Cause it's a long weekend, and why shouldn't it be whackier than normal. ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <priv...@vortex.com> > To: privacy-l...@vortex.com > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 11:34:16 PM > Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating > High Speed Internet is against Sharia > An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating High Speed Internet is > against Sharia > > (Iran Human Rights): > http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/08/makarem-internet/ > > A Grand Ayatollah in Iran has determined that access to high-speed and > 3G Internet is "against Sharia" and "against moral standards." In > answer to a question published on his website, Grand Ayatollah Nasser > Makarem Shirazi, one of the country's highest clerical authorities, > issued a fatwa, stating "All third generation [3G] and high-speed > internet services, prior to realization of the required conditions for > the National Information Network [Iran's government-controlled and > censored Internet which is under development], is against Sharia [and] > against moral and human standards." > > - - - > > Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and other dominant ISPs are > now in a bidding war to hire him as a consultant and board member.
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