To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
Bio: Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Reyshahri was the Iranian intelligence minister for 1984-1989. Reyshahri is currently Khamenei's representative for pilgrimage to Mecca affairs.
