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Indian court lets off minister
An India court on Monday rejected demands for action against a lawmaker who put an 11.5 million dollar-bounty on the heads of Danish cartoonists who drew controversial images of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (ptui pbuh). A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal described as "unfortunate" last month's offer by Mohammed Yaqoob Qureshi, a minister in the Uttar Pradesh state government. The court, however, said it couldn't "entertain" such appeals and suggested the petitioner, Vijay Kumar Tiwari, register a criminal complaint with the police against the politician.

Qureshi told a Muslim rally after Friday prayers last month that he would give "the avenger" 510 million rupees and his weight in gold. "The money will be paid by the people of Meerut," Qureshi said, who is the state's minority affairs' minister.
Posted by: Fred 2006-03-21
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