Wednesday March 1, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday at 11:01 local time in Iran, 600 miles south of Tehran, an earthquake struck. It measured 5.8 on the Richter Scale.

When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Iranian religious leadership was quick to claim that it was Allah's wrath that was wreaking havoc on George Bush and on American sinners.
I have yet to hear the Muslim justification of yesterday's earthquake.
Actually, this was just one of many quakes to hit Iran and I have never heard a Mullah claim that the earthquakes wreaking havoc on Iranians are Allah's way of exacting vengeance on Muslims for their impure acts.

Look at the numbers:
February 2005 an earthquake registering 6.4 killed 612 Iranians.
December 2003 an earthquake registering 6.6 killed 23,000 Iranians and totally destroyed the ancient city of Bam.
Yesterday’s epicenter was only 80 miles away from an urban center.

These are quakes that could easily be turned into mythic lore and legend.
Maybe, just maybe, Allah was sending Iran a message.
Maybe Allah was warning Iran to conform to international nuclear inspections.
Or else.