One thing you can say for the Islamic Republic: the laws appear to apply to everyone equally, even the elites. Unlike the situation in the U.S., there don’t appear to be any privileged classes that are above the law, at least in cases of supposed blasphemy.
“Ex-Iranian president’s daughter indicted after ‘insulting’ Islam’s Prophet,” Iran Front Page, July 3, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Fa’ezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, an Iranian politician and ex-lawmaker, has been indicted in a legal case brought against her over her comments deemed insulting to Islam’s Holy Prophet Muhammad as well as accusations of propaganda activities against the country’s Islamic establishment.
Ali Salehi, prosecutor of Tehran’s Public and Revolution Court, said Sunday that an indictment had been issued against the politivian [sic] who is the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
“Following legal proceedings, an indictment was issued against the individual and submitted to the court on charges of engaging in propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s establishment and insulting religious sanctities,” he said.
Recently, Fa’ezeh Hashemi angered many in Iran by making disrespectful comments against Prophet Muhammad, who she claimed had “wasted” the rich assets of his wife hazrat Khadijah.
Faced with the public backlash, she later offered an apology to the Iranians and said she did not intend to insult the Prophet, describing herself as a “faithful Muslim.”…
Oliver says
Does anybody know he story behind what she was referring to concerning “wasted” the rich assets of his wife hazrat Khadijah?
gravenimage says
Khadijah was the wealthy widow of a merchant, and a merchant in her own right. She is saying that Muhammed wasted those monies. Not sure what specifically.
Andrew Blackadder says
I wonder what they would do to me as I call their Guru dude a waste of space while she said he wasted the riches.
PMK says
This isn’t her first offense. She previously spent six months in prison for “spreading propaganda against the system”..
gravenimage says
Thanks for that background, PMK. Apparently in 2009 she addressed an opposition rally. She has also spoken out against the forced imposition of the Hijab.
In my first comment on this thread I thought this might be political–and it looks like it is.
mortimer says
If Fa’ezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani were a mere nobody, she could easily be honor-killed, but killing this VIP would create a wide scandal that would increase the rebellion fomenting in Iran.
Fa’ezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani presents a small example of what is happening to Muslims who examine the primary source texts of Islam … they are experiencing COGNITIVE DISSONANCE and once this process of critical thought begins, it is hard to stop it until their Islamic faith is totally destroyed by the collision of Islam with textual, historical and scientific reality. Truth is not valued in Islam unless Islam and Mohammed are increased in prestige. She makes Mohammed into a feminist issue. That is dangerous for the mullahs … (she might throw off her veil next!)
For Fa’ezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the sticking point is Mohammed’s squandering of his first wife’s fortune.
She saw a character flaw in Mohammed which she was not supposed to see and not supposed to acknowledge. To tell something true about another Muslims which he does not wish to be shared (such as ‘Abdul snores every time he sleeps’) is called ‘slander’ in Sharia law.
She is ‘slandering’ the prophet of Islam by telling the truth about him.
Islam turns everyone into liars. Even the truth is not important in Islam ..
Islam is an HONOR/SHAME culture and a comforting lie is valued if it supports the prestige of Islam, but an upsetting truth about Islam has to be covered up.
Infidel says
Agree w/ this: the first time I’ve had anything good to observe about the islamic republic
gravenimage says
Dear Infidel, please see my posts on the likelihood of this being a political targeting.
somehistory says
Is that a photo of the offender? Looks old and very much like a male creature.
What a waste of earth’s resources….air, water, food…to keep the lies about the piece of trash called a “prophet,’ going; and if he existed, was a mass-murdering raper of children, lying sack of feculent matter, thief and sex-mad slave trader, son of satan the devil. If he ever lived, he’s been dead for so long, even the worms that were given the distasteful and disgusting job of consuming his filthy, evil corpse have died…and their offspring after them. Poor worms.
the iranians in control just don’t like to be criticized for what they are doing ,and they’ll punish anyone who dares to do so.
gravenimage says
Iran: Former president Rafsanjani’s daughter indicted for insulting Muhammad
One thing you can say for the Islamic Republic: the laws appear to apply to everyone equally, even the elites.
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This may be an excess of unhinged zeal–or it may be political, or both. Hard to tell in Islamic hell holes like Iran.
Just before he died a couple of years ago Khamenei called Rafsanjani a traitor.