George Saieg, Christian Savior of Muslim Souls, To Annoy Persians This Weekend in Irvine

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This weekend, over 30,000 people are expected to visit William R. Mason Regional Park in Irvine to celebrate Nowruz, otherwise known as the Persian New Year. There'll be food, dancing, music--and an annoying Christian who thinks all those Persies are heretics in one way or another.

That man would be George Saieg, who heads the Anaheim-based Ministry to Muslims (M2M) Network, who likes to do this sort of thing because he thinks Islam is evil.

"This is an opportunity to share with the thousands of Muslims around us on how they can have a new beginning in Christ," Saieg said in a press release. "We ask you to come and join us, bring your wives and children for an enjoyable time of fellowship and food."

Of course, Saieg is being ham-fisted about his proselytizing as always. Nowruz has nothing to do with Islam but dates back to Zoroastrianism--but, wait! I thought those Muslims destroyed everything that doesn't submit! And yet Persians of all faiths--whether you're Shi'ite or Sunni, Zoroastrian or Ba'hai, Christian or Jew, and even the stray Mithraian--get together to party hardy. By the way, wonder why Saieg isn't trying to convert the non-Muslim, non-Christian Persians who'll attend? That's right: because they'd laugh him out of Mason unlike Muslims, who are ever-polite dealing with idiots.

Speaking of which, Saieg is still alive all these years after claiming Muslims were going to kill him because I erroneously wrote he was a Muslim convert to Christianity. No one should believe anything that comes out of his mouth.

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Ocmama
Ocmama

Mr. Arellano - you have no idea what you are talking about. Seriously. No idea.

Dee
Dee

It seems like you are really in favor of Islam.  Why don't you go live in Saudi Arabia as a journalist and see if you can freely write your opinions, see if your head will not be cut off. I don't know if you retirm alive to give me your opnion.

By the way how much are they paying you?  You are still inisisting to promote false information about George's conversion to Christianity, perhaps that is why you are assuming that everyone else is promoting lies,

For accurate information about what Islam is, please visist www.answeringislam.com

Smashkan
Smashkan

@Dee Islam has many different faces, just like Christianity, Judaism, and any other religion or non-religion. There are those who are extreme and those who take the little good they offer.  If you guys could all learn to just respect each-others opinions then the rest of the world, including us with no specific belief,  would be such a better place to live. But instead you bicker and fight. The human race would benefit from your extinction.

mitch young
mitch young

So that's who all those swarthy, hirsuite men and women were screwing up traffic by UCI.

qdpsteve
qdpsteve

Sorry Gustavo, this guy doesn't sound any worse than the "noexist" guy OCW profiled a couple weeks back IMHO. Fred Phelps is definitely a hater, but this guy? Frustrating and annoying most likely, and I wouldn't blame Persians for avoiding him, but not much else.

In the meantime, if you're going to call anyone who criticizes Islam a 'hater', what do you think of Ayaan Hirsi Ali?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

909Jeff
909Jeff

Speaking of Persians... Have you seen that train wreck of a show the Shahs of Sunset?  It is proof though that Hebrews and Muslims can co-exist but I'm pretty sure someone is gonna bitch slap GG  sooner rather than later... Maybe Asa?  Anyhoo... Reza on the other hand should be happy he's in LA because if her were in Tehran he would be on the receiving end of a nasty stoning... If you're smellin' what I'm stepping in. 

mitch young
mitch young

Are you suggesting the this 'Reza' is putting his body parts in a similar substance?

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