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| Cell phone company in Iran apologizes for insulting companion of Mohammad |
| 2013-07-23 |
| Irancell has apologized to Sunni Muslims for a mobile phone competition seen as insulting to Muslim caliph and the Prophet Mohammad's companion Umar bin al-Khattab. The second largest mobile operator in Iran had sent its subscribers a quiz question deemed offensive to Sunni Muslims, Iran Daily Brief website reported Monday. The telecom operator asked its subscribers: "Which judge was deceived by the Devil during the time of (the first Shiite Imam) Imam Ali?" The two answer options given were: A) Sharih Qazi, the Sunni arbiter of Kufa city, in the first century of Islam. B) Umar bin al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph. Shia don't like Umar, aka Omar, aka Caliph Omar, for a number of reason, e.g., he killed some Shia heros like Ali. The reference to the devil and Umar is from a hadith that can be understood in several ways, one of which is that Omar was deceived by the devil. |
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