President Obama A Victory For Islam?

"If Barack Obama Enters The White House, Islam Will Have Conquered The Heart Of American Civilization."

If Obama and the mainstream media didn't like President Bush's comments about appeasement, they certainly won't like what Menashe Amir says in an interview with IsraCast's David Essing:

How does Iran view the possibility that Barack Hussein Obama, a former Muslim, might win the U.S. presidential election? Menashe Amir, an Israeli expert on Iran, says not only Iran but also the rest of the Muslim world, will view it as victory for Islam. In an interview with IsraCast, Menashe Amir quoted an important Iranian personality who declared: "If Obama enters the White House, Islam will have conquered the heart of American society!" However, President Ahmadinejad has said that he did not believe the U.S. establishment would let Obama win.

"If Barack Hussein Obama wins the U.S. presidential election, Muslims will view it as a victory and forget that he converted from Islam to Christianity" - that's the view of Israeli analyst Menashe Amir. In fact one leading Iranian personality recently said: "If Obama enters the White House, Islam will have conquered the heart of American society." However, President Ahmadinejad expressed concern that the U.S. establishment would not allow the Democratic frontrunner to win the presidential election. On the other hand, the Iranian foreign ministry did not foresee any meaningful change in U.S. foreign policy and that Obama, Clinton and McCain had more or less a similar approach to Iran.

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Amir went on to say the real battle is between Iran, which views itself as the leader of the Islamic world, and Christianity which represents Western civilization. Ahmadinejad and also Ayatollah Khomeini viewed Judaism and the state of Israel as part of Christianity. Moreover, Ahmadinejad has stated: "Wiping Israel off the map will be but the first phase of our confrontation with Western civilization." In Menashe Amir's view, Iran sees Christianity as the main enemy of Islam.

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