Iran: Jailed ayatollah asks Pope to help free him
AKI
28-Sep-2008 (4 comments)

Tehran, 26 Sept. (AKI) - Iran's jailed Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi has written a letter to Pope Benedict XVI and other religious leaders asking them to help secure his release.

The ayatollah asked the pontiff to "...defend the divine credibility and spiritual sacredness" by asking the Iranian authorities to respect human rights.

The letter was reportedly smuggled out of jail and distributed by the ayatollah's representative in Europe.

It was also addressed to Israel's chief rabbi, the grand mufti of al-Azhar and the Saudi ulema of Dar al-Fatwa.

Addressing the Muslim leaders, Kazemeini says that "Political Islam is erasing the word of God and his prophet, Mohammed", while he asks rabbis to "make the world hear the cry of the Muslims in Iran, in the name of the same God that (we) jointly worship."

Kazemeini has been jailed since October 2006 with a group of his supporters. They have been accused of anti-constitutional activities and heresy.

Rights group Amnesty International claims that Kazemeini has been tortured for the past two years. He is known to oppose political Islam and the presence of the mullahs and ayatollahs in government and institutions.

Kazemeini has broad support in Iran and before his arrest, thousands of people filled stadiums to hear his sermons.

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Farhad Kashani

Shini Butt, you're right.

by Farhad Kashani on Tue Sep 30, 2008 02:37 PM PDT

Shini Butt, you're right. Shini Head has taken supporting the fascist regime into a whole different level. The regime itself doesn't praise itself as much as Shini Head praises them. He sounds like Khomeini reincarnated!


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The pot calling the kettle black ...

by Shini Butt (not verified) on Tue Sep 30, 2008 08:21 AM PDT

Shini head;

I guess "AKI" is far more credible than IRNA and ISNA and IRI-government sanctioned news sources that you constantly cite here feeding us the regime's garbage ... lol


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Farhad Kashani

You're the one who cites

by Farhad Kashani on Mon Sep 29, 2008 05:42 AM PDT

You're the one who cites Islamic regime and leftist rources all the time!


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Shini Head

your news source is frivolous possibly fake !

by Shini Head on Sun Sep 28, 2008 07:14 AM PDT

Look for better news sources FK. You seem very desparate. You  now grab  anything that satisfies your agenda!


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