Rafiq Tağı [SEP] place of birth
Rafiq Tağı
Rafiq Tağı, born Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev (5 August 1950, Khoshchobanly, Masally District, Azerbaijan — 23 November 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani short story writer and a journalist who worked for "Sanat" newspaper until police arrested him and "Sanat" editor Samir Sadagatoglu for "Europe and Us", an article that was deemed to be critical of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was considered to be inciting racial hatred and sentenced to three years in prison. Released on a
by Tağı and editor Sadagatoglu. He was accused of promoting religious hatred and was sentenced to four years in jail by for instigating religious hostility. After 8 months of imprisonment with a presidential pardon, he was released.
Biography Assassination.
Rafiq Tağı died on 23 November 2011 of a knife injury received on 19 November in a car park near his home. In an interview held just one day prior to his death, Rafiq Tağı stated the attack could be an act of retaliation for the article "Iran and the Inevitability of