1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites

Najafi: Todes-Fatwa wegen Liedertexte # rapper14e # 11.05.2012 15 Uhr # Journal Englisch

May 11, 2012

Fans of rap music in Iran have been listening in growing numbers to the Cologne-based rapper Najafi. Some call him the Iranian Eminem. But for one of the country's senior conservative religious leaders - Najafi lyrics are insulting and blasphemous...prompting him to issue a Fatwa.That means all faithful muslims are called upon to kill him. The reason for the ayatollah's wrath - lyrics the rappers has written critical of Islam. Najafi has spoken with DW about the death threats out of Tehran.

https://p.dw.com/p/14tbA