Re: Pakistan’s reaction on Rushdie knighthood (merged)
Sorry Moin I agree with Khehkeshan over here…
How credible the Pakistani ministers and religious leaders are? Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Ejaz-ul-Haq told parliament: “If someone commits suicide bombing to protect the honour of the Prophet Mohammad, his act is justified.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6763119.stm ]
Ejaz-ul-Haq is a notorious Islamic hardliner, and the son of former Pakistani dictator General Zia ul-Haq, who started the process of “Islamization” in Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia-ul-Haq’s_Islamization ]. The Islamization included the infamous “Zina” ordinance, which made life hell for Pakistani women. Remember Safia Bibi, the 13-year old blind girl who became pregnant after her employer and his son raped her? Safia was sentenced for “adultery” while the rapists were acquitted because the Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamic law required four “pious” witnesses to testify against the rapists, and there were none.
I hope decent Pakistanis shoot these all these ****ty Islamist hardliners who are a bane to their country.
“The Satanic Verses” is a really great piece of work. It’s by no means “Islamophobic” (Rushdie himself is from Muslim background). It has garnered great critical acclaim (it was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist). The book doesn’t aim to defame Islam in any way. In fact, Rushdie even issued a politically correct apology: “I profoundly regret the distress that publication has occasioned to sincere followers of Islam.”
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie.html ]
Pakistan’s parliamentary affairs minister Sher Afgan Khan Niazi said the knighthood would “encourage people to commit blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6763119.stm ]
Where the Hell is Freedom of Speech. Can’t I express my views without people wanting to kill me? Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the “Supreme Leader of Iran”, issued a fatwa soon after “The Satanic Verses” was released, saying that “…all those involved in its publication who are aware of its content are sentenced to death.” and said that it was duty of every Muslim to obey.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/14/newsid_2541000/2541149.stm ]
It’s not Rushdie who is harming Islam. It’s these freaking self-proclaimed Islamic leaders, who are making life difficult for rest of the Muslims. They make Islam look like a piece of crap…:grumpy: