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Rafik Taghi (az. Rafiq Tağı, d. November 24, 2011) was an Azeri writer, journalist and reporter, who was accused of having insulted the prophet Mohammed in an article published in Senet newspaper.
Rafik Taghi become known in 2006 after writing an article entitled "Europe and Us" critical to Islam, for which Azerbaijani government arrested him and sentenced to three years in prison.
In 2007 the Appeals Court of Azerbaijan in absentia of the culprits has rejected the appeals request filed by Taghi and editor Sedaqat Uqli. After two years of imprisonment with a presidential pardon, he was released.
According to IPWR reporter K. Guluzade, the case of journalist "demonstrates that Islamic sentiment is strong in Azerbaijan and has complicated relations with Azerbaijan’s southern neighbor, the Islamic Republic of Iran." In 2006, some residents of the village of Nardaran, "a stronghold for Shia Islamists", close to Baku, Azerbaijan during their demonstrations demanded severe punishment of Azerbaijani journalist Rafik Taghi. Protesters carried placards saying “Death to Israel!” and all speeches were met with a loud “Allahu Akbar!” Hajiaga Nuriev, chairman of Azerbaijan’s Islamic Party, said. that Taghi is "acting on behalf of international Zionism and Armenia".
Also a fatwa was issued by an Iranian cleric against Sedagetolu and Taghi.
Tagi was attacked by a group of Azerbaijanis and assassinated on November 19, 2011. He died on November 23, 2011 in Baku No1 hospital.
References
- Blasphemy row inflames Azerbaijan. Islamists say journalist who allegedly impugned Islam deserves to die. By Kenan Guluzade for IWPR, 2006
- Blasphemy row inflames Azerbaijan. Islamists say journalist who allegedly impugned Islam deserves to die. By Kenan Guluzade for IWPR, 2006
- Iran: Second Ayatollah's death fatwa condemned, December 05, 2006, by Adrian Morgan
- http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Opinie/Afshin-Ellian/323242/Rouw-om-vermoorde-islamcriticus-Rafiq-Taghi.htm Rouw om vermoorde islamcriticus Rafiq Taghi, Elsevier, 2011]
External links
- Azerbaijani Journalist Targeted By Fatwa Dies After Stabbing Attack, RFE, 2011
- Allah's police keeping busy, Jihad Watch, 2007
- Azerbaïdjan : Assassinat d’un écrivain Azéri par le décret religieux d’un grand Ayatollah