[ NNSquad ] An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating High Speed Internet is against Sharia

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

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."

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Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and other dominant ISPs are
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