Dissidents waging war against God?

Washington Post:

An influential Iranian cleric told worshipers Friday that those stirring unrest in connection with the recent election should be punished "ruthlessly and savagely" and convicted for waging war against God, a crime that under Shiite Islamic law is punishable by death.

The sermon at Tehran University by Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami was broadcast live on state television, amplifying the ominous tone the state has adopted this week towards the tens of thousands of demonstrators who have massed in the streets to question the results of the June 12 presidential balloting. The government has deemed the gatherings illegal.

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It takes a good bit of arrogance and religious bigotry to claim that your political opponents are against God, but it is not surprising coming from clerics in Iran. They have always thought they were on a mission from God and that anyone who opposed them was the Devil or in our case the Great Satan.

It makes you wonder at the naivete of President Obama to believe that he can have a reasonable dialog with them.

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