Ayatollah Jumps Into Ferguson Fray With #BlackLivesMatter Tweet
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei jumped into the American debate on Twitter concerning police shootings of black criminal suspects. He used the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and #Ferguson to compare the shootings to Israeli “oppression” in Gaza and America’s “hypocritical” behavior towards other nations.
The Almighty God ordered the human beings to struggle against tyranny, corruption, backwardness and poverty. #SolidarityDay #Ferguson 1/8/97
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 20, 2014
When we say we’re
brothers w all Muslims, it’s not a compliment; Muslims are responsible
to help each other & oppressed ppl. #Gaza #Ferguson — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 22, 2014
A black,previously a slave, &his master were made brothers by #Prophet to show that human value isn’t in color/wealth but in piety.#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 22, 2014
#Jesus like all prophets was herald of monotheism& human dignity; nowadays humanity needs this message more than ever.#Ferguson #Gaza 1/1/93 — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 24, 2014
If #Jesus were among us today he wouldn’t spare a second to fight the arrogants&support the oppressed.#Ferguson #Gaza pic.twitter.com/P0N8jmKyQU
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 24, 2014
It’s expected that followers of #Jesus follow him in his fight against arrogants and in his support for the oppressed. #BlackLivesMatter — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 28, 2014
Today,arrogants claim to follow #Jesus but they took the place of tyrants against whom Jesus spent his life to fight. #KillerIsrael 12/27/00
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 28, 2014
Ayatollah Khamenei has been tweeting about race relations in the U.S. since August. As the American media turned the Michael Brown shooting on August 9 in
Ferguson, Missouri into an international news story, Khamenei also tied
it to support for Israel, claiming “it’s the 1% in US who supports
Israel” and that “Zionist domination” was hurting the country:
Is it not a shame for a country that its presidential candidates compete for showing devotion to #Israel in election campaigns? #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 20, 2014
US govt humiliates &
deceives its nation; as Quran says abt Pharaoh: He kept his ppl in
deviance & didn’t allow them to be guided. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 20, 2014
It’s the 1% in US who supports #Israel; American ppl have no interest in wasting their taxes on serving a criminal regime. #Ferguson #Gaza
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 20, 2014
US govt is #unreliable& egotistical; due to Zionist domination over it,US prefers #Israel’s interests 2 that of its nation.10/5/13 #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 19, 2014
Look at how US govt treats black community! It’s not about 50-100 years ago but it’s about today! #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 15, 2014
Racial discrimination’s
still a dilemma in US. Still ppl are unsecure for having dark skins.The
way police treat them confirms it. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 15, 2014
Once Americans realize you’ve sacrificed their interests for #Israel to stay in power a few more days, what’ll they do 2u? 10/1/11 #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 18, 2014
US Pres. says his redline’s #Israel’s security.What draws this redline?National interests or needs of fake Israeli govt?#Ferguson #Palestine
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 18, 2014
Khamenei has not only tied black American discussions to attack
America. On Monday, he used the hashtag #Woundknee — a reference to the
December 29 anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre — to call the
American government “arrogant” and condemn “Western culture.”
Being indifferent to ppl’s lives, colonialists condone crimes against nations and entire humanity; there are many examples. #WoundedKnee — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
Look at the arrogants’ crimes against #NativeAmericans! It is one of the dark points in the history of modern America. #WoundedKneeMassacre
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
Was it not colonialists who killed Native Americans& enslaved millions of Africans?Are these American values? #Ferguson #WoundedKnee 3/18/02 — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
Western culture is an aggressive one.Wherever Westerners went, they destroyed local culture, history& language. #NativeLivesMatter 10/14/12
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
Wherever westerners went, they destroyed local culture, history and language. http://t.co/CEZgOkjpqU #WoundedKnee pic.twitter.com/VmnCYxTOlI — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
Khamenei paused his ramblings to interject a call to “truly honor Jesus’s birthday”:
Contrary to teachings of #Jesus&prophets, arrogants caused corruption to spread, destroyed family, exploited the poor& spread WMDs. 12/28/91
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 24, 2014
On birth anniversary of #Jesus, we see Zionists’ atrocities before which no follower of #Moses, Jesus or #Muhammad (pbut) can keep silent. — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 24, 2014
It’s time for all caring Muslims, Christians & Jews to obey the prophets & truly honor #Jesus‘ birthday by standing up agnst Israeli crimes.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 24, 2014
#Jesus Christ has undoubtedly no less value among #Muslims than his stature in the eyes of those who are fully devoted to #Christianity. — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 28, 2014
Despite the public, international proclamation of support for
Christians, expressing any loyalty to the Christian faith within Iran is
a dangerous endeavor under the Ayatollah. Most prominent among those
condemned to prison for being openly Christian is Iranian-American
preacher Saeed Abedini, who was arrested in 2012 for private meetings in
houses. In 2013, courts sentenced him to eight years in prison due to private religious gatherings in Christian homes. As of January 2014, 49 out of 307 religious minorities in jail are Christians. In July, a judge told a Christian man his lips must be burnt with a cigarette since he ate during Ramadan. Five other men received 70 lashes for not fasting.Khamenei’s account is not verified, but over 91,000 people follow his English account. He thoroughly enjoys attacking America’s alleged “oppression,” but he does not speak about how his country regularly executes open gays or even those believed to be gay. Executions in Iran are widespread and can happen for any number of dubious reasons. The country executed Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, for example, because she killed the man who allegedly raped her. Women must prove her husband is physically abusing her in order to leave the marriage “while a woman seeking a divorce on the grounds of domestic violence must prove that the violence is ‘intolerable.’” Authorities arrested another woman, Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, after she attempted to attend a men’s volleyball match.
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