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Originally Posted by mykalberta
FACT: A Holocost celebration in Iran was cheered by every Arab country that doesnt have close ties to the US (Jordan, Egypt, etc) Hmm, interesting, you draw a cartoon and are called a racist, and if you cheer in the streets about the Holocost you are what - everyone who did that should be called a racist.
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I assume you're referring to Al-Quds day, right? While I don't agree with the Iranian stance on Israel, it's important to look at it for what it is and not attach inaccurate hyperbole to it. Al-Quds is a day in support of the Islamic liberation of Jerusalem; they still feel that Jeruselem should be an Islamic city, and the day is a protest to that belief. It's roots are in the revolution, and the overthrowing of the pro-western, pro-reform, Israel/US-backed Shah.
The same man who started that holiday (Ayatollah Khomenei) also issued a Fatwa protecting Jewish and Christian communities within Iran, clearly not the actions of someone who wants the extermination of the Jewish people. The official policy of Iran has been the elimination of Israel as a state, not the extermination of the Jewish as a people. Unquestionably, there are Iranians who celebrate the holocaust, and there are those who doubt that it happened. There are those who feel that exterminating the Israelis is the only way to achieve the goal of liberating Jerusalem. But they are in the minority in Iran. To suggest that all muslims who celebrate Al-Quds are racist... well, that's just misinformed and prejudiced.