Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Cathedral
BBC News
Aug 31, 2006
The US government has been criticised for granting a visa to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. Some US politicians and a Jewish rights group have protested against the move, saying they consider Iran a threat to the country.
But former President Jimmy Carter is reported to be interested in meeting Mr Khatami, who is making a private visit. The US state department said there were no plans for him to meet government officials.
The US granted the visa on Tuesday despite a looming showdown at the United Nations over Iran's nuclear programme. Mr Khatami is to give a speech at Washington's National Cathedral on Thursday 7 September on the role that Islam, Judaism and Christianity can play in shaping peace.
He will also attend a conference at the UN on promoting dialogue. The leader of the Middle East sub-committee of the House of Representatives is among those in the US opposed to Mr Khatami's visit.
"It is mystifying that we should roll out the red carpet to a person who has incited violence against civilians and who has expressed incendiary rhetoric against the United States and our allies," said Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
The Jewish rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has also criticised the visa. But the Washington Post reported that Mr Carter had agreed in principle to meeting Mr Khatami, and that the possible timing of a meeting was being worked out.
Diplomatic relations with Iran were cut under Mr Carter's presidency following the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
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| Cennydd | Posted: 2006/9/3 2:16 Updated: 2006/9/3 2:16 |
Home away from home   Joined: 2005/10/30 From: Los Banos, CA, Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin Posts: 6862 |
 Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) CaThe National Press Club is a much more appropriate place for Mr Khatami to present his speech, and not the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul....the National Cathedral. A speech such as this doesn't have to be presented in a religious setting, and it would be far less likely to offend anyone. Of course, knowing +John Chane's propensity for stirring up controversy and rubbing it in the faces of those with whom he disagrees, what else can we expect?
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| rossi | Posted: 2006/9/3 10:49 Updated: 2006/9/3 10:50 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2006/6/18 From: Redcar, England Posts: 639 |
Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca Don't understand why they did't invited the leaders of the Al qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah for this meeting. The meeting should be named "MEETING THE ENEMY".
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| bjoyfull | Posted: 2006/9/3 13:43 Updated: 2006/9/3 13:44 |
Just can't stay away  Joined: 2006/3/29 From: Posts: 80 |
Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca As a commment posted on another blog by "Sherri" pointed out:
Quote: I find it ironic that ECUSA finds the Bible offensive to Jews, but not Khatami. and on that same blog this link was posted to see just how "moderate" this Khatami is: [url=http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=111104] TEC is totally insane and out of touch with reality, especially +Chane who is a revisionista acolyte. |
| Anonymous | Posted: 2006/9/3 15:21 Updated: 2006/9/3 15:21 |
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Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca +Chane is fettered to revisionism and that includes bring in *disparate elements* into the Church, hoping that it will distract.
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| Fiona | Posted: 2006/9/3 23:27 Updated: 2006/9/3 23:27 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2005/1/18 From: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 1071 |
Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca Don't understand why they did't invited the leaders of the Al qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah for this meeting. The meeting should be named "MEETING THE ENEMY".
Amen to that Rossi! Fiona |
| Causidicus | Posted: 2006/9/4 11:52 Updated: 2006/9/4 11:54 |
Home away from home Joined: 2005/7/3 From: Posts: 1094 |
Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca This is a perfect opportunity for Chane to render a humble liberal apology to Khatami and all Persians who share his ideology on behalf of the episcopagan cult for the horrible ethnic slur that is the book of Esther. It is, after all, contained in that book of ethnic insensitivity that revisionists as Chane would never read anyway.
Indeed, Haman was simply a misunderstood figure, well ahead of his time in Persian history. He was not a bigotted, murderous, rascist, nor even a mohamedofascist. No, he was simply trying to help simple Esther and her people fit into his world in the way he envisioned for them - a kind man doing a public service,really. Perhaps a statue honoring Haman, along with Chane and Khatami, all hand in hand, bringing their version of peace to the world, should be cast in bronze and either erected in the National Cathedral, or, better yet, the main entrance to the UN headquarters in NYC. |
| Wilhelm | Posted: 2006/9/6 12:58 Updated: 2006/9/6 19:18 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2006/6/19 From: The Colonies Posts: 172 |
Re: Khatami to visit US - Washington National (Episcopal) Ca It's ironic that the US leader principally responsible for the undermining that permitted the violent fall of the Shah of Iran and the ensuing terror and chaos which we'll feel for generations is none other than the man hosting Khatami. As the administration and its think-tanks are well aware of this, it serves to remind us that diplomacy moves in mysterious ways. However, there is no doubt that we do need to establish some form of diplomatic relations. Iran was an entirely different place 30-40 years ago. There was a delightful Anglican Church in Fars where I participated in the Christmas pageant. Unfortunately, we didn't have Sundays off, much to the consternation and upset of the Vicar's wife, who'd been planning a Sunday School - so therefore to delight of every western schoolboy, with thursdays and fridays off, we lived completely unfettered by such proceedings
 . But never the less, the environment was perfectly welcoming and in no way hostile to westerners at the time. There was a growing middle class and their society held much promise. |
