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Distinguishing Moslems From Monkeys No Longer Punishable by Death
From IranManiaIranâs Supreme Court has quashed a death sentence for blasphemy against dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, .... Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran University and a disabled war veteran, was convicted of blasphemy by a judge in the western city of Hamedan in November 2002 for calling for a reformation in Iranâs state Shiite Muslim religion. He had said in a speech there that Muslims were not "monkeys" and "should not blindly follow" religious leaders .... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-06-01 |
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