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THEY BURNED THEM ALIVE FOR WATCHING A FILM.
On the evening of August 19, 1978, four men walked into Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran.
They carried cans of fuel. They spread it across the floor while the audience sat watching a movie.
Then they locked the doors from the outside…and set it on fire.
At least 400 people burned to death. Alive. Inside a locked building. Because they were watching a film.
Not because the film was dangerous. But because the cinema itself was considered an insult to Islam. A symbol of Western decadence.
A place where men and women sat together in the dark and were entertained. That was enough.
Since the beginning of 1978, Islamic extremists had already burned down 29 other cinemas across Iran. But those were empty. Cinema Rex was not.
And then came the lie.
Ayatollah Khomeini - who himself had called cinemas “centres for prostitution and the corruption of youth” - immediately blamed the Shah and his secret police SAVAK for the massacre.
Millions of Iranians believed him.
The outrage that followed accelerated the revolution.
The very men who burned 400 people alive used the bodies of their own victims as fuel for their political rise to power.
It took 23 years for the truth to come out.
One of the perpetrators eventually confessed - not out of remorse, but because he could no longer stand watching others receive credit for what he considered the ultimate act of sacrifice for Islam.
And the men behind the attack? Several of them went on to become members of the Iranian parliament.
The judge appointed to the case had ties to the very clerics suspected of involvement. The trial was a theatre. The victims were forgotten. Their names were erased from official calendars. No anniversaries were observed.
The Islamic Republic simply moved on.
This is who we are dealing with.
An ideology that burns people alive for watching a film. That blames its victims for its own crimes. That turns mass murder into a political weapon. That rewards its perpetrators with parliamentary seats.
And this is the ideology that Europe has spent decades tiptoeing around. Appeasing. Protecting from criticism. Calling it racism to name it out loud.
The Iranians know what it costs to get it wrong.
They paid with 47 years…and counting.
We are still pretending we have time to think about it.
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PAKISTAN: Muslim man kidnaps 13-year-old Christian girl and holds her captive for 6 months. She was raped, forced to convert to Islam and marry him.
When her father reported the abduction, the Sharia court granted custody to the kidnapper.
This is Islam.
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🐥: Even after fighting, we gather and talk about why we fought.
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광화문 공연을 함께해주신 모든 분께 감사 인사 드립니다.
안녕하세요, 방탄소년단입니다.
4년이라는 긴 기다림 끝에, 저희 일곱 멤버가 다시 모여 광화문이라는 뜻깊은 공간에서 여러분을 마주했습니다. 저희의 복귀 무대가 무사히 완성될 수 있도록 아낌없는 배려와 응원을 보내주신 모든 분께 감사 인사를 드리고자 합니다.
먼저, 광화문 광장을 저희의 복귀 무대로 품어주시고, 수많은 인파 속에서도 큰 사고 없이 안전한 공연이 될 수 있도록 힘써주신 경찰, 소방, 정부 및 지자체 관계자 여러분께 고개 숙여 감사드립니다.
교통 통제와 소음 등 크고 작은 불편함을 감내해 주신 시민 여러분, 그리고 광화문 일대 상인 및 직장인 여러분께도 진심으로 죄송하고 또 감사하다는 말씀을 드립니다. 저희의 공연을 너른 마음으로 품어주신 그 따뜻한 배려를 결코 당연하게 여기지 않고, 오래도록 가슴 깊이 새기겠습니다.
그리고 무엇보다, 우리의 전부이자 자랑인 사랑하는 아미 !
긴 시간 동안 변함없이 저희를 믿고 기다려줘서 정말 고맙습니다. 광장을 가득 채운 여러분의 함성을 듣는 순간, ‘아, 마침내 돌아왔구나’하는 벅찬 마음이 들었습니다. 그 많은 인원 속에서도 서로를 배려하며 성숙하고 질서 있게 공연을 즐겨주신 여러분의 모습에 저희가 더 크게 감동했습니다. 늘 그랬듯, 여러분이야말로 저희의 가장 큰 자부심입니다. 화면 너머로 같은 마음을 보내준 전 세계 아미 여러분에게도 진심으로 사랑과 감사의 마음을 보냅니다.
이번 광화문 무대는 저희 방탄소년단 일곱 명만의 것이 아닙니다. 안전을 책임져주신 분들의 노고, 시민 여러분의 따뜻한 양해, 그리고 아미의 변함없는 사랑이 모여 완성된 무대였습니다.
여러분이 보내주신 이 큰 사랑과 성원을 잊지 않고, 앞으로 이어질 방탄소년단의 여정에서 더 큰 울림과 좋은 음악을 만들어 나가겠습니다. 오늘의 뜨거웠던 기억이 여러분의 일상에도 오래도록 기분 좋은 선물로 남았으면 좋겠습니다.
저희는 정말, 더없이 행복했습니다.
감사합니다.
2026년 3월 21일
방탄소년단 올림
📊| #BTS_ARIRANG 2026 Records *so far*
- Most wacthed 2026 MV premier on Youtube
- Most viewed and liked 2026 MV in the first 24 hours on Youtube
- 2026 Album with the Most #1´s on iTunes
- 2026 Album with the Most #1´s on Apple Music
- Highest 1st day and weeks sales on Hanteo in 2026
- Group/Asian Act with the Most Pre-saves on Spotify
- The first Kpop album in history to reach #1 on US Apple Music on release day.
- Biggest first day streams for a K-Pop album in Amazon history.
- Album by a K-pop act with the most songs charting on the US Apple Music Chart at the same time.
CONGRATULATIONS BTS
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The reactions say everything: A 19-year-old kid was hanged in Iran for protesting—silence from the left.
A regime leader dies—and suddenly the outrage is everywhere.
Crickets for a kid.
Loud for a regime leader.
Think about that.