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| Rushdie visiting India is threatened by Muslims - Surprise |
| 2004-01-15 |
| EFL Rushdie on run after threat or F7 on the news macro key INDIAN-born British novelist Salman Rushdie, holidaying in India, has checked out of his Bombay hotel room, a hotel official said today after hardline Muslims threatened to "blacken" the author’s face. His departure came after a local Muslim group offered a 100,000-rupee ($2710) award to anyone who would "blacken his face". Blackening a person’s face with shoe polish or soot is considered a grave insult in India. that’s because they are rascist, although since they aren’t westerners that’s OK with the PC crowd The novelist, born in Bombay to a Muslim family, sparked fury among Muslims worldwide 15 years ago with his controversial novel "The Satanic Verses" which is viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims. "We definitely wanted to blacken his face and hence announced an award for anyone who would do the daring act," said Suhail Rokadia, general secretary of the Raza Academy, the organisation which spearheaded the anti-Rushdie campaign. Yesterday, more than 100 Indian Muslims If we ever took incitement to violence as serious, the Koran would have to be banned |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #28 Shipman, your a kidder. That would be Guy, Lucky Guy! I've not read alot of Faulkner. One novel and a compilation.(?) But he's a good read. Tu#s, Yep! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-16 12:01:31 AM |
| #27 I still think Rushdie called "Dial a Fatwa" and put one on his own ass. Hey, business is business and who the hell heard of this guy before then? All of a sudden he's on the cover of Time magazine... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-15 9:18:19 PM |
| #26 Declare the whole mess (Islam) a sham, outlaw it, and make the following of Islam punishable by death. We'll call it the Islam Solution. |
| Posted by: Analog-Roam 2004-1-15 6:26:07 PM |
| #25 Love the Faulkner I knew it! Falkner ripped off your style. Ratliff must be your last name. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 3:16:12 PM |
| #24 Except that banning the Koran would be regulating religion. A little problem the Founding Father's didn't see was the contradictions in our laws. The problem is, Islam is incompatible with personal freedom. There are no individual choices, only to follow Islam. You cannot "leave", you cannot marry outside the faith, you cannot do this, you cannot do that, and you shouldn't associate with anyone that's NOT a Muslim, unless it's to lord it over "kaffirs" - dhimmitude. Islam isn't "submission", it's slavery, pure and simple, with no chance EVER of emancipation. My personal take is that it's incompatible with the freedoms, and corresponding duties, of US citizenship. I can say unequivocally that it's incompatible to the oath taken by any member of the United States military. Of course, breaking or disregarding an oath made to a kaffir is not a sin, so it's not important - to a Muslim. The rest of it see it a bit differently. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-15 1:33:33 PM |
| #23 WHITECOLLAR terrorist? Why I'll sue I tell ya. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-1-15 12:31:28 PM |
| #22 Love the Faulkner I've read but Joyce was hard to get started. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-15 12:19:52 PM |
| #21 LH, Well Joyce has much rambling and so does Faulkner. I didn't particularly like either but Faulkner is actually pretty easy to read even with the rambling. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-1-15 11:13:12 AM |
| #20 "KALI-MAAAAA!!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-1-15 10:57:00 AM |
| #19 I havent read SV, but Paul Berman speaks highly of it - its supposed to be rambling, confused, etc - cause its supposed to represent the rambling confused thought world of certain kinds of muslims living in the West - actually quite relevant. I take it youre not a big fan of James Joyce or William Faulkner. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-1-15 9:28:00 AM |
| #18 I browsed "the Satanic Verses" at the book store. After two pages I decided it was awful. By the way, a Christian spin on the history of the real satanic verses is at: http://www.muhammadanism.com/Quran/SatanicVerses.htm |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-1-15 8:48:33 AM |
| #17 I made it about 3/4 of the way through the book then gave-up.Your right it sucked. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-1-15 7:06:18 AM |
| #16 Has anyone else actually read "The Satanic Verses"? It sucks! I see why Muslims are upset with it, there is a passage which can be considered blasphemous to Islam. But its buried in a dense, confused, convoluted and rambling story that makes no sense, has no ending, and is just not good. It is blasphemous, but its also lousy literature. The fatwa against Rushdie makes as much sense as a fatwa against Ed Wood. |
| Posted by: Ben 2004-1-15 5:07:44 AM |
| #15 Except that banning the Koran would be regulating religion. A little problem the Founding Father's didn't see was the contradictions in our laws. Afterall, who would have thought Muslims would come over here promote Jihad in 1776? Well, maybe Franklin or Jefferson, but that's it! ... I guess Madison might have saw it coming to. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-15 2:39:42 AM |
| #14 Shipman, your a kidder. That would be Guy, Lucky Guy! I've not read alot of Faulkner. One novel and a compilation.(?) But he's a good read. Tu#s, Yep! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-16 12:01:31 AM |
| #13 I still think Rushdie called "Dial a Fatwa" and put one on his own ass. Hey, business is business and who the hell heard of this guy before then? All of a sudden he's on the cover of Time magazine... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-15 9:18:19 PM |
| #12 Declare the whole mess (Islam) a sham, outlaw it, and make the following of Islam punishable by death. We'll call it the Islam Solution. |
| Posted by: Analog-Roam 2004-1-15 6:26:07 PM |
| #11 Love the Faulkner I knew it! Falkner ripped off your style. Ratliff must be your last name. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-15 3:16:12 PM |
| #10 Except that banning the Koran would be regulating religion. A little problem the Founding Father's didn't see was the contradictions in our laws. The problem is, Islam is incompatible with personal freedom. There are no individual choices, only to follow Islam. You cannot "leave", you cannot marry outside the faith, you cannot do this, you cannot do that, and you shouldn't associate with anyone that's NOT a Muslim, unless it's to lord it over "kaffirs" - dhimmitude. Islam isn't "submission", it's slavery, pure and simple, with no chance EVER of emancipation. My personal take is that it's incompatible with the freedoms, and corresponding duties, of US citizenship. I can say unequivocally that it's incompatible to the oath taken by any member of the United States military. Of course, breaking or disregarding an oath made to a kaffir is not a sin, so it's not important - to a Muslim. The rest of it see it a bit differently. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-15 1:33:33 PM |
| #9 WHITECOLLAR terrorist? Why I'll sue I tell ya. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-1-15 12:31:28 PM |
| #8 Love the Faulkner I've read but Joyce was hard to get started. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-15 12:19:52 PM |
| #7 LH, Well Joyce has much rambling and so does Faulkner. I didn't particularly like either but Faulkner is actually pretty easy to read even with the rambling. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-1-15 11:13:12 AM |
| #6 "KALI-MAAAAA!!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-1-15 10:57:00 AM |
| #5 I havent read SV, but Paul Berman speaks highly of it - its supposed to be rambling, confused, etc - cause its supposed to represent the rambling confused thought world of certain kinds of muslims living in the West - actually quite relevant. I take it youre not a big fan of James Joyce or William Faulkner. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-1-15 9:28:00 AM |
| #4 I browsed "the Satanic Verses" at the book store. After two pages I decided it was awful. By the way, a Christian spin on the history of the real satanic verses is at: http://www.muhammadanism.com/Quran/SatanicVerses.htm |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-1-15 8:48:33 AM |
| #3 I made it about 3/4 of the way through the book then gave-up.Your right it sucked. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-1-15 7:06:18 AM |
| #2 Has anyone else actually read "The Satanic Verses"? It sucks! I see why Muslims are upset with it, there is a passage which can be considered blasphemous to Islam. But its buried in a dense, confused, convoluted and rambling story that makes no sense, has no ending, and is just not good. It is blasphemous, but its also lousy literature. The fatwa against Rushdie makes as much sense as a fatwa against Ed Wood. |
| Posted by: Ben 2004-1-15 5:07:44 AM |
| #1 Except that banning the Koran would be regulating religion. A little problem the Founding Father's didn't see was the contradictions in our laws. Afterall, who would have thought Muslims would come over here promote Jihad in 1776? Well, maybe Franklin or Jefferson, but that's it! ... I guess Madison might have saw it coming to. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-15 2:39:42 AM |