Rubin on Khatami's visit
If Khatami really cared about a dialogue of civilizations, he would go to Jerusalem, not Washington. I’m reminded of his October 24, 2000, statements on Iranian television: "In the Qur'an, God commanded to kill the wicked and those who do not see the rights of the oppressed… If we abide by human laws, we should mobilize the whole Islamic World for a sharp confrontation with the Zionist regime… If we abide by the Qur'an, all of use should mobilize to kill."
To invite Khatami to the National Cathedral to talk about tolerance is equivalent to inviting David Duke to talk about race relations.
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Exactly right.