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Tiger Jan
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Thu Nov 17, 2011 06:55 AM PSTYou cracke me up :-) When the Fatwah came out I was living in LA. I went out to get the book and the store was out. I went to several book stores before I managed to get it. But I was in for a surprise.
What a nightmare! I tried REALLY hard to read it. No good; I gave up before long. Then phoned my father who also told me he gave up on it. My father and I are not exactly Islamic! But neither of us managed to get far in that book.
Rushti is either the worst writer I read or rather gave up on. If you want to criticize Islam do it right. Read Kasravi now that is a well written criticism. Besides he was fair and let all of them have it! No wonder he was murdered a great loss to us all.
Iranians worship great literature, which is the reason why
by Tiger Lily on Thu Nov 17, 2011 06:35 AM PSTQomeini unleashed a fatMama on Roshti's terrible writing skills.
Anyway, thank you for the clip: I identify with the packaging and display of treasures, bundled off and around the globe, except for love and devotion: I'm heavily allergic to both.