Iran: In search of Separation of Chruch and states

"Religious belief is a choice... People should be free to choose the political system that they desire to live under. Exhortations to topple secular governments and replace them with a religious state are erroneous... Separation of religion and state, with neither interfering in the other's domain, is the ideal..."

Yes, it's obvious and you've heard that before, probably from Benjamin Franklin, Betrand Russell, Richard Dawkins, The National Secular Society, Rowen Atkinson, ...

But you might be surprised to hear that those were some of the chief points in a speech by an Iranian cleric. Sheikh Mohammed Kazem al-Khaqani. Peter Tatchell tells the story on Comment is Free.

He is not the only Ayatollah who is been asking for separation of Church and states. Last year, Ayatollah Boroujerdi was brutally taken to prison after a major clash with his followers and the police in his compound. Here you can find Ayatollah Boroujerdi's letter to Pope before he was arrested. You can also read the account of Ayatollah Boroujerdi's brutal arrest and killings of his followers, trying to protect the Ayatollah by the Islamic Republic police by clicking here.

This Ayatollah is going to be silenced very soon given the IR's track record. Some trumped up charges are going to be brought up usually after a few months and he will be silenced like thousands of others...