Ayatollah who once received UK ‘tolerance’ grant issues fatwa for Muslims to avenge Khamenei

One of two high-profile Shiite religious leaders in Iranwho issued fatwas following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, formerly received a religious tolerance' £15,000 'religious tolerance' grant from Brent Council. On Sunday, following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the US and Israel, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi have issued fatwas calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge.

Hamedani responded in writing to a request from the presidium of the Assembly of Seminary Students and Scholars in Qom, saying that "avenging the blood of the martyred leader of the revolution is obligatory for all Muslims."

"Without doubt, criminal America and the bloodthirsty Zionists have reached the end of their path, and this time the powerful armed forces will deliver a decisive and unforgettable response," he warned. Shirazi issued a fatwa calling Israel and the US the "most wicked enemies of humanity" and "the principal perpetrators of this crime." "The people of Iran and the Islamic world are the avengers of the blood of the martyred leader of the Revolution," he said, adding that "seeking revenge is the religious duty of all Muslims worldwide so that the evil of these criminals may be removed from the world." (Read More)