ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊1d ago

So there is a right-wing dude on CNN saying that for 47 years, #Iran had a desire to bring about the end of the world with a nuclear weapon.

I just have to point out that the last leader had a fatwa (religious rule) against such.

From everything I have seen and read, that is a brutally oppressive regime. But still, some people seem to be flat-out lying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatwa_against_nuclear_weapons

Fatwa against nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

Show threadHänzi Pōtter1d ago
@dalfen it's not entirely false (about end of times). The Iranian Islamic revolution saw Khomeini (first Supreme leader) as first of 3 harbingers to bring end of times (the other two were to be from sham/syria [i.e. hizbullah] and Yemen [I.e. houthis]). The religious theory outlines say to bring destruction to #mecca in Saudi, where then Muslims will have to March under the banner of #AlMahdi into #jerusalem to pray in #alaqsamosque. Doesn't have to be via nukes though.
Show threadHänzi Pōtter
@dalfen needless to say that's this is the view of some of Shia Muslims. Sunni Muslims (majority in Arab and other countries) do not share the same view. Shia had developed an extensive eschatology that sunni Islam didn't bother to develop. That doesn't negate the fact that some people in power are trigger happy and itching to jump-start end of times 🙈
Apr 7 at 7:05amWeb
Show threadˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊1d ago
@hszakher Oh yes. And I see it here too, but in different ways (see my other post).