World’s leading anti-Semite is… a Semite?

Hoax alert: It has come to my attention this information was not accurate. See the Guardian article here – Ahmadinejad is not a former Jew after all. (HT Ironman)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The genocidal maniac formerly known as Sabourjian.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Ahmadinejad’s parents were Sabourjians until converting to Islam after little Mahmoud’s birth.

The Sabourjians traditionally hail from Aradan, Mr Ahmadinejad’s birthplace, and the name derives from “weaver of the Sabour”, the name for the Jewish Tallit shawl in Persia. The name is even on the list of reserved names for Iranian Jews compiled by Iran’s Ministry of the Interior.

Jews in Iran have reserved names?

A London-based expert on Iranian Jewry said that “jian” ending to the name specifically showed the family had been practising Jews.

When Ahmadinejad threatens to drive the Israelis into the sea two or three times tomorrow, we now know that he is trying to hide something. J. Michael Waller at Political Warfare wonders what else Ahmadinejad could be trying to hide:

Now . . . Ahmadinejad says there are no gays in Iran. Might he be overcompensating for something else? Inquiring minds want to know.

Can anyone else name an anti-Semitic, genocidal dictator who had Jewish roots himself?