________________________________________________________________________ | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ | |\ | || || | || |T | | || | |\ | . _, _8 |_D_|| . _,_,_,_D_|| 4_|| q ]_o_7_o _|_c 4_|_|| _|,_p q |\ | (_): / (_): . : / (_S (_S / |\ | |\ | In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the All-Merciful |\ | Greeting of Allah be upon Muhammad and the pure members of his House |\ |_______________________________________________________________________|\ Salamun alaykum, The reply to the follow-up question below was kindly provided by Mulla Asghar. Wasalaam, Mustafa Rawji Moderator, 'Aalim Network -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: Can you also provide the ruling of Ayat. Khamenei on this subject. ANSWER: According to Ayatullah Khameini, ahlul Kitab are Tahir. According to him, Zorestrians are included in Ahlul Kitab. Asgharali M.M. Jaffer