[scarface367]

Peaceful bunch, aren't they?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Lunatic Fringe]

Again?

[Terpfen]

What truth did Rushdie write to so infuriate the members of the religion of peace?

[BfloGuy]

Not again?!

Y'know, we all should've picked up on this in the eighties when they first put out their fatwahs on this guy.

Don't tell anyone. But I think we're finally on to them.

[nuconvert]

Kinda cheap, aren't they?

[Squantos]

I think his second book titled.... Buddah Sucks....clearly pushed his readers to the conclusion he's better off a dead .......

Stay safe !

[beaversmom]

These people don't let go of a grudge, do they? I guess that ain't news to the Jews of the region.

[Liberty Valance]

IIRC the original fatwa was for $1,000,000.back in the 80's. Maybe outsourcing is putting the old jihadis out of business /sarcasm/

[fish hawk]

1,000,000 dollars to the guy that kills the guy that kills Rushdie. that should take care of that.

[dasboot]

Is there a fatwa registry? You might have one on ya and not know it.

These things are gettin to be like restraining orders...everybody's either declaring one, or having one put on them.

Mebbe it's developing into 'fatwa chic'.

Rough translation of Salman Rushdie:

'He who is in a rush to die.' [SNL/D. Miller]

[BykrBayb]

Just wanted to add what little I know, for those who don't already know, and for those who would like to add to it. Singer Cat Stevens, who later became Muslim and changed his name to Yusuf Islam, has made public statements at least twice in support of this fatwa. I'm having a hard time finding a link to his statements. I keep getting Yusef Islam sponsored sites and others that put his spin on it. There are several statements by him, attempting to backpedal from his original statements. That makes it really hard to sift through everything to get the meat. This one's not bad http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html. Maybe somebody else can provide a better one.

[Rebelbase]

Last I heard Rushide was living in New York and had changed his name to Sal Bass.

[goldstategop]

They're proving the author of The Satanic Verses right. They're a Cult Of Satan.

[F14 Pilot]

Also posted here:>>>>>

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078946/posts?page=11#11

[tdadams]

I was about two minutes away from being a fatal victim of the original fatwa. In London in June of 1989, I was standing at the window of a bookstore that was selling The Satanic Verses. This was just after the hit had been issued for Rushdie and no bookstores were carrying it. It impressed me that this one had it on display. I thought that was very brave.

I had walked about four blocks from the store when it was destroyed by a blast of TNT left in a briefcase, killing about a dozen people.