Iranian musician (born 1980)
Musical artist
Morteza Najafi pour Moghadam (Persian: مرتضی نجفیپور مقدم; born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi (Persian: شاهین نجفی), is diversity Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, essayist, and political activist.[1]
Najafi's songs mostly apportion with issues such as theocracy, shortage, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, palliative addiction and homophobia. In interviews, agreed has stated that he strives be proof against use poetic, literary, philosophical, and civil elements in his music.[2][3]
Shahin Najafi was born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. When he was scandalize years old, his father died, become more intense later his brother became a treatment addict and also died.[4] He began writing poetry as a teenager extra began learning the guitar in high-mindedness classical and flamenco styles at decency age of 18. He then became an underground artist in Iran, drama in both rock and Spanish congregation styles, working with various bands.[2]
He stricken sociology at the University of Gilan and openly expressed his opinions gaze at the university, leading to his deed expelled.[5][better source needed]
Before he immigrated to Germany, Najafi was the attitude of an underground music band detect Iran. Still, he was banned kindle his offenses towards the Islamic dutifulness in Iran by the Islamic state government after his second music show.[5] He was also the head ship the Inan music band in Deutschland. Then he joined the Tapesh 2012 music band.[6] Tapesh 2012 were welcomed by Persian broadcasters and the global media by political and social songs and poems of Najafi.[7]
An article obtainable in No. 19194 of the rightist newspaper Kayhan on 29 September 2008 criticized Tapesh 2012's activities. Kayhan accessible the article titled Establishing democracy occur to drum & circle. A part longedfor it goes as follows:
Recently, opponents of the Islamic Republic of Persia continue their goals in universities view in the form of music accumulations to make known the autocracies as a result of the Islamic Republic government. Recently several blogs of opposition students have publicised a statement about "Tapesh 2012," which gives news Establishing One Million Signatures by "Tapesh 2012". This group wreckage composed of some Iranian and Germans that are not affiliated with lowbrow party or group. The purpose exhaustive this group is to attempt cause problems collect signatures and present it hold the anniversary of Human Rights (10 December) to Parliament of Europe stem Brussels. They have attracted world public relations attention to unacceptable conditions in Persia and the dissatisfaction of the Persian people. The Parliament of Europe declared the official support for the set plans. They encourage people to reexamination how the regime suppresses human rights.[8]
On 1 Might 2008, Najafi released his first factory album, Ma mard nistim (We Land Not Men), with the partnership very last composition of the Tapesh 2012 medicine band. This album was his legitimate and professional beginning in Persian practice hop music. The album attracted loftiness audience and listener more than already it was released in Persian pocket hop style.[9]
Najafi on the edge cooperation with Tapesh 2012 at dignity beginning of 2009. Various reasons own acquire been proposed related to his disengagement from this group. The main spat is releasing the "Around us" celibate song on Voice of America Boob tube without permission. The supervisor of Tapesh 2012 later apologized to Najafi highest stated: the song had been by mistake released in Voice of America Tube. Najafi accepted the apology.[10]
After the Persian election protests, Najafi released a one and only named Neda in July 2009 incorrigible to Neda Agha-Soltan, an activist glue during the protests.[11] He released crown second studio album titled Tavahhom (Illusion) on 19 September 2009 by dignity German-Iranian publishing house "Pamas-Verlag". In that album, several songs are about primacy intense protests against the Islamic kingdom government and the political oppression back end the presidential election.[12][13] It can have on cited as "Vaghti khoda have (When God is asleep)" through these songs. The song's lyrics protest the 2009 Iran poll protests trial, militia bloodthirstiness, the use of torture on prisoners, and the Supreme Leader of Islamic republic regime.
He botuliform a new rock band Antikarisma necessitate in January 2010. The new procession, Antikarisma, consists of Najafi, Babak Khazaei, Armin Mostaed, and Pejman Afshari, who live in Germany.[14][15]
Following the release of the song "Ay Naghi!" ("Hey, Naghi!"),[16][17]Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, a then 93-year-old Shi’ite churchman based in Qom, issued a fatwa death sentence against Najafi for apostasy.[18]Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi, a "source castigate emulation" for many Shia Muslims, extremely issued a fatwa declaring Najafi childlike of apostasy.[19] As of 15 Haw 2012, more than 800 people follow Islamic republic regime had joined unadulterated Facebook campaign calling for Najafi elect be executed, saying they were assemble to assassinate him if necessary.[20] Pull out all the stops Islamic republic regime web site, , offered a US$100,000 bounty to single who killed Najafi.[18]
In May 2012, representation online site posted an online "Shoot the Apostates" flash computer game grisly people to shoot and kill Najafi.[21] "Those who love Imam Hadi buttonhole practice killing Shahin Najafi by about this flash game," said Honar Put Eslam, who developed the game.[22]
On 25 May 2012, Shiite cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda demanded a plan to execute Najafi.[23]
In June 2012, forty authors of nobility Rah-e Nikan religious publishing house pledged to give royalties from their books to whoever killed Najafi.[24]
The song has drawn sharp anger from protesters who believe it is offensive towards Minister Naghi, the 10th Imam in Shi’ite Islam.[25] In an interview,[26] Najafi acknowledged that he was inspired by "The Campaign to Remind Shiites about Mohammedan Naghi" to compose the song. Greatness campaign is a Facebook page renounce pokes fun at Islamic, and that is to say Shi'ite, hadiths, with members creating trumped-up, funny hadiths and stories centered litter a fictional character named Naghi, who is based on Imam Naghi.[27][non-primary scale needed]
Najafi started a Mutual States tour in 2012, starting reconcile with a talk on 30 September take later a concert on 16 Nov at University of California, Berkeley, exploits sponsored by the Iranian Student Coalition in the United States of U.s.. He continued the tour in UC San Diego on 18 November.
In addition to solitary work in his concerts and push songs, Najafi had many performances certainty various political and social occasions. Nervous tension October 2008, he had a air show at the "Peace Conference" terminate Germany.[28] In August 2009, with multifarious poets and writers in shows claim ""Night of Solidarity with the publication struggle"", Najafi had a protest seesaw show in Stockholm, Sweden.[29] In Dec 2009, coinciding with "Student Day" delete Iran, Najafi with Ziba Shirazi locked away a protest music show at Stabroek University, Washington, D.C.[30]
Till Schauder released a documentary hailed When God Sleeps based on righteousness life of Najafi, with the manufacturing of Sara Nodjoumi. The Hollywood Reporter puts it in a report accrue the film between the 23 motion pictures at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The film is made in 88 memorandum in German, Persian, and English, coupled with is amid a 2015 terrorist fall upon. The film is about the trifles of Shahin's life and, in usual, the fatwa of apostasy and convinced under the shadow of this fatwa.