No, you shouldn’t do that. It’s not
recommended. not even allowed. You can question a lot of things I Qom; the Bible, Das Capital,
and even Einstein’s theory of relativity. But you shouldn’t question the Quran,
in Iran in general nor in Qom.
Qom is an educational center. It’s
also a holy city for Shia Islam. Therefore, it has a lot of religious schools
and seminars. Many famous imams and
ayatollahs have been teaching in Qom, including Khomeini, the leader of the
Iranian revolution.
The seminars in Qom were central in the Iranian revolution.
They focus on the role of politics in religion, and vice versa. Then offending the president becomes
the same as offending God. That’s an efficient way to rule a country.
(Yesterday was gay day in the ski resort. I hope God and his scholars don't mind if homosexuals go skiing. It's fine with me. Some of them were good skiers too. There's no gay day in Qom, I think.)
Not just in Iran. Anywhere in the galaxy. You'd get yourself a fatwa, like Salman, and have to ask the pixie folk to hide you.
ReplyDeleteSome places it's quite risky to challenge the scholars
Deleteplenty of christians don't allow questioning of the bible. of course they don't kill you for it but only because it's against the law. the secular law.
ReplyDeleteThe Christians killed plenty of so-called, heretics too some centuries ago
DeleteThis reminds me of a CNN story I read last week about bloggers being killed (with machetes no less) in Bangladesh for anti-Islamic opinions. Terrifying. It brings home the importance (perhaps luxury?) of having freedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteAnd recently a Saudi blogger was sentenced to 10 years prison and 1000 whip lashes for blasphemy
DeleteNo, I don't think there is a gay day there. Not that it doesn't happen - they just won't admit it.
ReplyDeletereminds me of the US politician who said that gays shouldn't ask for rights to same sex marriage since they would be hanged in Iran. Not the smartest statement
DeleteI think it's great that places are embracing LGBT people. I doubt there will ever be a Gay Day or anything of the sort in Qom. They are too religious and narrow-minded for that.
ReplyDeleteThe LGBT people deserve the same respect as everybody else. Of course they can have their ski events. Maybe there will be a gay day in Q's too, in 100 years
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