User talk:Memarshall

Iran Nuclear Fatwa

Hello Memarshall,

I noticed on the talk page of List_of_fatwas that you correctly stated that the fatwa is unconfirmed. A confirmed fatwa is one listed on an official fatwa web site. For instance, this fatwa ought to be listed on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's fatwa web site. I heard Dore Gold on Dennis Prager's talk show saying that the nuclear fatwa could not be found on Iranian Persian-language government web sites, where it ought to be. Nonetheless, the current state of the page does not state that the fatwa is unconfirmed. I agree that the page ought to reflect the "unconfirmed" status. Has there been any additional research into this? ...follow the trail (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bitcrumbtrail,

I don't know if this is the proper way to respond to your post on my talk page - perhaps I should reply on your talk page? In any case, I did once modify the fatwa page to reflect the unconfirmed status of the nuclear fatwa but it was later reversed. I've done no additional research into the issue and indeed was not aware of the "fatwa webpage" you mention. My understanding was that fatwa's are not valid until printed publicly, which the alleged nuclear fatwa never was. Curiously, the reference cited for that fatwa is simply a statement ABOUT it made by an Iranian official which itself is no evidence of an actual fatwa even though the reference incorrectly says that it contains the full text of the fatwa. I'm at a loss about how to correct this on the wikipedia page since I suspect it'd be reversed again if I did. Certainly interested in your thoughts. User:Memarshall 00:28, 17 April 2012 (PST)