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THE SHIAS TODAY
Distorted beliefs must take their toll on the behavior of those who subscribe to them.
The behavior of Shias in turn affects negatively the Islamic nation, which witnesses a rise and wakefulness these days. For many people today, Islam has become synonymous with killing and kidnapping, which is just what the enemies of Islam were hoping for. They [the enemies of Islam] fill the front pages of their newspapers with huge headlines about the latest outrage committed by the "Shia Muslims."

The Fruit of Twisted Beliefs
If a single visit to the grave of an Imam is equal to a hundred Pilgrimages to Mecca and is sufficient to guarantee that a person will enter Paradise, then why bother with Mecca? So the hearts of the ignorant are emptied of love for the Sacred City and for the Pilgrimage.
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The Shias have replaced Sacred House with a grave thus regarding the former with little respect, to the degree that some of them were easily fooled to commit outrageous acts in the Sacred Precincts. They may even be capable of smuggling explosives into Mecca, as they did in 1986 when the plastic explosive C4 was found in the luggage of several Iranian pilgrims. These Iranian Shias can be used to disrupt the pilgrimage in other ways too, as in1987 when they organized demonstrations and riots in which hundreds of pilgrims died.
The Iranians' excuse was to show their opposition to America and Israel. But, literally days after these events, their “opposition” became even more disclosed with the discovery of secret arms deals between Israel and America on the one hand and Iran one the other hand via Israel, with the Jewish state playing the role of middleman and arranging transport of American arms to Tehran.
In January 1983 television viewers in Germany were shown the passport of Sheikh Sâdiq Tabâtabâ’î, which contained an Israeli stamp. German customs officers also seized1.8  kg of heroin from his bags. Tabâtabâ’î arrived in Israel on 6 December, 1980 in order to meet with Joseph `Âzâr, the Israeli contact with the Americans for arranging an arms deal to Teheran. The arms deal between Iran and America was reported in the Herald Tribune,21 in the British news magazine The Middle East,22 and in the Egyptian weekly October.23 Then again, in 1989, a group of Kuwaiti Shias smuggled explosives into Mecca and attacked pilgrims therewith, killing one and injuring others.
The important point here is not to prevent or prohibit somebody from importing arms from whatever source he likes; rather, to show the hypocrisy of the Shias, who threaten
21 23 August, 1981.
22 January, 1982.
23 August, 1983.
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the lives of pilgrims to show their opposition to America and Israel on the same day American arms are being shipped to the “Islamic Republic” via Israel.
All of this is evidence that the old hatred of the Shias manifested in their books has not yet disappeared, it has rather taken its natural and logical course into the modern age.
The distortions of the past, in doctrine and ideology, are ultimately responsible for the rise of such men as Khomeini. So long as these aberrations of belief remain firmly implanted in people's minds, we will continue to be plagued by other "Khomeinis" in the future.
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