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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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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So he’s the enemy of god? But maga says he’s the second coming of Jesus and doing the lords work? Same Old Testament thinking too

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Babe wake up, abrahamic religion is fighting again.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (7 children)
[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

He’s not, but the fundamentalist Christians have decided he’s their hero.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago
[–] tal@lemmy.today 36 points 1 week ago

Donald Trump: "Enemy of God"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g1zvgj4do

'Anointed by God': The Christians who see Trump as their saviour

This timeline.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's weird when two horrible entities in the world hate each other. Is it popcorn time?

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only in the sense that all our heads will start to pop like popcorn when the nukes start flying.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago

Iran doesn't have nukes and their strategy is quite defensive, rather than aggressive. If there is Nukes flying Israel would toss them first and the US would follow in, because they can't be not throwing bigger bombs than Israel.

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Yeah, no shit. I'm with Iran on this one.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Trump: Putting the "fat" in "fatwa" since 1946.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hey. If it happens you won't hear me complain.

He needs to go. The who how and why doesn't matter so long as he's gone. That's a win for the entire human race.

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[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Oh please. And what are you gonna do about it? Dare you. Double dog dare you!

I mean, really lol go ahead

[–] GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago

I don’t necessarily vibe with the processes to reach the declaration nor do I reflexively support the orator, but I can’t say I disagree

[–] ter_maxima@jlai.lu 19 points 1 week ago

He is the enemy of literally everyone, so, I guess God is also on that list 😂

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh look. a nothing-falafel

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Ask Salman Rushdie about that.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

More like enemy of men, both of youse

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's unclear how Khamenei will navigate the crisis his regime faces but as his credibility collapses

Propaganda. How is his credibility collapsing?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Without checking the context, Iran and their proxies got hit a bunch and turned the other cheek, so in the game theoretic sense, yes, none of their threats will be credible now.

The conventional smart move would have been to start gradually blowing Isreali and American stuff up the moment Hazbollah was attacked. It sounds they might actually have some kind of twisted, theocratic idealism that got in the way of that.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Here's a comprehensive list why killing the orange Shitgibbon is a bad idea:
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[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Let's just hope that if anything ever happens, the event takes large parts of the succession line with it.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Oh he's an enemy to far more than just some imaginary friend.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As much as I'd like to see this sadistic shitbag removed from society anyway possible, it would be preferable to see him in jail or let the Big Macs take care of him. If an assassination is tied to Iran, that can't be good for anyone.

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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Feels like deja vu to when Bin Laden issues a jihad against the US, but this time it is much more personal - Trump got called out.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This will be fun to watch over the next few years.

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[–] PunksAlwaysWin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I didn’t disparage, there was no disparage!

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