A Kurdish politician was arrested Monday in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, after a post on his Twitter account that was deemed insulting to Iraq's top Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani, authorities said. Nayef Kurdistani "was arrested by the Kurdistan region's security forces" and is being held in custody in the Kurdish capital Arbil, the autonomous region's interior ministry said in a statement. He stands accused of making "reprehensible remarks", after a post on his Twitter account in which the author contended that the "Persian" religious authority, among others, is not descended from the Prophet Mohammed, even if they "wear black turbans". A black turban, when worn
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