Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past

I saw this earlier today.

Some say it's a "smear" campaign by his political opponents. Interesting concept -- smear an anti-Semite by calling him a Jew.

To be honest, I suspect it is a smear but what a lot that says -- the smear is telling in itself.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.  

The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam after his 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.
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