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India-Pakistan
Case against minister who offered bounty for Danish cartoonist
2006-02-22
Lucknow: A court in Uttar Pradesh will Thursday hear a case against state minister Haji Yaqoob Quereshi for offering a bounty of Rs.510 million to anyone who beheaded the cartoonist responsible for the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. The case has been filed in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Singh at Ghaziabad, 20 km from New Delhi, by advocate Ajay Veer Singh, who alleged the police had refused to take note of Quereshi's "unlawful" utterances.

Quereshi, the minister of state for Haj and minorities welfare, has said he will pay Rs.510 million to anyone who kills the Danish cartoonist. He has also claimed that women in Uttar Pradesh will donate gold jewellery equivalent to the weight of the assassin. In the court petition, Quereshi has been accused of making statements amounting to contract killing. Advocate Singh also expressed apprehension that Quereshi's remarks could incite violence and provoke people to commit murder.
Posted by:john

#18  No nonsense from the Nuck! Hi-5 mate.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-22 18:46  

#17  Hardliner: I have taken the privilege of editing your post, only very slightly however. I think all we still be able to capture the essense of your insightful contribution. Best to you mate. Besoeker.


Be aware that India is saddled with a Constitution that recognizes Sharia. Tens of millions of State funds go to sending carpet humpers to Mecca during the Hajj moronic conversion. Hindus tell me that it would be worth it if they stayed there. Percentage of population of Hindus in Pakistan at Partition = 18% And now = 1% Percentage of population of Muslims in India at Partition = 8% And now = 13% One lotp is too many.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-22 17:23  

#16  Be aware that India is saddled with a Constitution that recognizes Sharia. Tens of millions of State funds go to sending carpet humpers to Mecca during the Hajj moronic conversion. Hindus tell me that it would be worth it if they stayed there.

Percentage of population of Hindus in Pakistan at Partition = 18% And now = 1%

Percentage of population of Muslims in India at Partition = 8% And now = 13%

One Muslim is too many.

Posted by: Hardliner   2006-02-22 16:25  

#15  
"Then the people of UP need to ask themselves why scum like this are in their cabinet. "


They already know why. It is because Moslems are a "protected class" in India, much like certain ethnic minorities and special interest groups are here.

Posted by: Nuck Fozzle2168   2006-02-22 18:42  

#14  Warning #1.
Posted by: lotp   2006-02-22 16:27  

#13  
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Posted by: Hardliner   2006-02-22 16:25  

#12  Indeed.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-02-22 15:20  

#11  the minister of state for Haj and minorities welfare

The next question the people of Uttar Pradesh need to ask themselves is why their state cabinet has a post of "Haj and Minority Welfare".

Minority welfare in India's most populous state?
UP and Bihar, the Indian "cow belt" hold the greatest number of people living in poverty, in perhaps the entire world.

He is not the minister for welfare, but the minister for minority (read muslim) welfare.

What abouts the tens of millions of poor hindus, poor christians etc?

He is also minister for Haj.

No other religious group in India has the state providing for their religious obligations.
The Hindu pilgrims who journey to the Anantnag cave in Kashmir, and Mount Kailash in Tibet, don't have a minister looking after them. Hell, they face bullets from the jihadis as they walk on foot on the trail to the cave. Many have died.

State support for Haj is also a violation of Sharia.
Muslims are supposed to pay for Haj from their own pocket, not state largesse.

Then the people of UP need to ask themselves why scum like this are in their cabinet.


Posted by: john   2006-02-22 14:26  

#10  Got a Sikh judge, too. Kiss it goodbye, pal.
Posted by: mojo   2006-02-22 12:26  

#9  I had hoped India would show the courage to do this. For once, I am pleasantly surprised. Bravo for the sub-continent!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-22 12:26  

#8  It's in the shop. We thought it was broken, but it kept reading zero all the time.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-02-22 12:20  

#7  is there a suprise meter that works?
Posted by: 2b   2006-02-22 10:28  

#6  The case has been filed in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Singh at Ghaziabad, 20 km from New Delhi, by advocate Ajay Veer Singh, who alleged the police had refused to take note of Quereshi's "unlawful" utterances.

Yep. India. Good work.
Posted by: Ptah   2006-02-22 08:16  

#5  good.
Posted by: lotp   2006-02-22 07:55  

#4  Possibly a second criminal case.. and pressure is building for his sacking....


Ghaziabad

A criminal case was filed in a local court here against UP Haj Minister Yaqoob Qureshi for his inflammatory and criminal speech where in he announced a reward of Rs 51 crore for anybody beaheading the Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet. The case was filed in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Singh on Monday. The hearing of the case will be held on February 24. Meanwhile, in Ludhiana, the Bahujan Samaj Party has demanded registration of a criminal case and sacking of the Minister for allegedly resorting to criminal and communal act.
Posted by: john   2006-02-22 06:01  

#3  MM - I believe this is in India, not Pakland.
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-02-22 00:46  

#2  I'm surprised that this has even been brought to court. Even if it's a whitewash, at least the authorities didn't give him a medal and a parade. My opinion of Pakland (at least the semi-civilized parts) has just gone up a few ticks.
Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat   2006-02-22 00:25  

#1  could incite violence and provoke people to commit murder??
Posted by: Frank G   2006-02-22 00:08  

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