Blasphemy and apostasy in Islam debates on Shi'a jurisprudence /
Mohsen Kadivar ; preface by Gianluca Parolin ; translated by Hamid Mavani.
- 1 online resource.
- In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers Ser. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
This book tells the gripping story of Rāfiq Taqī, an Azerbaijani journalist and writer, who was condemned to death by an Iranian cleric for a blasphemous news article in 2006. Mohsen Kadivar debates the case with Muhammad Jawad Fazel, the son of Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarānī who issued the fatwa pronouncing death penalty on Taqī.