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Don't give me this trash Babak

I stated my case very clearly and could not see anything relevant in your response. Please read my comment again and try to address the points that I raised instead of this irrelevant nonsense.

Divaneh, Still you

Divaneh,

Still you embaress me with your simple mindedness, and with typical Iranian style trashing your opponnet with your paranoia and and unfair low blows.  Would you show the line that you are reading in Savalan's writing that I can not read then I will be the first to admit i am wrong. Your paranoia is something is that any dictatorship wnats the people to hear:

1.  If somebody has any interest in his mother language and culture and music or his religion then he is a seperatist.

2.  Anybody who believes in women's rights then he is trying to turn Iran to a whore house.

3.  Anybody who talks about injustices and poverty then he is a communist.

4.  If you oppose a war then you are unpatriatic and you are siding with the enemy.

whilst condemning the religious extremism of Islamist Fascists

Who led to this man's murder, for no other reason than daring to speak his mind, let us not forget to avoid falling into the trap of petty nationalistic ideologies, be it Pan Iranist, pan turk, pan arab, pan kurd, pan balooch, etc.

The differentiating factor between Iranian Turks, Fars, Kurd, arab, Balooch, Turkman, gilaki, etc is not their language, but the brutal suppression of majority of all these ethnicities, by a small minority formed of all these ethnicities, in the name of government of shiat allah on earth... 

The differentiating factor is oppressor and oppressed, which knows no ethnic/linguistic barriers...

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

I read Savalan's comment before my responce

There is no need for you to read it for me again. I don't think there is any reason for you to be ashamed of what I say, but if we can shame each other then I am ashamed of your simple mindedness.

I know what Savalan is trying to say by reducing this to Iranian cleric and the Azari writer. You have to read between the lines. He is trying to muddy the water to catch the separation fish in there. He keeps going on about Iranian vs Azaris, as if Azaris are not Iranians.

And what the hell is South Azarbaijan? Does it mean that the fake Azarbaijan (Aran) is the North Azarbaijan? Next, I am sure he claims that the two Azarbaijan have to join each other.

This was a very sad event but those in the pocket of the dictatorship on our North, should not try to mislead people.

And you Babak, are better to know that many want to break our country into small little parts that can be more easily managed by West and Saudis. Watch the language of these people carefully in the future.

Diavaneh, your response to

Diavaneh, your response to Savalan is irrational and very typical Iranian, you made me be ashamed.

This is what Savalan wrote and so beautifully:

Sword against pen, torture and persecution against free speech and freedom of thought: this is the way of custodians of darkness; this is the natural extension of the inquisition and heresy tribunals of the medieval age, now revived under the cover of Islam and by Muslim fundamentalists. The guardians of the inquisition spilled the blood of another writer: Rafiq Tagi. He was a prominent Azerbaijani writer and intellectual whose views ran counter to the official and fundamentalist interpretations of Islam by Iranian mullahs.

In the wake of his criticism of Islamic fundamentalism, an Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, issued a death fatwa against Rafiq Tagi and openly called for his execution. On November 19th, Tagi was repeatedly stabbed in his hometown of Baku by an unknown assailant, and passed away four days later on November 23. Tagi was not the first writer to be killed by the enemies of freedom of expression; nor will he be the last. Nevertheless, just as the dark era of medieval inquisition-and the Iranian Pahlavi dictatorship- came to an end; so too will this one. No political regime, no matter how brutal and dictatorial, can silence the voice of dissent. Nor can they extinguish the desire for freedom.

PEN South Azerbaijan (Iran) in Exile strongly condemns the killing of Rafiq Tagi and considers it a heinous crime against humanity. We stand in solidarity with all writers, individuals, groups and organizations in the fight against censorship, dictatorship and fundamentalism.

PEN South Azerbaijan (Iran) in Exile

Correcting Savalan

Savalan insertion that this great Azari writer was killed on the order (fatwa) of an Iranian cleric, misses a little fact that could be treated as very important in the circle of him and his like minded friends. THE CLERIC WAS A NATIVE AZARI. From his biography on Wikipedia:

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (1931 in Qom, Iran — June 16, 2007 in Qom, Iran) was an Islamic Iranian cleric. He was student of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. He was an ethnic Azeri.

Lankarani was born in Qom, Iran. Both of his parents were immigrants. His father was an Azeri-speaking native of Soviet Azerbaijan who studied in Najaf and Qom and eventually settled in the latter.

Hence why he had followers in Aran (fake Azarbaijan).

And they broke another pen, to keep the oppression alive...

Sword against pen, torture and persecution against free speech and freedom of thought: this is the way of custodians of darkness; this is the natural extension of the inquisition and heresy tribunals of the medieval age, now revived under the cover of Islam and by Muslim fundamentalists. The guardians of the inquisition spilled the blood of another writer: Rafiq Tagi. He was a prominent Azerbaijani writer and intellectual whose views ran counter to the official and fundamentalist interpretations of Islam by Iranian mullahs.

In the wake of his criticism of Islamic fundamentalism, an Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, issued a death fatwa against Rafiq Tagi and openly called for his execution. On November 19th, Tagi was repeatedly stabbed in his hometown of Baku by an unknown assailant, and passed away four days later on November 23.  Tagi was not the first writer to be killed by the enemies of freedom of expression; nor will he be the last. Nevertheless, just as the dark era of medieval inquisition-and the Iranian Pahlavi dictatorship- came to an end; so too will this one. No political regime, no matter how brutal and dictatorial, can silence the voice of dissent. Nor can they extinguish the desire for freedom.

PEN South Azerbaijan (Iran) in Exile strongly condemns the killing of Rafiq Tagi and considers it a heinous crime against humanity. We stand in solidarity with all writers, individuals, groups and organizations in the fight against censorship, dictatorship and fundamentalism.

PEN South Azerbaijan (Iran) in Exile

ترور رافق تقي، پزشک و نويسنده جمهوری آذربايجان!

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Who are these butchers?

My mother de-converted back from Islam to Christianity.

According to these mofos, she should be killed.

F-ck them! 

Terrible!

Just imagine the outcry in Iran, if Muslims were targetted and killed for writing insulting things about Christianity or anything else for that matter.

Another victim of Islam-e-naab e mohammadi

what a plauge on humanity...all these piles of s**t, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.  Islam is the worst at this juncture in history.  When will it have its renaissance?!!!

The proponents of religion say that in its

      absence morality has no foundation. Well....

What an insult. Reciting Quran for the victims of Islam.

This is a great insult to recite Quran over the body of this brave writer who was killed by Islam. Would he really approve of this? Why this stupid religious folks don't have some respect and dignity for themselves and others?

Rafiq Taqi, as already mentioned by Babak, has joined the rank of Kasravi. Kasravi did not die in vain and nor did Rafiq. We are still mourning Kasravi and the Azaris will be mourning Rafiq for years to come. Like Iranians, they killed their saviour.

As with the servant of God, Lankrani, I happen to have his Tuzih Almasael and it's all about fucking donkeys and how to shit. A true Muslim authority.

Incredibly sad

I hope the perpetrator are caught and prosecuted as soon s possible.    :(

This is the real islam. Denying this causes harm

This is why we need to go back to our own culture, which was secular before Europe.  Religion out of government.  And one law for All based on the peoples conscience.  My Condolences to his family and my solidarity for all those Iranians who wish to bring an end to the terror of thought and expression.

 The day Rafiq Tagi was

 The day Rafiq Tagi was assasianted was a sad day for the freedom of expression and freedom of thought.  Like Ahmad Kasravi he fell victim to fascisim and the backwardness.  Our silence and indifference will not help the cause of freedom.  Ahmad Kasravi was not the first and Rafiq Tagi will not be the last to fall a prey to fascisim.

I hope that somebody can give a translation of what we hear in the video.  This is a truely sad day for anybody whose heart beats for freedom. My friend Rafiq Tagi, you will never be forgotten.  My condolences to his loved ones.

Babak K.

Just like Kasravi

Another person with a different world view has been killed in the name of religion. And the son of the person responsible is hailing the muder? What kind of god does need its people to be blind and deaf and not thinking for themselves?

I really hope that the government in Azarbaijan do not bend for rligious fanatics but really, really put the extremists behind bars and do not hesitate like many other weak countries in the region. 

Condolences to his family....deeply sorry for them !

too bad that the commenditaire ( Grand Bastard Fazel Lankarani ) is already dead ! if hell exist i hope he is burning in there ( but i doubt of it )

can't wait to see all this mullahs in jail paying for their crimes, we are more than tired of this murderers, who are ruling our beautiful land and spreading violence and terror around the globe !

no more fatwa ruling in Iran !!  [halam baham mikhore az in anghelab eslami ke bazargan, yazdi ...(long list)  hame in ablaha baraye ma kashtand !! ]