A
tribute to humanity:
April
2025
In the realm of Monotheism Without Borders, although religions and sects hold no particular standing, we honor individuals placed truth above all else. Among such figures, the dignity and sanctity of Pope Francis deserve our respect and thoughtful reflection. Pope Francis was not only entrusted with the leadership of the global Catholic community, but also, as someone widely respected and admired by people, he consistently stood up for the underprivileged and marginalized around the world and left a lasting impact on the global community through his presence.
On July 16, 2024, in his podcast, Hossein Boroujerdi revealed that he had been threatened with execution and assassination by both the Ministry of Intelligence and religious extremist groups operating outside Iran.
According to recent reports Hossein Boroujerdi has been the victim of escalating threats. In the first instance, one of Boroujerdi’s students was summoned and interrogated for several hours by the Ministry of Intelligence. After this incident, Boroujerdi, who is under house arrest, received a truly horrifying message from the intelligence agents. The message stated: "Your execution was ordered a year and a half ago. Prepare for your demise." Additionally, Boroujerdi has reportedly been threatened by an Islamic jihad terrorist group due to his recent outspoken criticisms of religion, which encompass its doctrines, practices, principles, and branches of religion.
We received news that Mr. Boroujerdi was hospitalized again on Wednesday, April 16th, due to severe respiratory problems. This is the second time this month that he has been hospitalized. Mr. Boroujerdi, who was previously hospitalized for three days two weeks ago, did not feel safe in the hospital due to pressures from security forces and threats to medical staff, so he discharged himself and returned home.
Mr. Boroujerdi was hospitalized for three days due to a severe respiratory problem.
Despite suffering from various complications as a result of eleven years of imprisonment and torture in the prisons of the Islamic Republic, Mr. Boroujerdi has refrained from visiting his doctor for years out of solidarity with many Iranian citizens who cannot afford high medical expenses and also in protest against ongoing security threats and restrictions (imposed home confinement), as well as threats to the medical staff and doctors by intelligence and security agents.
Boroujerdi’s physical well-being has significantly deteriorated due to lack of access to proper medical care and essential resources during the eleven years of his imprisonment, continuation of excruciating torture in prison, and oppressive conditions of his six-year house arrest have worsened his existing health issues, so that he does not have the strength to walk and is practically paralyzed. His family is profoundly disturbed by his declining state.
Boroujerdi and his family are seized officially as hostages of
Allah's government, and his voices for freedom have been forced into Silence.
According to the recent report from Tehran, as the result of the
continuation of the process of prolonged cruelty, pressure, and threats on
Boroujerdi, he and his family are being held hostage by the Iranian government,
which clearly indicates that taking hostages has become a tool of statecraft.
Through the previous reports, we have repeatedly informed the public that
Boroujerdi has strictly been prohibited from advocating, releasing any
statements, and sympathizing with the brave Iranian movement. Besides that, he
has the least amount of freedom due to the maximum security and threats that
are applied on him. Today, October 30th, the Special Clerical Court agent had
contacted Boroujerdi and had threatened and insulted him with scornful abuse to
stop his teaching and researching, otherwise he would be killed. Overall,
they have even banned him from teaching in virtual space.
After enduring tough conditions in prison for eleven years, and
imposing intolerable conditions under house arrest for six years, Boroujerdi
concluded that “separating religion from politics” was not working, and it
cannot perform its role in human society effectively. Furthermore, he did not
perform any certain political activities, and he has only researched religious
documents and held virtual classes via phone calls or dispatch audio files
among his students, followers, and people who are interested in his teaching.
Today at the end of his teaching in virtual classes, Boroujerdi
was forced to announce that his teaching and communicating with his students
would be discontinued. Indeed, he was prohibited to teach because his teachings
led to the revelation of the unreal nature of the God in religion. Also, his
poetry is in support and advocacy of oppressed Iranian protesters, to bring
awareness to their plight.
In the most difficult conditions from inside the prison, he had
bravely sent numerous strong statements and letters to condemn the oppression
and tyranny caused by religious rule to the attention of international
organizations and authorities of different countries, which is accessible to
the public on the Bamazadi website. Boroujerdi's current conditions under house
arrest are even worse than the period that he was in prison; in other words, he
does not have any right to perform any activities. In fact, Boroujerdi and his
family are the hostages of Allah's government these days. It is worth mentioning
that during these months, they have been threatening Boroujerdi through phone
calls, and they have been interrupting or disconnecting his phone calls as
well.
Please find the full text below about his recent message regarding
being banned from teaching.
Boroujerdi states:
“I have struggled with intense pain many times from the actions of this ‘god’. He destroyed my youth during the eleven years of imprisonment where I had no access to any medical treatment, lawyer, or furlough. I feel like ‘god’ is just wasting my life! He keeps hurting me even though I am under house arrest in the worst conditions now. He has harassed me with disrupting the communication of my phone calls many times, while my mobile phone is the only main mode of communication with others. Furthermore, ‘god’ held a grudge toward me and forced me to stop teaching and expressing poetry. He says that I express the poems in vindication of the oppressed, which refers to me as an oppressor. He says that the purpose of my teaching is to express the inconsistency and incompatibility in religions, and he questioned the existence of me in reality (‘god’)! I would like to draw your attention to my current condition, that my teaching and discussions will be closed until ‘god’ allows.”
We would like to inform you that due to the following protests in
different cities and using lethal force to crack down on protests in Iran, intimidation,
and threats on Boroujerdi have been increased by the agents of the Ministry of
Intelligence and Iran's Special Clerical Court. In addition, using double
pressure on Boroujerdi's house arrest, including attendance of a number of
security forces around his house, as well as strict control, his house is still
under 24-hour surveillance, and numerous disguised agents have been roaming all
around. In addition, incoming calls get disconnected after around 30
seconds, and his phone keeps dropping calls, automatically during the conversation.
Making and receiving phone calls is disabled and blocked, even though WhatsApp.
Besides that, the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and
Iran's Special Clerical Court have been threatening and warning him via phone
calls by saying, "We will cease your teaching in the virtual space
soon." It should be noted that Boroujerdi's representatives overseas are
not able to communicate with him due to these recently imposed pressures.
Using double pressure on Boroujerdi's house arrest, stationing a
huge number of security forces around his house, and monitoring him via
surveillance cameras on his daily commute, are all for the purpose of banning
him from accompanying and supporting this recent freedom movement in Iran.
According to the above report from Tehran, as
well as the protests of the Iranian people in the past few weeks, the threats
and harassment against Boroujerdi and his students had been increasing
drastically by late August 2022. Furthermore, via phone calls, the agents of
the Ministry of Intelligence and Iran's Special Clerical Court have recently
been threatening and prohibiting Boroujerdi from advocating, releasing any
statements, and associating or sympathizing with the brave Iranian movement.
They have imposed even more strict security on this well-known critical
thinker, scholar, and religious critic. His house is still under 24-hour surveillance,
and numerous disguised agents have been roaming all around since January 2017.
After enduring 11 years of torture and abuse in prison, he was released from
prison on temporary medical leave, and has been effectively placed under house
arrest. Please note that October 8th was the 16th
anniversary of the attack on his house where Boroujerdi, along with his family
and thousands of his followers, were arrested and transferred to Evin prison.
On this account, the government precautions have increased significantly around
his house.
In addition, using double pressure on
Boroujerdi's house arrest, stationing a huge number of security forces around
his house, as well as maintaining strict control and surveillance during his
daily commute, are for the purpose of officially banning Boroujerdi from
supporting this recent movement. Moreover, the agents of the Ministry of
Intelligence have continued to disconnect his phone calls, send death threat
text messages against him, and perform suspicious telephone calls. In this
respect, these frequent threats have caused a lot of emotional pressure on his
family and make it harder to carry out activities of daily living and essential
routine tasks to prepare the basic needs of the family. In addition to that,
the report inside Iran indicates that Mr. Boroujerdi's students have been
threatened by hostile action, and gravely controlled!
It is obvious that in an Islamic country that
has a religious government, Boroujerdi has been a public defender for over four
decades, keeping company with disenfranchised people in order to advocate for
the rights of Iranians. He was arrested, imprisoned, and tortured many times in
the 70s and early 80s due to advocating for the separation of religion from
politics, fighting religious superstitions, and rejecting any violation and
punishment under the Islamic rulings. In October of 2006, Boroujerdi, along
with his family and thousands of his followers, were arrested and transferred
to Evin prison. Boroujerdi has been staying deeply away from prejudice when
commencing extensive research and study of religious documents and historical
sources of Islam. He has found gross religious inconsistencies in both Shia and
Sunni sources. All these discovered contradictions have been gathered in his book.
A set of thousands of documents have been
discovered that express religious internal contradictions and incompatibilities
that demonstrate the unreliability of revelation, scribes, the holy book Quran
and the prophet's mission. Therefore, the secondary rulings such as hijab,
individual freedoms, and social justice are questioned too. Therefore, the
system of punishment including arrest, penalty, threat, a prison sentence,
flogging or a fine, and death that are imposed for breaking a law of not
wearing hijab or even just standing up for your rights, are inaccurate. It is
far away from the principles of knowledge, logic, conscience, humanity, and
wisdom.
Despite the fact that he had a chance to leave
the country after being released from prison, Boroujerdi preferred to stay in
Iran alongside the Iranian nation and to continue his tireless movement in the
field of research, studies, and teachings to enlighten the society.
It is very important to remember that
Boroujerdi's purpose is a fundamental and essential movement to reveal the
truth of religion and the nature of religious laws in the name of Allah, which
have caused countless crimes against humanity and the oppressed nation of Iran!
Today, we are witnessing a new movement that has
begun from the depths of the hearts of Iranian children, along with students
and sympathetic people. These people have experienced a bitter life in a
religious society with a religious government that is full of suffocation and
oppression, beyond the theories of religious intellectuals who try to give
justification for religious crimes. In fact, in the best possible way, they
have been demonstrating the invalidity of justification of the practice of
religious law in the public sphere. Iranians are rising to demand their fundamental
human rights, including justice, life, freedom and civic rights, as well as
women's rights. Therefore, their demands should be given serious international
attention.
October 2022
Dear Islamic scholars, especially Ahl As-Sunnah wa Al-Jama’ah scholars,
Greetings and blessings to you all who are defenders of humanity,
You are certainly cognizant of the current situation in The Islamic Republic of Iran, well known as an Islamic country, where a new movement has been erupted across Iran in protest the murder of an innocent young Iranian girl, Mahsa Amini, 22, who died after being detained by Iranian morality police. The consequence of this murder that occurred by the name of Allah and under the principal of Islamic law has led to the awakening of Iranians’ conscience and all the justice-seekers across the world. A movement ignited by hidden fire under the ashes which was caused by suffocated protests of oppressed nations and those who are suffering from religious laws, which led it to an explosion! An explosion that killed a great number of our compatriots overall Iran, specifically in Kurdistan and Zahedan. Now, our respected compatriots, mostly those who are living near the provinces’ border, where many of them are Sunnis and have been under religious and ethnic discrimination for many years. They have faced the tragedy of indiscriminate and brutal slaughter due to the internet disconnection and lack of access to the network for reporting information especially in Sanandaj and Zahedan.
Furthermore, due to a deterioration of his health and a high-grade fever, Boroujerdi was taken to a hospital last week. Boroujerdi had been injected with an unknown substance, soon after physical examination, by wicked and unscrupulous agents who disguised themselves as doctors. The effects of suspicious injections were revealed in the form of frequent loss of consciousness and stroke, and it also caused him near fatal falls from the stairs at his house. The falls have resulted in serious injuries, including kidney, brain, pulmonary, and cardiovascular dysfunction.
