Don't kek at me you damned Scientologist!
Just from the op this Imam seems like he's pretty much just a spiritual Muslim who is into the live and let live philosophy. That works for me. What am I missing?
He seems to have a pretty questionable recent past, also lying about credentials. He seems a bit too good to good to be true. He could be sincere in his efforts who knows. If he is I applaud him but if ever anyone should suspect tayyiqa i think it's reasonable here.
"Imam Tawhidi says he is a moderate Muslim reformer — but his very recent past shows he has connections to a religious leader who is anything but moderate.
After Imam Tawhidi
dropped out of university, he fell in with a fringe seminary school in Iran, run by a controversial religious family known as the Shirazis.
Imam Tawhidi studied under its senior cleric, the Grand Ayatollah Sayid Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, and later went to work in one of the Shirazi-run TV stations in Iraq
In February 2016, when Imam Tawhidi set up his Islamic Association of South Australia in Adelaide, Ayatollah Shirazi put out a press release in Iran claiming a connection with Imam Tawhidi and this new Australian-based organisation.
However, the beliefs of Ayatollah Shirazi are not at all aligned with the moderate brand of Islam that Imam Tawhidi calls for when he appears on Australian television.
For example, central to Ayatollah Shirazi's teachings is the insistence on an Islamic system of government, not a secular democracy.
Ayatollah Shirazi also teaches that women should be covered head to toe, and are not suited to holding positions in government, and that it is permissible for a girl to marry from the age of nine.
In late 2015,
Imam Tawhidi sent an open letter to the Shiite Muslim community.
"The teachings I learnt were not incorrect but some were better off concealed … the coming year, 2016, will be a big year for me," he wrote.
"You will be seeing and hearing more of me in the media and social networks. Thus, I request from you all to keep in mind that my mission is an ideological one … There shall be a change of course. This is a matter our beloved Marja Taqlid, has advised and having respect for such a noble figure, I pay obeisance."
Roughly translated, "Marja Taqlid" means "religious leader" — so your Marja Taqlid is the person whose religious authority you've chosen to follow.
Background Briefing has seen two Facebook posts by Imam Tawhidi from late 2014, that clearly state the Grand Ayatollah Shirazi is his Marja Taqlid.
Imam Tahidi says he's a "free human being".
But if Imam Tawhidi's new focus on mainstream media coverage is indeed part of a change of direction advised by Shirazi, then this raises questions about Imam Tawhidi's ultimate goals."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-...blem-with-the-medias-favourite-muslim/8643726
