re yet more rushdie re islamic law in article apr bradford ac uk l newnham bradford ac uk leonard newnham writes gregg jaeger jaeger buphy bu edu wrote khomenei was a jerk and so were plenty of british leaders so what the qur an is the basis of judgement khomenei was clearly a heretic by the standards of the qur an end of story could you be a little more specific as to exactly why khomanei was a heretic and a jerk as judged by the koran i have no liking for the guy but as far as i know he has done nothing contrary to the teachings of the koran or at least so i m told by several iranian research students that i share an office with it is easy and convenient for you to denounce him but i have the feeling that your views are not as clear cut and widely accepted as you suggest i have made this clear elsewhere but will do so again khomeini put a price on the head of someone in another country this makes him a jerk as well as an international outlaw khomeini advocates the view that there was a series of twelve islamic leaders the twelve imams who are free of error or sin this makes him a heretic in the qur an muhammad is chastised for error directly by god the qur an says that muhammad is the greatest example of proper islamic behavior thus no muslim is free from error as usual there seems to be almost as many islamic viewpoints as there are muslims perhaps it seems so to you but this is hardly the case there is widespread agreement about matters of islam there certainly are many viewpoints on issues which are not particularly islamic in and of themselves but this is so for any large group of people under the same name it all comes back to the koran being so imprecise in its wording the qur an is not particularly imprecise in wording though it is true that several interpretations are possible in the interpretations of many words however as an entire text the qur an makes its meanings precise enough for intelligent people free from power lust to come to agreement about them gregg
