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  • High Speed Internet is Unethical & Immoral

    That is what Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has decreed

    Source: Iranian Ayatollah: 3G internet is immoral and inhumane


    An Iranian Grand Ayatollah has said high speed internet is unethical and contrary to humanitarian principles, Iranian media sources reported on Tuesday.

    Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, a prominent Shia scholar, made the remarks in response to a question put to him by cyber activists, via his website.

    Although Iran has the highest total number of internet users in the Middle East, its average data speed is about a tenth of the global average.

    However, Shirazi said 3G — third generation mobile communications technology — and broadband internet were morally wrong, and that there needed to be standards to prevent users from dangers such as “immoral and inhumane” videos and photos, rumors, and espionage.

    The Grand Ayatollah’s comments come after one of Iran’s largest mobile operators, Irancell, announced this month that it would test 3G services to universities and government offices, and after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier this year that Iran should upgrade its internet services.

    In addition to his conservative stance on the internet, the Grand Ayatollah, whose ancestors were Jewish converts to Shi'ite Islam, has also dubbed the Holocaust “nothing but superstition.”



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    I wonder if he'll be issuing a fatwa on the issue like he has forbidding women from attending soccer games in stadiums and smoking. And while the above news report is from the Jerusalem Post so some Muslims might dismiss it as biased against them, Ya Libnan (which is based in Beirut, Lebanon and founded immediately after the assassination of the Muslim Prime Minister Rafik Hariri) has also covered the story and reported essentially the same thing and it's what's on Shirazi's own website (I wonder if he uses dial up).

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    • #3
      Suddenlink was just here and upped my download speed to 12 Mbps, and my upload speed to upteenzillion nanoquiches! I'm a heretic?
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
        Suddenlink was just here and upped my download speed to 12 Mbps, and my upload speed to upteenzillion nanoquiches! I'm a heretic?

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • #5
          I think we should sell Iran old 1200 baud modems.

          And biplanes. After all if high speed internet is a sin, then so would be jet fighters.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            EGGzackly!
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post

              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
              EGGzackly!
              Wasn't that the exact same look Mr. Ferguson gave you after you hotwired his Ford Fairlane and drove it through his hedge and into the ditch?

              I'm always still in trouble again

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              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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              • #8
                Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                Wasn't that the exact same look Mr. Ferguson gave you after you hotwired his Ford Fairlane and drove it through his hedge and into the ditch?
                No, you're thinking of the time he hotwired Mr Ferguson's Ford Pinto (what was it with him and Fords, anyway?) and ran over Mr. Ferguson's foot.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  That is what Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has decreed

                  Source: Iranian Ayatollah: 3G internet is immoral and inhumane


                  An Iranian Grand Ayatollah has said high speed internet is unethical and contrary to humanitarian principles, Iranian media sources reported on Tuesday.

                  Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, a prominent Shia scholar, made the remarks in response to a question put to him by cyber activists, via his website.

                  Although Iran has the highest total number of internet users in the Middle East, its average data speed is about a tenth of the global average.

                  However, Shirazi said 3G — third generation mobile communications technology — and broadband internet were morally wrong, and that there needed to be standards to prevent users from dangers such as “immoral and inhumane” videos and photos, rumors, and espionage.

                  The Grand Ayatollah’s comments come after one of Iran’s largest mobile operators, Irancell, announced this month that it would test 3G services to universities and government offices, and after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier this year that Iran should upgrade its internet services.

                  In addition to his conservative stance on the internet, the Grand Ayatollah, whose ancestors were Jewish converts to Shi'ite Islam, has also dubbed the Holocaust “nothing but superstition.”



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                  I wonder if he'll be issuing a fatwa on the issue like he has forbidding women from attending soccer games in stadiums and smoking. And while the above news report is from the Jerusalem Post so some Muslims might dismiss it as biased against them, Ya Libnan (which is based in Beirut, Lebanon and founded immediately after the assassination of the Muslim Prime Minister Rafik Hariri) has also covered the story and reported essentially the same thing and it's what's on Shirazi's own website (I wonder if he uses dial up).
                  In that case, I'd like to thank Verizon for its recent enforcement of morality.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                    That is what Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has decreed

                    Source: Iranian Ayatollah: 3G internet is immoral and inhumane


                    An Iranian Grand Ayatollah has said high speed internet is unethical and contrary to humanitarian principles, Iranian media sources reported on Tuesday.

                    Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, a prominent Shia scholar, made the remarks in response to a question put to him by cyber activists, via his website.

                    Although Iran has the highest total number of internet users in the Middle East, its average data speed is about a tenth of the global average.

                    However, Shirazi said 3G — third generation mobile communications technology — and broadband internet were morally wrong, and that there needed to be standards to prevent users from dangers such as “immoral and inhumane” videos and photos, rumors, and espionage.

                    The Grand Ayatollah’s comments come after one of Iran’s largest mobile operators, Irancell, announced this month that it would test 3G services to universities and government offices, and after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier this year that Iran should upgrade its internet services.

                    In addition to his conservative stance on the internet, the Grand Ayatollah, whose ancestors were Jewish converts to Shi'ite Islam, has also dubbed the Holocaust “nothing but superstition.”



                    Source

                    © Copyright Original Source



                    I wonder if he'll be issuing a fatwa on the issue like he has forbidding women from attending soccer games in stadiums and smoking. And while the above news report is from the Jerusalem Post so some Muslims might dismiss it as biased against them, Ya Libnan (which is based in Beirut, Lebanon and founded immediately after the assassination of the Muslim Prime Minister Rafik Hariri) has also covered the story and reported essentially the same thing and it's what's on Shirazi's own website (I wonder if he uses dial up).
                    Isn't he the one who said that women's existence is anti-Islamic?

                    No sorry that was Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani
                    http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...-anti-islamic/
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Raphael View Post
                      Isn't he the one who said that women's existence is anti-Islamic?

                      No sorry that was Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani
                      http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...-anti-islamic/

                      I'm anti-islamic!!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                        I'm anti-islamic!!
                        wow the irony of:

                        "it’s us Muslims who have paved the way for true, Sharia compliant feminism,” the official said.

                        The CII meeting also advised the government that to protect Islam women’s right to breathe should also be taken away from them. “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,” Shirani said."*



                        Teal, please send me $1000 per month and I will decide to allow you to be able to breathe. I am generous that way.



                        *too bad the site is satire though.

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                        • #13
                          Now you know why I wouldn't marry you.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                            Now you know why I wouldn't marry you.
                            OK you can stop breathing now.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                              Now you know why I wouldn't marry you.
                              THAT'S the reason?

                              I'm always still in trouble again

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