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Defend America on Monday, July 13, 2009 9:00:15 PM
Iranian Ayatollah Montazeri Issues Fatwa Against the Regime
On July 11, 2009, the liberal Iranian website www.khandaniha.eu published
a fatwa by Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the most senior
contemporary Shi'ite cleric. The fatwa was issued in response to a
series of queries submitted to him by Iranian intellectual and cleric
Mohsen Kadivar, pertaining to the legitimacy of the current Iranian
government.
The following are excerpts from the fatwa: [1]
Query: "What is the ruling regarding holders of government positions, whom shari'a
law requires to act justly, honestly, and wisely... if they [do not
fulfill] these requirements to any degree, but behave in a manner
diametrically opposed to them?"
Reply: "If none of the requirements mentioned in this
query are met, this automatically, and without any need for
impeachment, brings about the de facto collapse of the velayat
[the 'jurisprudent,' meaning Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] and
of the government that is in charge of administering social affairs
[i.e. the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] - and
renders null and void all decrees issued by those who hold government
positions...
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD243909