purposes. Please keep in mind that I am not particularly religious and this video and its topic were designed for educational purposes within the theme of the course. The video was screened on Jan. 8 in class and it was by and large well-received. See it here. Disclaimer: I did a lot of the subtitling but not all of it, especially not the Hizbullah clips where grammatical errors abound.
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This is very well done. Its sectarian Shiite propaganda, of course, but its very well done.
Very nice documentary. I had never seen these images, but my wife who lived in Iran for many years says that these were all too common songs and sights on TV.
It’s a job well done, but pouya i really hope you don’t take seriously the use of the imam husain story to rouse emotions and “revolutionary fervor” (i’d rather call it misguided reactionary fervor) and in your presentation mentioned how this is degrading the culture and society of iran and creating unnecessary tension in people’s lives. It would be like America enacting the passion of the Christ and constantly talking and living through plays about the crucifixtion to rouse the populace into violent action against their enemies. It’s sad that Iranian culture, or at least the official govertment sponsored Iranian culture has come down to this crude nonsense, it’s an insult to real Islam and to Iranians.
Wow, pouya and smiley, you two have become so desperate it’s really sad. Honestly I pity you. You have nothing better to do in your lives than “mock” my comments on this blog. Regardless, though, my comments have overall been a legitimate, correct, and moral response to your anti-Israel, anti-Jewish tirades. Someone has to stand up to your B.S. on this blog to show all the readers that the pro-Israel side will never remain silent. As Edmund Burke said, all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Hey what happened to your wonderful photo of Obama? : )~~
Did you just decide that he won’t be a friend of the Palestinians? LMAAAAOOOO How sad. I bet you volunteered for him too before the election! LOL!
So, JZ you should be able to comment without us responding? In other words, we are losers bc we respond to you on this blog, but you aren’t a loser for commenting on this blog.
Again, do you see why we mock you?
Unlike your one-track mind, my entire life doesn’t revolve around your murderous ideology. I took Obama’s image off bc the elections are over. I still support him and I think he’s the best thing to have happened to this country in a long time and I’m proud that I donated to his campaign. Furthermore, I’m really happy with most of his initiatives so early in his presidency.
As for you thinking you are refuting me, mind you, I almost never write on this blog. I, however, post what legitimate people say about your murderous ideology. And, if you haven’t noticed, most of my sources are either respected international agencies or respected Israeli or Jewish authors (and in a recent case, a study put forth by Tel Aviv Uni.).
So stop patting yourself on the back. You are nothing and you have zero legitimacy (except if you think a couple field trips buys you legitimacy, haha), especially after getting exposed time and again here.
By the way, Arash the Occupation Soldier (aka Joker bc we love laughing at you), that’s not a picture of Khalkhali you simpleton. It’s a picture of Aya. Montazeri, the one-time heir to Khomeini.
Its quite extraordinary to watch Arash the fatty embarass himself nearly every time he writes something. again, he must be a Palestinian agent posing as a Zionist to embarass Zionists. Keep up the good work, Arash.
To be fair, I did not watch the clip. I assumed Pouya was correct. Dont know if I was wrong or not. Nevertheless, Arash we are still waiting to see whether you are going to provide proof that Egypt invaded Israeli territory, or proof that Hezbollah killed tens of thousands of Christian civilians. Of course, when the talk gets serious, you wil dissappear.
http://www.alalam.ir/farsi/NewsPage.asp?newsid=096470120090127160628
http://www5.irna.ir/View/FullStory/?NewsId=319485
On the other hand, you have Arash’s website, where readers claim that Egypt has been after the West Bank for years!
The problem with Arash is that Azadeh left him and has been having sex with…. oooooh Arash if ONLY you knew you fat hook nosed freak.
Also, Arash what is your beef with the Islamic Republic, according to yourself your dad was in bed with IRI for a while until a business deal went sour. That came out of YOUR OWN mouth. It just shows how shallow Arash’s notions of human rights really are.
Nah, Israelis arent like Nazis. Not at all.
“Israeli troops killed Gaza children carrying white flag, witnesses say”
“Seven Israeli human rights groups file complaint with military advocate general chief, attorney general regarding what they describe as IDF’s ‘inhumane, appalling treatment’ of Palestinian detainees during Gaza op.”
Israeli soldiers beat a 70-year-old resident of a village near Ramallah on Wednesday morning, witnesses said. The elderly man was identified as Sharif Abed Ahmed Abu Hayya, 70, a Palestinian shepherd.”
Israeli soccer matches were suspended during the assault on Gaza. When the games resumed last week, the fans had come up with a new chant: “Why have the schools in Gaza been shut down?†sang the crowd. “Because all the children were gunned down!â€
What a beautiful country. Surely, I would have to be insane to support that country. RIght?
To be fair, JZ has been to Israel, so none of that that I posted actually happened.
Wait a second, not only has been to Israel, but don’t forget… he’s been on field trips. Therefore, nothing you say is true and everything he spews is wisdom, of course of course.
They need to be able to last the life of the car: 15 years of deep-cycling. ,