.IRAN: TOP CLERIC ISSUES FATWA AGAINST AZERI JOURNALISTS
Qom, 30 Nov. (AKI) - One of Iran's leading conservative clerics, Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, has issued a fatwa - religious edict - in which he sentences to death two Azeri journalists, Rafegh Taghi and Samir Sedaghatoglu. "It is the duty of every good Muslim to help the execution of this fatwa," wrote on his website the cleric, who is based in the holy Shiite city of Qom.
Rafegh Taghi, an editorialist for the newspaper Senet, published in Baku in the republic of Azerbaijan, is considered guilty of having offended Islam and its Prophet Mohammed in an article called 'Us and Europe' which Lankarani slammed as "clearly offensive to Islam" because it talks about "the superiority of Europe compared to the Middle East .. it considers Islam inferior to Christianity .. offends the Prophet Mohammed."
Samir Sedaghatoglu, the paper's publisher, has instead been charged with "not forbidding the apostate to offend Islam."
"Those who commit such acts are guilty of apostasy if they were born Muslim and are guilty of offending Islam if they are infidels," the ayatollah also said.
The edict echoes the Iranian fatwa against Indian writer Salman Rushdie issued in 1989 by Ayatollah Rouhollah Mussawi Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
An Azerbaijani court has sentenced the writer Rafiq and his publisher to two months in jail for an article which was illustrated by the same cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad originally published in Denmark that caused outcry in the Muslim world.
ADNKI
Well for me this is like pennies from heaven, sort of. You see we got this comment today, sort of, Bush is evil, Alnutjob the Iranian president is offering peace, and we should take his offer. you can go read it for yourself at the link. To tell you the truth I was kind of tired, and didn't want to waste the time trying to explain, you know, the facts of life. But now, all I'm going to do is post a link to this story as an answer to that comment.
No sweat at all.
Oh and welcome to the blog.
You want to surrender to these people for the promise of a peace, well just be forewarned about the fine print in the deal. Read it carefully before you commit.
You will be expected to comply with every last little caveat, on penalty of death. That is what they call "peace".
Just sign here_______________ and we can help you close the deal.
Rafegh Taghi, an editorialist for the newspaper Senet, published in Baku in the republic of Azerbaijan, is considered guilty of having offended Islam and its Prophet Mohammed in an article called 'Us and Europe' which Lankarani slammed as "clearly offensive to Islam" because it talks about "the superiority of Europe compared to the Middle East .. it considers Islam inferior to Christianity .. offends the Prophet Mohammed."
Samir Sedaghatoglu, the paper's publisher, has instead been charged with "not forbidding the apostate to offend Islam."
"Those who commit such acts are guilty of apostasy if they were born Muslim and are guilty of offending Islam if they are infidels," the ayatollah also said.
The edict echoes the Iranian fatwa against Indian writer Salman Rushdie issued in 1989 by Ayatollah Rouhollah Mussawi Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
An Azerbaijani court has sentenced the writer Rafiq and his publisher to two months in jail for an article which was illustrated by the same cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad originally published in Denmark that caused outcry in the Muslim world.
ADNKI
Well for me this is like pennies from heaven, sort of. You see we got this comment today, sort of, Bush is evil, Alnutjob the Iranian president is offering peace, and we should take his offer. you can go read it for yourself at the link. To tell you the truth I was kind of tired, and didn't want to waste the time trying to explain, you know, the facts of life. But now, all I'm going to do is post a link to this story as an answer to that comment.
No sweat at all.
Oh and welcome to the blog.
You want to surrender to these people for the promise of a peace, well just be forewarned about the fine print in the deal. Read it carefully before you commit.
You will be expected to comply with every last little caveat, on penalty of death. That is what they call "peace".
Just sign here_______________ and we can help you close the deal.
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