Channel 4 faces wrath of Grand Ayatollah over ‘anti-Shia’ film

Grand Ayatollah Saanei, a reformist Islamic scholar and one of the most senior Shias, has made comparatively liberal pronouncements in Iran on women’s political involvement and abortion. Now, though, he has issued a blistering denunciation of the programme, directed by Antony Thomas and broadcast on 14 July. It examined references to violence, relationships with other faiths and equality in Islam’s holy book. >>>>>