Iran: Famous Musician Could Face Death Penalty for Singing Koran Verses, "on par With Salman Rushdie's Book or Mohammed Cartoons".....

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Tehran, 25 Sept. (AKI) - A prominent Iranian singer-songwriter could be punished for using verses of the Koran, Islam's holy book, in a song.

Mohsen Namjoo, considered by the US daily The New York Times as the 'Iranian Bob Dylan', could potentially face a jail sentence or even the death penalty after mixing Persian music with Koranic verses.

Namjoo, a 32-year-old native of Torbate-Jam in northeastern Iran and a former Koranic reciter, said the song was a "simple experiment" and was not meant to be publicised. The song was uploaded on the Internet without his consent and knowledge.

A Koran expert later complained about Namjoo's song and sent a letter to Tehran's feared public prosecutor Saiid Mortazavi, known for shutting down hundreds of newspapers and ordering the arrest of hundreds of journalists and Internet bloggers.

More complaints have been filed by several Iranian Islamic organisations, raising fears that Najmoo could be punished have a 'fatwa' or religious edict issued against him calling for his death.

"The use of Koranic verses in the context of a song is a big offence, on a par with Salman Rushdie's book and the Danish cartoon,"said Abbas Mohajerani, an Iranian-born Islamic scholar based in the United Kingdom.

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[Mullah Lodabullah]

By the Mountain
And by the Scriptures penned on unrolled parchment
By the Visited House, the Lofty Vault and the swelling sea
Your lord's punishment shall surely come to pass!
No power shall ward it off.

(Sura 52, written by Mo Diddley, sung by the Masjid Tabernacle Choir)

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sung by the Masjid Tabernacle Choir

HA!!....

[Proud Infidel]

Man, good thing these Mullahs haven't heard my Farting The Koran recital or they'd issue a fatwa on my ass.

[Pierre]

I don't have any sympathy for this guy,he's a adult,he's mooslimes,he live in a isslamic state,he does not know the song yet....that's isslam,that's all....

[Bob]

"The use of Koranic verses in the context of a song is a big offence".

But murder, revenge, rape, child molestation, lying, betrayal, treachery, torture, mysogny, subjugation, slavery, sexual repression, animal abuse, beastiality, conspiracy, thuggery, brutality, ignorance, worshiping a space rock, self-censoring, denial of free speech, education and medical care and the rest of the offenses against mankind are NOT really offences according to the Profit, Piss Be Upon Him.

Go figure.

[RazarX]

Infidel: there's already a fatwa on your ass - every muzzie wants a piece.

[pulsar182]

fool...everyone knows you don't sing Koranic verses..you scream them in a rage (preferably while speaking Arabic)and point your finger at the same time...

[Kevin in Brownsburg]

He needs to tell the thought police that he was doing it to get his 6 year old wife hot and bothered. If it's good enough for "Mo" it's good enough for this asshole.

[Baraka]

So hwat happens if the singer were singing about wiping israel off the face of this earth? OMFG can you be ahmamanwithaplan's BFF