DAR AL ISLAM - IRAN: ERASING IRANS BRUTAL CONQUEST BY MOSLEM ARABS

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BY DARIUS KADIVAR
Presidential Decree Orders destruction of Tomb of Persian National Hero Firuzan

The tomb of Firuzan commonly known as Emamadeh Abu-lolo (or Abu Lulu) in Kashahn, Isfahan province is being destroyed by decree of the Islamic Republic of Iran's President Ahmadinejad. Following a Cultural Policy coherent supported since the victory of the Revolution back in 1979, where anything deemed 'Taghouti' aka 'Royalist' or particularly not deemed 'Islamic' should be wiped out. After the green light given to construct the Divand Dam that will hurt some of the major sites of archeological and historical interest, another Presidential decree will be applying another of its disasterous actions to further hurt Iran's cultural legacy for future generations.

A large crowd of Iranians gathered outside the governor's office on Tuesday, June 26th, to voice their objection regarding the destruction of the Iranian heritage, and a shrinewhich was one of the symbols of Iranian resistance against the Arab invaders in 7th century CE, and to some, a Shia and a revered Sufi.

Umar al-Khattab, the second Moslem Caliph was put to death by Firuzan in 645 CE. It is said that Firuzan was a POW captured after the fall of Ctesiphon in what is today known as Iraq, and sold as a slave. A parvenu Arab leader called Mughira ibn Shu’ba bought him and took him to Medina in Arabia for slavery work.

Most probably Firuzan was a Zoroastrian (by some accounts he was a priest), as the majority of Iranian were at the time of Arab occupation of Iran in 7th century.

“His [Firuzan] action was in response to atrocities that were committed by Arab-Muslim invaders in Iran, which resulted in massacre, rape, looting of our country – we Iranians never forgot nor forgive their crimes against us”, said one of the protestors.

Some Arab, as well as committed Muslim historians, in order to undermine Firuzan’s bravery and heroism have claimed (ultimately all derived from Ibn Shihab account) that he murdered Umar after an argument over the tax levy.

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