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A senior cleric in Iran has issued a fatwa declaring that anyone who threatens Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is "an enemy of God," state media has reported.

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi was responding to a question about any threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Israel, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A fatwa is a ruling on how to interpret Islamic law issued by a clerical authority.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A Jesus Christ complex would be refreshing. A leader who would deny earthly pleasures, command their followers to love thy neighbor, feed the hungry, uplift the sick and poor, give long sermons about mercy and forgiving your enemies, and would be seen personally breaking bread with the unhoused and lawyers alike?

That'd freak everybody out for sure.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget the flipping tables, beating bankers and money-lenders, and saying that rich people don't go to Heaven.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

and saying that rich people don't go to Heaven.

Indeed, this is the one the Americhristian cult of "supply-side Jesus" really doesn't like. LOL

Obtaining significant wealth seems to generally coincide in prioritizing it, at the expense of the love for one's Creator or fellow human being, and ultimately one's own soul.

beating bankers and money-lenders,

In the interest of accuracy: He "drove out" bankers and money lenders selling sacrificial animals and such, who turned His Father's house into a disgraceful shrine to money, but He's not recorded directly inflicting violence upon them.

This is a crucially important detail given Christ's Sermon on the Mount, among other examples, where He stresses forgiving one's enemies:

Matthew 5:38-4338 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. Love Your Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 [a]But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,