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| Iran: Top Cleric Issues Fatwa Against Azeri Journalists |
| 2006-11-30 |
| 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." And the NYT will be all over this! "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. Go get 'em, Reuters! You, too, AP! 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. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #6 Me Grom. Me like bioweapons. Nukes are for pussies. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-30 18:31 |
| #5 Old Patriot, since you are no longer advocating initial use of nuclear weapons, your suggestions for Iran become increasingly attractive. I'd prefer that the Iranian people have a chance to establish a democratic state of their own without all the preceding bloodshed. But, hey, guess what? If the only road to a peaceful Middle East leads through an Iranian wasteland, I'm down with that. Iran has bred up so much of the Middle East's and this entire world's misery that it's time they had a big heaping dose of their own medicine. Whatever it takes to demolish their nuclear weapons program and dislodge the mullahs represents the least amount of force that should be applied. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-30 17:52 |
| #4 The dust of Iran needs to see the footprint of American miliary superiority, and the destruction of anything even remotely associated with islam. Destroy Qom, destroy every mosque, every religious school, and every vestage of the military, especially the "Revolutionary Guards". Pound their ports, destroy their infrastructure, and wipe out "their ruling class". Then stand by to ensure no one goes in to help them rebuild - especially not the UN or any NGOs. Let them eat sand and drink oil. See how well they learn from that. If they don't learn, nuke the entire place until it glows. Point to it as an example when "discussing" the behavior of other islamic states. It's time for the US to sh$$ or get off the pot. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-11-30 17:27 |
| #3 ".. offends the Prophet Mohammed." He musta called Lanky late at night, all PO'd. I hear Qom has a direct line. |
| Posted by: Zoot 2006-11-30 13:20 |
| #2 HEY LANK...........EAT SHIT AND DIE>>and mokhamed too!! When are going to realize YOU ARE INFERIOR!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2006-11-30 13:03 |
| #1 oh the religion of peace and non violence strikes again!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2006-11-30 12:09 |