In a recent speech to the Iranian people celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, President Obama stated that: “Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khameini, has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons.”
This was a complete fabrication. There is no such fatwa and Obama has lied about its existence on more than one occasion.
Last week, at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said that it was time for Iran to reach a decision on “a deal that allows them to have peaceful nuclear power but gives us the absolute assurance that is verifiable that they are not pursuing a nuclear weapon.” He added that “if in fact what they claim is true, which is they have no aspiration to get a nuclear weapon, that in fact, according to their Supreme Leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei], it would be contrary to their faith to obtain a nuclear weapon, if that is true, there should be the possibility of getting a deal.”
Obama was referring to a purported fatwa by Khamenei, declaring nuclear weapons to be “haram,” religiously forbidden under Islamic law. In fact, the president has mentioned the fatwa several times in the past few years, including in his September 2013 speech to the United Nations, for good reason. It is helpful for the U.S. government to point this out since, by the words of its own leader, it would be hypocritical for Iran to push ahead with weapons development.
There’s just one small problem: The fatwa may not exist at all. Although Iranian officials have referred to it repeatedly, it has not been published. By contrast, all of Khamenei’s other fatwas have been. Moreover, Iran has given conflicting dates for its issue, including 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2012.
The nearest thing to an official text can be found on the web page of Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. This version, dated Feb. 19, 2012, declares that “The Iranian nation has never pursued and will never pursue nuclear weapons. There is no doubt that the decision makers in the countries opposing us know well that Iran is not after nuclear weapons, because the Islamic Republic, logically, religiously and theoretically, considers the possession of nuclear weapons a grave sin and believes the proliferation of such weapons is senseless, destructive and dangerous.”
That’s all well and good, but it is not exactly a fatwa. It makes no reference to the Quran or any other Islamic text or tradition, as other religious edicts traditionally do. It reads more like a statement of government policy, and as such, can be changed with the circumstances. In fact, even genuine fatwas can be amended and changed by circumstances.
The devil knows no shame. Look at his forehead, are those bumps horns starting to develop?
My question is when did he ever tell the truth?
Nice presedent
Shame. Lying is a moral failure and punishable by eternal death.
BUFFOON only way to characterize this man. Never before has our country dealt with terrorist and give them what they want, like he has. Only reason I see why is he is MUSLIM to the core of his body. He has proved over and over that he supports the MUSLIM brotherhood and has appointed MUSLIMS to high offices within our government. Why?????? MCPO Navy retired.
MOUTH OPEN—THAT MEANS HE IS LYING—POS ! ! ! ! ! ! !
William—he has been planning the destruction of America from day one–why do you think he has not secured the border–he wants his mooslime brothers to get in with no h$#%&!@*le–obimbo is a lying–mooslime–POS ! ! ! !
William Nabors, Thank you for your Service……I know OBAMA OS a MUSLIM…I truly believe he is a Muslim TERROIST…Who is Trying his Hardest To Turn AMERICA into a Muslim Country!….MUSLIMS are NEVER Satisfied in Just Their Own Countries, Because it is Deeply Rooted in Them To Have Hatred, Violence in their lives against Anyone who isn’t Muslim!…All Of Them Are TERROIST, Including OBAMA..
Hell, he lies to us too. Always. The man has no shame and knows no truth.
You can’t expect anything but filthy delusional lies from a megalomaniac. This jack$#%&!@* should be in a mental ins$#%&!@*ution, NOT the White House. #Congress, get off your $#%&!@*ing $#%&!@*es and arrest this bastard!