Muslim cleric in Iran calls for death of Falwell

Sunday, October 13, 2002

Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.

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