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The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a worldwide fame simply because of mainly three factors. First, he is the President of Iran with its nuclear controversies which the US regards as among the axis of evil besides North Korea. Second, he speaks bravely against the US, the only world superpower of everything: economy, military and, no less important, the media. Third, he speaks controversially against the state of Israel and partially the Jews–the mogul of world media. You need to have those three “lucky” factors to enable you getting a global media headlines every now and then.
His visit to the US, his speech at the UN and Columbia university naturally become the media attention to no end. American and the West opinion about him and Iran are well known. Even the relatively moderate conservative blogger like Glenn Reynold sings the same tune with the rest. A liberal left like Juan Cole is an exception, but his opinion is marginal in American media.
As I wrote earlier, as far as non-Western countries goes, Ahmadinejad is a popular figure. I wrote back then when he visited Indonesia the reason as to why this happens, among which is because he represents the weaks community against the powerful (US and the West). And..
In the psychology of the weak thesis, Ahmadinejad emerges as a symbol of resistance. They see him as an oracle against the superpower who has done injustices and oppression, as though the US is invincible. For Iranian people particularly, following the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatullah Khomeini, America is not an invincible superpower.
… the world is on the verge of a new conflict which will be much worse, while the ongoing violences are still prevalent in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and some other places.
It seems still a long way to go to make closer understanding between two different world. Ahmadinejad and Iran vis a vis Western opinion is a good case in point. We in the East and they in the West simply want to hear the voice that suit our interest, not each other supposed to be shared values: emphaty, sincerity and mutual respect. There is no way a healthy dialog could be established in such an environment.
September 26, 2007 at 10:32 pm
like david and goliath, muslim people right now under pressure USA, European and Israel. The west country try to keep under resources such as oil, gas and others. This not islam vs christian war but economic war for gain control resources. Why USA agressed Irak ? with reason WMA but not proved until now? main reason is oil not for saddam. Why the west country guard Israel because they want the arabic busy to serve Israel. This a dirty politics.
September 27, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Ahmad dinejad represent minority? sort of strange, because his party in Iran is a regime, a shi’i regime that supress the sunni (according to the sunni). Ask the Iranian minority such as the Balucchi, who lives in the border between Iran and Pakistan, how they like Mr. Dinejad. They think the president don’t care about his own nation and only try to gain popularity from foreign diplomatic.
this is why i was surprised that Indonesian loves him very much, his profile and biography is well spreaded everywhere. The fact that most of Indonesian are sunni is a bit contradictive, no?
but heck, what do i know..
September 28, 2007 at 8:49 am
why are so many of your blog ads (on the right) in support of Israel?
I hope you haven’t sold out!!
September 29, 2007 at 11:22 am
if time allows, i even want to put various links to other sites which discuss this stuff those who agree and disagree with me. my opinion stays in one isle and i fully appreciate opinions of those from another isle. that’s the beauty of healthy debate, dont you think.
October 26, 2007 at 7:39 am
I do not see any religion based principles in Islam for discouraging and hating other ethnics, races or even nations.
If somebody, let say Mr. Ahmadinejad can strongly and outspokenly speaks against Israel or USA, he may easily do the same for the others when the others have been found later on sitting in different bench with him.
I tend to see that the story about USA or Israel in middle east perspective is fully politic interests rather than historically related to religion.
January 23, 2009 at 7:28 am
Jangan pernah menghina saudara kita yang mengatakan Allah adalah tuhan saya dan Muhammad adalah Nabi utusan Allah, walaupun dia dari syiah, suni, jabariyah….Baca Surat Alhujurat Kalo anda benar-benar seorang muslim atau muslimah