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| Iran's fatwa against Rushdie 'still stands' |
| 2007-06-24 |
| Iran says a fatwa issued by its revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini ordering the death of British writer Salman Rushdie still stands after the author's knighthood by the Queen. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini says the fatwa against the Indian-born author still stands. "The stance of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to this issue has not changed from what was put forward by the Imam Khomeini," he said. Mr Hosseini was asked by a local reporter why Iran's reaction to the knighthood for the writer has been relatively low-key in comparison to other Islamic countries such as Pakistan. More than a week after the Queen made the author Sir Salman, there have been no officially-sanctioned protests against the knighthood in Iran, and Ayatollah Khamenei has yet to make any official comment on the issue. But Mr Hosseini has pointed out that swiftly after the awarding of the knighthood, he had accused Britain of "Islamaphobia" in knighting Sir Salman. A leading cleric, Ahmad Khatami, had said during Friday prayers that the fatwa was still valid, but this was the first time an official has made such a confirmation since the knighthood. In neighbouring Pakistan, Islamists have staged protests, burning effigies of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Salman, while its Parliament has called on Britain to revoke the honour. Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Ijaz-ul Haq also sparked controversy by saying that Sir Salman's knighthood justified suicide bombings. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 The only way to get their attention is to stomp them so hard their children to the 20th generation will be born with bootmarks on their butts. Author! Author! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-24 17:24 |
| #5 Once the mullahs get the bomb, they can threaten any country with nukes unless it executes/extradict Rushie. Don't count on them not doing that. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2007-06-24 17:11 |
| #4 The only way to move toward "peace" in Pakistan is to get rid of it. Crush both sides, stomp their skins into the sand, and divide the nation between Afghanistan and India. Eliminate the name "pakistan" from dictionaries and diplomatic documents. It was a mistake in creation, and the only way to resolve that error is to destroy what was mistakenly created. Iran needs a good a$$-kicking, so they know who's still number 1 in the region. Destroying their nuke installations and ports and harbors should be sufficient to get their attention. The longer we delay, the more costly the action. Nailing the entire duplicitous, degenerate, and deadly House of Saud, and the city they live in, would help significantly, also. I no longer have any sympathy with muzlems in general and arabs in particular. The only way to get their attention is to stomp them so hard their children to the 20th generation will be born with bootmarks on their butts. Maybe once we've got their attention, we can possibly teach them that what they're doing is intolerable, and they either stop or cease to exist. Either solution is ok with me. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-06-24 17:07 |
| #3 Regime change in Iran would improve matters because the leadership is more radical than the general population, but the opposite may hold true in Pakistan. This is why realpolitik dictates that we support a strongman like Mushharraf - because representative leadership in that nuclear armed nation might be far more dangerous. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-06-24 15:04 |
| #2 pakistan and iran need regime change soon.i have faith in the iranian people for democracy but am unsure re pakistan. |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-06-24 10:08 |
| #1 And when finally and at long last it is war our traitor-left will still say we searched for a pretext. Time to take up a cutlass and join the fray. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-24 09:18 |