Amelia Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 Pakistani radicals set $11 mn bounty on Rushdie's head IANS Saturday 23rd June, 2007 A group of Islamic scholars in northwest Pakistan placed a $11.5 million bounty on author Salman Rushdie's head, whose knighthood in Britain sparked an angry response across the Muslim world recently, a report said Saturday. The bounty was announced during a meeting of 50 Islamic scholars in the Kanigram region of semi-autonomous North Waziristan, Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper reported. 'Blasphemer Rushdie is liable to death and anyone who murders him will get a reward of 700 million rupees (about $11.5 million),' the head of the meeting, Maulana Muhammad Zaman, was quoted as saying. 'The British government has challenged the honour of one billion and four hundred million Muslims around the world,' he added. The dispute over the knighthood, proposed by Britain's Labour government and to be awarded by Queen Elizabeth II, escalated Friday as the Pakistani parliament hardened its stance on the issue and demanded an apology from Britain. 'This house renews its demand from the British government and Tony Blair for immediate withdrawal of the title and tender an apology to the Muslim world,' it said in a new resolution. Thousands of Pakistanis demonstrated across the country chanting slogans 'Death to blasphemer Rushdie' and 'Death to Britain'. Some speakers urged the government in Islamabad to review its diplomatic and trade relations with London. Another grouping of Islamic scholars, The Pakistan Ulema Council, Thursday conferred the honour title of 'Saifullah' (Sword of God) on Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden apparently in retaliation for Rushdie's knighting. Many Muslims consider Rushdie's 1988 book 'The Satanic Verses' blasphemous. Britain insists that the title was awarded to the author for his literary services and not to offend Muslims. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Amelia Posted June 23, 2007 Author Posted June 23, 2007 Pak clerics call Queen Elizabeth a "blasphemer" ANI Saturday 23rd June, 2007 Lahore, June 23 : Clerics belonging to Pakistan's various religious parties have termed Queen Elizabeth a 'blasphemer' for conferring a knighthood on noted author Salman Rushdie. Protesting under the banner of Almi Tanzeeme Ahle Sunnah, the clerics burnt an effigy of Queen Elizabeth at the Data Darbar, and termed it as a symbolic killing of the Queen. They further demanded the government to call Pakistani diplomats back from the UK, adding that Islamabad should cut off the diplomatic and trade ties with that country. The clerics also endorsed the floor statements of Federal Religious Minister Ejazul Haq and Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhry Afzal Sahi terming a suicidal attack on a blasphemer as justified, the Daily Times reported. They also shouted anti-Christianity slogans. Protests have been going on across Pakistan to denounce the British government for awarding the title of 'Sir' to Rushdie. The protestors have demanded the British government to immediately withdraw this title, saying this step has "hurt the feelings of Muslims." Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Neil D Posted June 23, 2007 Posted June 23, 2007 Quote: The protestors have demanded the British government to immediately withdraw this title, saying this step has "hurt the feelings of Muslims." Concidering the slaughter some of the radical muslims have done to foriegn journalists and the sensless slaughter of women in the muslim world, I wish the Queen would tell the muslim world to just "get over it"... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
olger Posted June 24, 2007 Posted June 24, 2007 TIC parapharase "If you don't take it back, we'll kill somebody!" Is it my imagination, or does the muslim world begat violence? Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
LifeHiscost Posted June 24, 2007 Posted June 24, 2007 The protestors have demanded the British government to immediately withdraw this title, saying this step has "hurt the feelings of Muslims." To argue with the logic of those who individually kill other human beings in the name of God, is an exercise in futility. However it is a lesson for all those who are in the valley of decision, about whom they wish to serve. A God Who wishes blessings even for the evil minded and the enemies of His government, or the so-called gods who believe that the solution to the problems of evil are to exterminate all those who commit evil deeds. "For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn and live!”" Ezekiel 18:31 NKJV "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. " Romans 5:8 NASB Regards!! Quote Lift Jesus up!!
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