Rafiq Tağı

Rafiq Tağı, born Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev is an Azerbaijani journalist who worked for "Sanat" newspaper until police arrested him and "Senet" editor Samir Sadagatoglu for "Europe and Us.", an article that was deemed to be critical of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. He was considered to be inciting racial hatred and received a three-year prison sentence, while his editor, Sadagatoglu, received a four-year sentence. cite news |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/5/53767d26-a8e1-46c9-8a93-87d6ad1da544.html |title=Azerbaijani Court Sentences Two Journalists |publisher=Radio Free Europe |date=2007-05-04]

Tagi's writings provoked protests in Iran, as well as a fatwa pronouncing the death penalty from Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6158195.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer |author=Frances Harrison |date=2006-11-09] He is accused of promoting religious hatred and was sentenced to four years in jail by an Azerbaijani court for instigating religious hostility. Tağı and Sadagatoglu were both pardoned and released on 28 December 2007 having served 8 months. [ru icon [http://www.day.az/news/politics/102850.html Ilham Aliyev Pardon 119 Convicts] . 28 December 2007]

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*Islamism