Iran Invites Scholars to Assess Holocaust as History or Fiction

[Gershon]

Iran Invites Scholars to Assess Holocaust as History or Fiction
By NAZILA FATHI
Published: December 6, 2006
TEHRAN, Dec. 5 — The Iranian authorities, who have frequently accused the Jews of distorting history to legitimize Israel, announced plans on Tuesday for an international conference on the Holocaust.
They said the conference, to be held in Tehran next Monday and Tuesday, would include more than 60 scholars from 30 countries and would examine a range of issues, including whether the gas chambers were actually used.
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stirred outrage in the West last year when he stated on several occasions that the Holocaust, in which six million Jews perished at the hands of the Nazis, was either greatly exaggerated or an outright myth. He also called more than once for Israel to be wiped off the map.
Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi said at a news conference here that the seminar flowed from Mr. Ahmadinejad’s comments.
Beyond questioning the Holocaust, Mr. Ahmadinejad has said the Jews have used it as a propaganda tool to promote Israel’s interests. Since several European countries make Holocaust denial a crime, he says scholars there are not free to do honest research on the subject.
Mr. Mohammadi said the conference would “provide the opportunity for scholars from both sides to give their papers in freedom and without preconceived ideas.” He refused to give the names of the 67 scholars invited to attend the seminar out of fear that their countries would prohibit them from coming.
The conference does not mean that Iran “denies the crimes of Hitler,” he added. “Since we are not accused and responsible for the Holocaust, we are an impartial judge.”
The Foreign Ministry is sponsoring the event though its Institute for Political and International Studies, whose Web site says, “The word ‘Holocaust,’ which entered the political literature during the Second World War, turned into one of the most important propaganda tools used to politically justify the support for the Jewish People in the 20th century.”
It invited participants to submit their papers on a range of nearly 30 subjects including the nature of anti-Semitism, Jews in Iran and Islam, Zionism, gas chambers, freedom of speech and how the law treats those who deny the Holocaust.
Mr. Mohammadi dismissed the notion that the seminar could promote anti-Semitism, saying anti-Semitism was a Western phenomenon. The proof for that, he said, was Iran’s community of 25,000 Jews.
The announcement came as foreign ministers of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States — plus Germany met in France to discuss possible sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its nuclear program.
The United Nations had demanded that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program by Aug. 31.

[Yala]

I wish we could put these losers in a gas chamber and then deny that it ever existed.

[1.5 million]

This is a vile and sickening thing. It is making me ill to read.

[Parsi]

I'm a big fan of unrestricted historical and religious debates, but this "Holocaust game" of Ahmadinejadies is clear hypocrisy and the Iranians have had enough of it.

Ahmadinejadies call this "freedom of speech" in a county where simple questions can lead to death sentence.

I can only hope that the "conference" will be as usual a propaganda platform for some fanatics to get together. I'd be very surprised if it produced any valuable and informational outcome. The Iranian regime have a very distinct set of rules for conferences and debates: "We talk you listen...Don't ask the wrong questions...Don't disagree with us..."

[nbarzelay]

And people say that this man's words have been 'distorted'. Well, this is more than enough proof that this lunatic has already made a decision to whether the Holocaust occurred the way that it did. It's somewhat alarming that not enough people pick up on this imbecile calling for 'impartial' investigations into the Holocaust and in the same sentence state that the Holocaust was a myth. Quite illogical.


What is this bull about impartiality anyways? The Iranian regime and Islam in general has made more anti-semitic literature since the paranoia of their prophet Mohammed who wished to G-d to make Jews disappear. All this is presented in the Quran and adjoining literature such as Bukhari and Pickthall.......why haven't more people picked up on this?

Also quite confusing is that Israel was well on its way to being formed prior to the Holocaust evening occurring...

Blaming Jews for never forgetting the atrocities of the Holocaust is seen as a crime to the Iranian (and pan-Arab/near/far-east) regimes. Strange logic, morals and ethics...

[Mediocrates]

They say there was no holocaust and then threaten a new holocaust. In the words of Danny Balint; "If Hitler didn't kill any Jews, why is it you guys love him so much?"

No it's pure nonsense and gibberish and the Iranotards are simply trying to rile people up. It has nothing to do with reality.

Let's have a discussion about the feasibilty of exterminating all Persians everywhere you find them.

[Mil]

Who is invited exactly?

[Mediocrates]

takeo

[Mil]

Takeo's grandparents fought in the Red Army. Nobody from Eastern Europe I assure you would come there.

[nbarzelay]

They say there was no holocaust and then threaten a new holocaust. In the words of Danny Balint; "If Hitler didn't kill any Jews, why is it you guys love him so much?"

No it's pure nonsense and gibberish and the Iranotards are simply trying to rile people up. It has nothing to do with reality.

Let's have a discussion about the feasibilty of exterminating all Persians everywhere you find them.

That's going a bit too far. I know this phrase has been used a lot, but I have a few close Iranian friends and it's more feasible to be friends with Persians than it is with Arabs. Completely different mentality. It's the Persians who Jews used to be close to through long periods in the past, not just 'tolerant'.

Islam is the problem and this should be driven from the world. Perhaps set up a moon base and send them there. Too bad it'll take until about 2020 for that to happen.

Hopefully the democrats (I know, I know, they are useless in many regards) can funnel some money back into space exploration and alternative fuels which hasn't been the case with the wall-eye visioned conservative republican bunch.

Apart from that, who the hell is worried about another holocaust from happening? Israel is strong, not strong enough, but with the new form of nano-tech fighter wasps that are being developed, we will be the new uber-Atlantis of the world......hopefully not to be swallowed by the Med. sea. ;-)

[Mediocrates]

It has little to do with Islam - these 'tards are as Islamic as I am. Oh sure they can quote chapter and verse. But they're not in any real way Islamic or religious or observant. They are delusional. So again, let's have a conference to discuss whether we should exterminate all Iranians everywhere or only all of the Iranians in Iran.

[nbarzelay]

It has little to do with Islam - these 'tards are as Islamic as I am. Oh sure they can quote chapter and verse. But they're not in any real way Islamic or religious or observant. They are delusional. So again, let's have a conference to discuss whether we should exterminate all Iranians everywhere or only all of the Iranians in Iran.

So who are the observant Muslims?

Still don't understand how exterminating all Iranians would fix this problem. You have been quite delusional lately......perhaps avarian flu?

[Mediocrates]

Let's have a nice chat with the folks at the Iranian embassy about how we plan to shoot them all to death the moment they step outside. Let's send an email to their President to that effect. I have no problem with making credible death threats to these people. I want to have a world wide conference on the "Iranian Question" perhaps we can ship off the survivors to Madagascar. Why not? Let's talk about how not if but when we're going to turn Tehran into a glass parking lot.

[Mediocrates]

And then when we're done we can discuss the fiction of the existence of Iranians.

[nbarzelay]

Let's have a nice chat with the folks at the Iranian embassy about how we plan to shoot them all to death the moment they step outside. Let's send an email to their President to that effect. I have no problem with making credible death threats to these people. I want to have a world wide conference on the "Iranian Question" perhaps we can ship off the survivors to Madagascar. Why not? Let's talk about how not if but when we're going to turn Tehran into a glass parking lot.

Bicker bicker bicker, you sound like an old man. Oy veh.

2 words, ph-uk it.