The best Shiite spiritual of Iran has issued a religious decision against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday, an act that some experts called an incentive for terrorism.
The Fatwa of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi called on Muslims around the world to take a position, According to the New York Sun. It states that every person or government who challenges or joins the leadership and unity of the global Islamic community (the Ummah) should be considered a “warlord” or a “Mohareb”, defined as someone who waging war against God. According to Iranian law, those who are identified as Mohareb can be confronted with execution, crucifixion, limb camps or exile.
“Those who threaten the leadership and integrity of the Islamic Ummah must be considered warlords,” Makarem said in the pronunciation. He ended with a prayer and asked for protection against these “enemies” and for the rapid return of the Mahdi, a Messianic figure in Shiite Islam.
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Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (second from the left) looks at a turban that is worn by a spiritual during a turban-bearing ceremony in a seminar in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on 8 February 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
The British Iranian commentator Niyak Ghorbani condemned the Fatwa and described it as a statement avoided by the state of global terrorism.
He posted on his X account that the aggression of the Islamic Republic is not limited to domestic deviating opinions, but signals broader international ambitions for religiously motivated violence.
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“The West must realize: the Islamic Republic does not only focus on its own people – it is preparing for worldwide violence in the name of religion,” he wrote in the post.
This Fatwa followed what the “12-day war” was called, in which the American and Israeli efforts reportedly caused considerable damage to the nuclear capacities of Iran.
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On June 13, Israeli air strikes focused on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, reportedly to kill top scientists and commanders. In retaliation, Iran launched ballistic rockets in Israeli cities. The US arrived at the conflict a week later and hit three Iranian nuclear locations.
Trump had previously warned That every further enrichment of uranium would cause extra American action by Iran to weapons quality. This warning followed a short ceasefire that ended a period of 12 days of intense conflict.
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It is not the first time that Iranian clergy have used Fatwas to arouse violence.
The most notorious matter was the 1989 decree against author Salman Rushdie after the release of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’, which many Muslims considered offensive. The fact that Fatwa Rushdie forced blockage led to the murder of a Japanese translator and several attacks on the publishers of the book. Rushdie has since survived several murder attempts, including a stabbing attack in Upstate New York, in which he lost an eye.
