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| Muslim group seeks fatwa after Danish court drops libel charge |
| 2007-07-22 |
| An Islamic organisation has indicated it will seek a fatwa after a court acquits Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard of libel. The head of the nationalist Danish People’s Party, Pia Kjærsgaard, was cleared last week of libel charges filed by Muslim organisation Islamisk Trossamfund, prompting the organisation to seek a fatwa. Islamisk Trossamfund also said it would also seek a fatwa for Jyllands-Posten if the newspaper does not apologise for printing the cartoons or if it is not found guilty of libel. Kassem Ahmad, spokesperson for the Islamisk Trossamfund, told TV2 News that he interpreted the court’s ruling to mean that Kjærsgaard and others had free reign to say whatever they wanted about Muslims. He said that despite calling for a fatwa, the best way for Muslims to deal with insults against Islam is to ignore them. ‘We have to ignore these types of things,’ said Ahmad. ‘We shouldn’t waste our time on something so unreasonable. We have to silence these provocations to death.’ Islamisk Trossamfund is expected to appeal Friday’s ruling. Kjærsgaard said she was relieved the case was over and called Ahmad ‘a poor loser’. ‘As a politician I have both the duty and the right to express myself and my position. I am convinced that many Danes during those heady days in the winter of 2006 felt just the same as I did.’ The case against Kjærsgaard cost the Islamisk Trossamfund a reported DKK 40,000 in legal fees. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 Hang anyone that "issues" a "fatwa" on the nearest streetcorner for a few weeks, then burn what's left. That MIGHT be a message these so-called "holy men" understand. You're batting 1.000, OP! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-22 21:56 |
| #8 Hang anyone that "issues" a "fatwa" on the nearest streetcorner for a few weeks, then burn what's left. That MIGHT be a message these so-called "holy men" understand. If not, the practice will greatly reduce their number. Also destroy any mosque these fatwa-issuing "men" were preaching from. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-07-22 20:25 |
| #7 Nah, upset them, then kill them, more fun that way. Hell, after the Cartoonifada if you upset them enough they kill each other. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-22 20:02 |
| #6 Nah, upset them, then kill them, more fun that way. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-07-22 16:55 |
| #5 Nothing upsets "holy men" like being hit in the pocketbook. If we're going to "hit" Islam's holy men let's please do it the |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-22 16:08 |
| #4 I'd make it a civil crime. Nothing upsets "holy men" like being hit in the pocketbook. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-07-22 15:56 |
| #3 How's about the Danes (and everyone else) making the issuing of fatwas a death penalty crime? Anyone operating outside the national judicial system out to be in prison or sentenced to death. Stop the shit in its tracks. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-22 14:11 |
| #2 They call it a "fatwa" we call it a "contract". We need to issue some contracts. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-22 11:42 |
| #1 Because islamic law is superior to and over-rules kufr national laws & sovereignty; that's what the original fatwa on Salman Rushdie told to the entire world, a tipping point that went unnoticed. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-07-22 02:58 |