The Imami Jurisprudence and Its Relation With Freedom of Speech

What today’s human world is extremely in need of is the interacton and communicaton of religions for reducing the empty gaps between them and sofening the hearts of their followers and unifying their movement towards prosperity. It is so that the Holy Quran tells the Prophet (s.a.w) that: “We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and warner to all mankind” (Surah 34, Sab’a); it is because being universal and being for everyone from any race, place or faith are the unique features of the holy religion of Islam. Insultng the saints of any divine religions by followers of another religion will bring the relatonships of religions to a deadend; whereas respecting and reverencing them will set a good background for tghtening relatons and sympathetc of religions or understanding the path of Truth and it has positve and productve efects. Knowing the rules of the divine religions for insultng saints of others will reduce the amount of confrontng and arguing among diferent religions and it will stop them from doing so.This artcle, by studying the basis and reasons of the Imami jurisprudence, shows that insultng other divine religions’ saints beside Islam is also forbidden and is one of the major sins and the relatons between Muslims and nonMuslims has to be based on respect, kindness, religious tolerance, freedom of thought and speech, understanding audience, understanding the language and the holy scriptures of other religions and peaceful coexistence.