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| “ | Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics. | „ |
| ~ Ruhollah Knomeini |
Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی [ruːhoɫˈɫɑːhe χomeiˈniː]; 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. He was a religious extremist authority that enforced fundamentalist Islamic laws and was the defacto leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the last shah (king) of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the end of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy.
His crimes including ordering the mass execution of thousands of Iranian citizens ranging from former prime ministers and military generals/officers from the Shah's regime to religious miniorites, especially the Bahai Faith, homosexuals, prostitutes, and numerous others.
While his successor, Ali Khamenei, is hardly a saint compare to him, Khomeini is certainly much worse than him. He was also the mastermind behind the 1988 Political Massacre where he secretly ordered the execution of 30,000 people which included many members of the MEK organization, the Tudeh (Communist) Party, etc. He disliked Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, who disliked him back, due to Saddam being a Sunni Muslim and Khomeini being a Shia Muslim (which Saddam hated). He died in 1989 of heart failure.
Quotes
| “ | The author of The Satanic Verses book which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Qu'ran, and all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them wherever they find them, so that no one will dare to insult the Islamic sanctions. Whoever is killed on this path will be regarded as a martyr, God willing. | „ |
| ~ Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. |
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