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Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets people as he visits the Al-Hussein mosque, named after Prophet Mohammed's grandson Hussein ibn Ali, in old Cairo on Feb. 5, 2013. Ahmadinejad was both kissed and scolded on Tuesday when he began the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
CAIRO -- Egypt's security arrested four men who were protesting outside a Cairo mosque, where the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was praying.
The men, including a Syrian, belong to the ultra-conservative Sunni Salafist movement.
One man threw a shoe at Ahmadinejad, a Shiite, who was never in any danger.
The Al-Hussein Mosque is revered by Shiite Muslims, who are widely disliked by conservative Sunni Muslims, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi was previously a member of the Brotherhood.
Many Sunni Muslim groups have denounced the Iranian president’s visit to Cairo and have called on Egypt’s government to prevent Ahmadinejad from visiting any religious sites that are significant to Shiite Muslims.
Ahmadinejad met with Sunni Islam's most senior scholar at Al Azhar shortly before he went to pray at the Al-Hussein Mosque.
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Off with their heads!!!! No No wait!!
Give them all medals!!!!
"A shoe, he has given us a shoe!" "No, a gourd, he has given us a gourd!" (For Monty Python fans)
Too bad it didn't hit him....he is a real heel....and we all know the man has no sole....
Shoe bomb was my thought also
Lets carpet bomb the whole area with Shoes.
norm903
"Pilate wants to see you!"
They should have thrown handgranades.
If they would have thrown Shaqs' shoe it would have taken his head off.
What? No tomatoes?
Hillary must be special - she had shoes and tomatoes thrown at her last year while there
Arrested? What was it they did wrong again?
What a bunch of @ssholes over there. Yeah I know the whole shoe thing. They're still a bunch of @ssholes. Please blow yourselves up,
John Athondoe: "Pilate? What does he want to see me for?" hee hee
"The men, including a Syrian, belong to the ultra-conservative Sunni Salafist movement. One man threw a shoe at Ahmadinejad, a Shiite, who was never in any danger."
What is this unIslamic act?
Sunni Salafis threw shoes on Iranian President, Mahmoud instead of throwing bombs.
As per Sharia Laws, all the guilty Sunni Salafis shold be punished.
Shoes and Mahmoud must be most unIslamic act too!
In many middle eastern countries throwing a shoe at a person is like calling him a liar and a criminal. It is an expression of disgust and hate. But, it might have been more advisable to have thrown a hand grenade.
They will Jacob007, right after you do it first.
If the shoe fits, throw it.
...how 'bout a wet sneaker?
Sort of like president Bush - strange.
Nice isn't it.....
Here we have someone "Democratically elected", backed by this administration and elected by the Muslim Brotherhood, has the Iranian El Presidente, backer of most of the ME problems, for a "State" visit. Both have grand visions for Israel and the West.
I wonder what "agreements" these two are cooking up. Maybe the Iranian El Presidente just wanted to get a closer look at the recently received F-16s given to Egypt.
Where is the condemnation statement from the Secretary of the State ? Oh, he is busy with a metal detector looking for his medals he threw over the White House fence.
How dare President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad try to take honors first bestowed on our revered President Bush 43. It's a slap in the face to American neocons everywhere. God'll get you for that. We don't want to hear any of that "Allah" crap while you still have Arab toe-jam and sand in your mouth.
G.W. took Saddam's personal weapon for dissing his Daddy. Just wait til Jeb takes over the White House. He will take your 20 virgins for this rabid insult to his brother.
Previously???
Other than this one teeny thing, it's so very nice to read a feel good warm and fuzzy story...sigh...☺
Too bad there wasn't a suicide bomber in the crowd.
Could nut have happened to a nicer guy! Wish it had been a steel toed size 10 combat boot between the beady eyes!
Good afternoon, Ed.
A happy thought worth repeating!!! ☺
Greetings chef! You are right. It is worth repeating!
should have threw a "SHOEBOMB" or just a granade !
norm903
"I don't know , I think he wants to know which way you want to be crucified!"
I remember from when Bush got a shoe thrown at him, that showing the bottom of your shoe to somebody in the Muslim community is just about the most offensive and disrespectful thing that can be done. Ahmadinejad has killed people for less in Iran, wonder what Morsi will do.
I am not a Bush fan but his reflexes were pretty sharp with multiple shoe throws. That was the most focused and intense eyes he had in his whole 8 years as President........
He used to be a cheerleader. Had lots of practice with thrown shoes from the stands.
seven2seven and commonsense, sometimes i regret allowing my eye to fall on the comments here because they are so stupid and venomous. however, you guys made me feel just the opposite today. well done! you are both on a roll. thanks.
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A shoe thrown at you, that's one thing. But 10B in lawsuits, that's quite another.
FOUR people arrested for ONE shoe thrown? Guilty by association, I guess..??
I guess they are so poor in Egypt that the four guys had to share the shoes! Now they will find out who was wearing it at the time.
Shoe might might have been a stolen one!
Working hard and buying by paying monies are against Sharia Laws.
its just grandstanding and all will be punished, Morsi has no choice or he will seem weak and will not last the next six months.
have you ever looked at both morsi and a-jad in the face they both have a " I sniffed to much paint look "
Not the Paint; but the Camel and Sheep Dung they smoke.
Throwing shoes means you have money and possibly a job; high class. Poor ones throw rocks.S o one must put this in perspective. The guy has connetions and money to be able to throw a shoe.
Taking bets on who is better at dodging shoes. George W. Bush vs. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
You can't compare Bush and a Mahmoud!
Bush is certainly the winner!
Bush was born for those shoe moments.
That's right, don't mess with Texas!
I wonder if a thrown flip-flop would be a misdemeanor and a steel toed boot a felony???
If the shoe fits..
... you must acquit!
let us hope this is the beginning of an Iranian Spring! The PEOPLE must rise up and BOOT this guy O U T!
His term as President is over come middle of June, and he cannot serve a 3rd term. Look for him to nominate a "Medvedev" to continue his "Putin".
"The Al-Hussein Mosque is revered by Shiite Muslims, who are widely disliked by conservative Sunni Muslims, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood."
Sunni Islamic extremist Muslim Bloodhounds have a long a way to go!
Pakis and Saudis have better ways of handling the minority sect Muslims.
Sunni Pakis are after Ahmedias, Sufis (fake love and dance Islamic soap opera people), Shiites (20 percent), Hazaras, and Baloochs and other minority sects/tribes.
Shiites, Sufis, Ahmedias and other minority sects/tribes people are blown up while they pray in their mosques on Fridays. And even hospitals are bombed to kill those injured.
Saudis also just bulldoze such mosques
Jonathan - Most of us know all that stuff about them. Almost none of us give a flyin' flip about them or theirs.
akiwak: Despite knowing about Islamic extremist haters and killers, why do we keep them alive?
Where was the need for 1991 Iraqi war to save the Kuwaiti ruler with 65 wives and fix his golden toilet?
Was it not foolish to station the US troops without Bible to save the most barbaric and beastly House of Saud and their 5000 princes and princesses?
If people had opposed right then, there would not have been the mess we are in.
Just look at the picture and see how people are actually welcoming him. I think Americans should spend their time studying the white paper that made it possible for their own government to kill them using drones!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have reviewed the summary of the 50 page memorandum, I would read the 50 page document if it was available to me. The only two Americans that were killed by drone strikes lived in Yemen and were undeniably terrorists, even by their own admission in several videos in which they called for the killing of westerners around the world and in the fatwahs they wrote. If you are against those drone strikes, that's your right. I for one am glad those strikes occured. Do you think it's better if we have a loophole in our system that allows any American citizen free reign to commit any sort of terrorism they please? It wouldn't be long before terrorists would be sending their dozens of wives here to give birth. No matter how much fear you would like to stir up, according to the document, your everyday Joe is not a legitimate target for a drone strike. Everyone is worried "what if the Government lies and kills someone who isn't really a terrorist." Well if that's your concern, why would the existence of this document matter at all since the government could potentially make up any sort of lie to kill whoever they want within the bounds of your hypothetical. We've seen police officers do it, I'm sure the CIA could pull it off too. This document is nothing but a distraction.
riverboy 21, do you think it's a far fetched idea that since we now have drones flying here in america and the pos,potus has the authority to kill american citizens with drone strikes that he has deemed enemies of the state soon he will find enemies of the state here in america trying to overthrow the government that might require a drone strike? maybe even at your house.
Brian, you're tin foil hat is too tight.
You people trust the government too much.
Is it not a blasphemy to throw shoes at Mahmoud?
This case is worse the video on Mahmoud.
There should be protests and Sunni vs Shiites riots all over the world!
seems to me that "Ecstasy", who is probably not an American, and, if so, is decidedly anti-American, has good and substantial reason to point out how adoring the hired goons around A-jad are, and how dangerous it is -- to him, personallt -- to give the government the authority to kill terrorist enemies.
Janet Reno didn't need drones at Waco or Ruby Ridge...
If a person wants to be a traitor to this country, then good riddance.
does this mean we can use a drone to attack Hanaoi jane for her attrocities in Viet Nam? Its about 40 years too late, but better late than never
I bet the shoe thrower was Jewish....opps sorry the Mossad just outright kill.
In this case the disdeed would be forgivien.
Live interview...."Hey Mahmoud....hey Ahmed, come over here....President Obommer loves you guys, he wants to give you jobs...aren't you happy President Obommer is supporting you...?"
"Tell president Obama to go pound sand, we started this and we will finish it."
Obama tried to "pound sand", but, his head was already firmly implanted!
So, old time democrat, when did you change? In the '60s?
Why couldn't all the protestors taken up donations and went bought up every shoe in a shoe store and threw every single of them at him.
Those guys by shoes like three to a box or bag, two for wearing of course and one for throwing.
The poor ones just throw rocks.
To bad it didn't hit him....he's a real heel....and we all know he has no sole.....
There may be hope for Egypt yet!
can you imagine the smell coming from that shoe?...interesting
Ooha, ooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell?
Free Bird! Free Bird!
Don't stop the shoe throwers! Let the midget eat a couple of slippers fool! And let fable farce Morci chow down on a stinken boot too!
It was John McCain who threw the shoe.
He must be a racist or something....
Imagine if someone throws a shoe at Obama when he visits the middle east later this year! Can you say predator drone strike?
If you ever see these guys again, and that is doubtful, they wont have any feet!
They will probably cut his foot off now that he doesn't need it any long since he threw his shoe away. Silly muslins.
Dance puppets, dance
He was afraid to say he looked like monkey. So he used his shoe.
i guess the monkey got back from space!
Damn Middle East!
So Imanutjob had a shoe thrown at him. Too bad it did not hit him. That would have been funny. Of course I am sure the progressives are upset about this considering how they defended him yesterday.
Shoe fly shoe.
The crowd should have been careful as monkeys are known to throw their @!$%# at you.
I had no idea John McCain had such a good arm!