Rafiq Tağı, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rafiq Tağı

Assassinated journalist

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1950

Place of Birth: Xoşçobanlı, Azerbaijan

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2011

Profession: writer, physician, journalist

Nationality: Azerbaijan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Rafiq Tagi, born Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev (5 August 1950, Khoshchobanly, Masally District, Azerbaijan — 23 November 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani short story writer and a journalist who worked for Sanat newspaper until police arrested him and Sanat editor Samir Sadagatoglu for "Europe and Us", an article that was deemed to be critical of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
He was considered to be inciting racial hatred and sentenced to three years in prison.
Released on a presidential pardon some months later he was assassinated in a car park.