Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer

[ECH1969]

One of Iran's most senior clergymen has issued a fatwa on an Azeri writer said to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad.

The call on Muslims to murder Rafiq Tagi, who writes for Azerbaijan's Senet newspaper, echoes the Iranian fatwa against Indian writer Salman Rushdie. snip.

They allege that he has ridiculed all the sanctities of Islam and done it knowingly, fully aware of the consequences of his action.

In response, Grand Ayatollah Lankarani is said to have issued a fatwa calling for the death of the writer and also the person responsible for publishing his articles.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6158195.stm

[Roland99]

1. As soon as the Muslim fanatics leave the Dark Ages the world will be better off.

[ECH1969]

2. I didn't think works like those of Rushdie

were that offensive to Islam anyway.

[MGD]

4. If they had their way, we'd all join them in the dark ages.

[seriousstan]

3. I fart in the Prophet Muhammad's direction. Bring on the fatwas.

Dance Muhammad, dance....