If this story is true, it would explain a lot. The Raw Story is reporting that Iranian president Ahmadenijad was born a Jew. They base this on a story published in the British newspaper The Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, Ahmadenijad was photographed holding up his Iranian identity card in 2008. The high-resolution photo revealed that his family changed their name shortly after he was born. At the same time, they renounced their faith and became muslims.
His family's original name was Sabourjian (a Jewish name meaning "cloth weaver"). According to the Israeli publication YNet News, "The name is even on the list of reserved names for Iranian Jews compiled by Iran's Ministry of the Interior."
In a televised debate prior to Iran's last election, Ahmadenijad admitted that his family name had been changed. However, he refused to discuss the matter any further.
The rumor of Ahmadenijad's possible Jewish roots was started when Mehdi Khazali (the son of Ayatollah Khazali) used his blog to call for an investigation of Ahmadenijad's background. Khazali opposed Ahmadenijad's re-election, and was arrested during the demonstrations following Iran's disputed presidential election.
I don't know whether this story is true or not, but if it is it would explain a lot about the Iranian president's rabid hatred of Jews and denial of the holocaust. Ex's are always the most rabid attackers of whatever they used to do or be. It doesn't matter whether it's ex-smokers, ex-drinkers, ex-druggies or as in this case -- ex-Jews.
More than anyone else, ex's seem to be on a righteous crusade to either save or demonize those who won't follow them into becoming an "ex".
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