Wednesday, September 01, 2004

If you would like to see Sistani's (unfunniest) home videos, click here. I visit Sistani's site regularly in order to examine his most recent rulings on life and politics. This is why I am stunned when I read accounts of Sistani in Washington Post as if he is some secular modernist. I also notice that his Arabic site contains fatwas (binding religious rulings) that are not on his English site. But I think that the English site contains fatwas that are in response to submissions made in English. Here is an example of a Sistani ruling:
"No: 1
Question: What is an orgy?
Answer: It's forbidden." " (Did he answer the question?)