Hassan Sane'i
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Hojatoleslam
Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran
who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council
. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation.
Sane'i is a fundamentalist
who has called for the execution of Salman Rushdie and raised the bounty of the head of the latter for insulting Islam.
Hojatoleslam
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam", given to Twelver Shī‘ah clerics...
Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council
Expediency Discernment Council
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988...
. He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation.
Sane'i is a fundamentalist
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalism is a term used to describe religious ideologies seen as advocating a return to the "fundamentals" of Islam: the Quran and the Sunnah. Definitions of the term vary. According to Christine L...
who has called for the execution of Salman Rushdie and raised the bounty of the head of the latter for insulting Islam.
External links
- The World Outraged by Prize Hike to Kill Rushdie 12 February 1997