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(Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati)











Iranian Ayatollah Spits In West's Face Because of Gays

Guess "Brokeback Mountain" won't be playing anytime soon in Tehran's cinemas. A friend forwarded this report on a recently televised hate speech by an Iranian leader. Just one more reminder of why U.S. gays must organize on behalf of our gay brothers and sisters inside the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon at Tehran University, delivered by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the Guardian Council. The sermon was aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV on February 17, 2006.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Western culture and civilization - and especially criminal America - are heading towards a serious collapse.

Crowd: Allah Akbar.

Allah Akbar.

Allah Akbar.

Khamenei is the leader.

Death to those who reject the rule of the Jurisprudent.

Death to America.

Death to England.

Death to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e Khalq] and Saddam.

Death to Israel.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: The Koran tells us about the Jews in the early days of Islam: "They destroyed their homes with their own hands, and with the hands of the believers." It says: With their very hands and with the hands of the believers they are destroying their homes. This is exactly what is happening now. They destroying their homes with their hands and with ours.

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You have made homosexuality official and legal. I spit in your face. The world should be ashamed of your deeds. Humanity should be ashamed. Your shamelessness should cause humanity to sweat in shame. A boy marrying a boy...

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People are prepared to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the Prophet. There is no doubt about it. We've sacrificed so many martyrs. You insult him...

Crowd: Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Death to America.

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: You have trampled everything underfoot.