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| Self Identified Moderate Muslim Threaten Death to Mourners of Salman Taseer |
| 2011-01-06 |
| Reuters reports that the 500 Islamic Scholars of the Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, (who Reuters says is seen as a relatively moderate, with no scare quotes on the word 'moderate') school of Islam in Pakistan, think Salman Taseer should not be mourned and that those who mourn him in public should be killed. Salman Taseer is the late Governor of the Punjab district and was a prominent advocate of reforming the blasphemy laws (used many times to kill non Muslims and minority sect Muslims in Pakistan for such things as not lowering their eyes when looking at a Muslim). Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat = Community of the Traditions [of Islam] The assassin was a member of Taseer's security squad and after killing Taseer yelled: "In the service of the Prophet, death is acceptable." |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #9 The solution in Pakistan, requires a scorched earth war conducted by the overwhelming Punjabi-Sindi majority, against the northern arab wannabes. The status quo measures couldn't solve the problem in 10,000 years. Still US Presidents continue to seek islamonazi participation in pseudo democratic processes. The American President should be picked at random out of a national phone registry. |
| Posted by: Kojo Shomock8299 2011-01-06 18:30 |
| #8 This guy must be moderate in the sense that he only targets specific individuals, whereas someone like bin Laden does mass killings of random strangers. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-01-06 14:18 |
| #7 Real or lawyer stagecraft, not good for 'stable' Pakistan. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-01-06 12:41 |
| #6 Wikipedia also defines the Barlevi movement, of which the JAS scholars are, as moderate, because they adhere to traditional Sunni Islam with all the accretions that have occurred in the Indian subcontinent over the centuries. This is compared to the radical Deobandis, who like the Salafis demand a return to the pure Islam of the early days. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-06 12:06 |
| #5 The scholars praised the "courage" and religious zeal of the killer, saying his action had made Muslims around the world proud. Whoa...that's painting all of Islam with a pretty boad brush there. Muslim groups around the world, like CAIR, should be complaining about such loose language anytime soon now. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-01-06 11:02 |
| #4 Darn another mistake by me. The word "MUSLIM" in the heading should have been "MUSLIMS" |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-01-06 10:48 |
| #3 So much for the "moderate" muslim meme. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-06 10:18 |
| #2 Those would be the less moderate clerics. The "even somewhat less moderate than them" clerics would want to behead his entire family. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-06 08:45 |
| #1 Well, non-moderate clerics probably recommend that everyone who secretly mourns Taseer should be killed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-01-06 03:29 |