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Meanwhile:

artappraiser — Sun, 19 May 2019 02:01:21 +0000

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Meanwhile:

Three Iranian Writers Sentenced To A Total Of 18 Years In Prison https://t.co/XqZemP9GjP
— Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) May 19, 2019

You managed to combine

Peter — Thu, 16 May 2019 13:32:28 +0000

In reply to Oh jeez, get real. All

You managed to combine relativism, apologia and projection into one statement. This must be the snowflake version of taqiya.

Oh jeez, get real. All

ocean-kat — Thu, 16 May 2019 06:46:09 +0000

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Oh jeez, get real. All governments spy, create disinformation, engage in cyberwarfare and lie about it. For example Obama's government along with Israel created Stuxnet and both governments lied about it. I've seen no evidence that Iran's government lies more than any other or that Muslims lie more than Christians. And to top it off, no politician has ever lied as much as Trump.

"The Iranian government

Mahsa — Thu, 16 May 2019 05:50:33 +0000

In reply to New Report Shows How a Pro-Iran Group Spread Fake News Online

"The Iranian government denied any connection to the group."

In Shia ideology this is called "taqiya" and it is a form of worship. They simply lie to keep "the CHOSEN government" going.

Taqiya: is the idea that when one’s life is in danger (i.e. s/he is going to die because of their Islamic belief), one can hide or deny one’s belief in God. Taqiya is rarely practiced by the Sunni Muslims, it was also quite rare at the time of the Prophet to prefer one’s life over confessing one’s Islam. However, taqiya is commonly practiced by the Ayatollahs, as following a fabricated hadith attributed to Imam Jafar Sadiq, they believe that 90% of one’s religion should be taqiya (i.e. hidden from others, secret). The regime can therefore lie about everything. When for example the regime had said that they were not developing nuclear weapons, and later on you realized that they were, it was because they believed in taqiya. They think that by lying about what they do and who they are, they would fulfill their duty to God. For me, the Iranian regime’s belief in taqiya is the symbol of the immoral basis of a politics and a religion that have no potential for reform. How can one expect any truth from them knowing their strong belief in taqiya?

About six months ago,

artappraiser — Tue, 14 May 2019 07:28:49 +0000

In reply to New Report Shows How a Pro-Iran Group Spread Fake News Online

About six months ago, @AmySpiro and I were targeted by fake twitter accounts spreading fake news stories. Now @citizenlab has determined that was part of the efforts of an Iran-affiliated network: https://t.co/tHTKkx09ka
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) May 14, 2019