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November 27, 2006
Iran: Cleric Authorizes the Murder of Journalist
The cleric is following the example of Muhammad, who ordered the murder of his critics: Iran cleric calls for the murder of Azeri journalist
Tehran (AsiaNews) - The fatwa pronounced against Salman Rushdie is not the only example of how Iran's Shia clergy claims the right to exert extra-territorial jurisdiction. A few days ago an Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Morteza Bani Fazl, said that Rafik Taghi, a journalist in Azerbaijan, should be killed and as an encouragement he has offered a house he has inherited from his father as a reward. Mr Taghi is accused of insulting Muhammad in an article published by Azeri paper Sanat, under the influence of "Western powers".The ayatollah has also demanded that Azerbaijian apologises to the world's Muslims and take repressive measures against the paper and the writer.
Azerbaijian might not react to such calls, but they are bound to have unpredictable consequences in Iranian Azerbaijan, already shaken by popular unrest in May 2006 after the publication of an anti-Azeri racist cartoon in a Farsi-language newspaper.[...]
Thanks to reader "Giussani" for the link.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 27, 2006 5:40 PM
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More background on this....
http://en.rian.ru/world/20061116/55698541.html
AKU, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office ruled Thursday that the chief editor of a local newspaper be jailed for two months for insulting the Prophet Mohammed in a November 1 article.
Earlier, Western mass media reported that the article, titled "Europe and Us," in the small-circulation newspaper Senet, accused Islam of standing in the way of humanity's development and said that the Prophet Mohammed was responsible for all the misunderstandings concerning the Muslim religion.
Prosecutors said the article's author, Rafiq Tagi, will also be jailed for two months.
The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office earlier said that the chief editor, Samir Sedagetoglu, and Tagi will be charged with inciting ethnic, racial or religious hatred through the mass media.
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