Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Thirty Years On, Thirty Years Hence
Yes, the Iranian Revolution drew deeply both on Shi'ism and on the very ancient Persian culture.
But in a society which has dug up and burnt its own roots, the hole is both even bigger and even easier to fill.
Perhaps you really are al-Qa'im, the Hidden Imam?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, there's a post at Harry's that needs your attention, old thing...whta would your policy be?
Keep up the good work!
Though I say so myself, I am hardly hidden.
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