Senior cleric issues fatwa against VP selection (Iran)

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Source: CNN

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent pick for the country's top vice president continued to draw fire Thursday, with a senior cleric issuing a fatwa against the appointment, a leading reformist newspaper reported Sunday.


Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent pick for the country's top vice president continued to draw fire Thursday.

According to the newspaper -- Etemad-e Melli -- Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi's Islamic edict against the selection of Esfandyar Rahim Mashaie is part of a larger fatwa issued Wednesday -- the same day the nation's supreme leader reportedly called on Ahmadinejad to remove Mashaie from the top vice president post.

There was no immediate reaction from Ahmadinejad's administration to Shirazi's decree denouncing the selection.

The appointment of Mashaie -- whose daughter is married to Ahmadinejad's son -- has been controversial because of comments he reportedly made last year, saying that the Iranian people are friends with all people, including Israelis. Critics also found fault with Mashaie for reportedly not leaving an area in Turkey where female dancers were performing.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/23/iran.vice.president.fatwa/index.html

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Ahmadinejad doesn't appear to be a very quick learner, he just appointed his daughter's father in law to be VP.

[BunkerHill24]

1. Reporting from Iran seem to be somewhat of who is reporting the news

Here's another religious fatwa Mr. Ahmadinejad disagrees wih....


'Mashaei issues a test for Ahmadinejad'
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:43:30 GMT

A senior Iranian cleric has urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to take the Leader's advice to remove his recently appointed vice president.

The remarks come amid reports that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a letter to Ahmadinejad has called for the removal of Rahim-Mashaei from his post.

"Ahmadinejad's interest is in abiding by the Leader's stance on the recent appointment," Fars news agency quoted Khatami as saying.

Mashaei turned into a controversial figure over his remarks stating that the Iranian nation and Israelis are friends.

Ahmadinejad has so far refused to remove Mashaei.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=101385§ionid=351020101

[bemildred]

2. The Mighty Wurlitzer really tends to be-shit itself when reporting on Iran.

Which can be strange enough to "western" ears to start with.

[CanonRay]

3. Religion and Politics don't mix well

and it doesn't matter which Religion

[No Elephants]

5. Amen to that!

Jefferson was correct. Mixing the two is bad for both religion and politics.

[David__77]

4. So Ahmedinejad looks like the liberal in this story.... weird.

He nominated someone who made a passing comment about the need for people-to-people relations, including with Israelis. I guess that is contrary to the Iranian view.