Levantinetimes:
Given that it has been a mullahcracy for the last 32 years, the concepts of separation
of mosque and state let alone religious tolerance, are the last things that
come to mind when one thinks about Iran. It has proven to be a place where even
those within the political establishment who
dare to dissent are suppressed or jailed. Many do who in fact speak out
against the government, still do not speak of Iran getting rid of its
theopolitical structure altogether. Yet there is one such dissenter who has and
continues to speak out from behind prison walls, and ironically enough, he is a
Twelver
Shiite cleric, who comes from the same school of Islam as
President Ahmadinejad and his spiritual advisor Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, who has issued a
fatwa calling for the murder of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi following the 2009 Iranian presidential elections.
