Islamic Scholars Counter Rushdie Knighthood With ''The Sword Of Allah'' Award For Bin Laden

[DeSwiss]

Pakistan scholars honour Bin Laden

June 21, 2007 06:54pm

A LEADING group of Pakistani Islamic scholars today awarded its highest honour to al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, saying it was in reaction to Britain's knighthood for Salman Rushdie.

Meanwhile, a Pakistani minister who caused outrage by remarking that the award given to the Satanic Verses author justified suicide attacks announced that he was set to visit Britain next month.

The Pakistani Ulema Council, a private body that claims to be the biggest of its kind in the country with 2000 scholars, said it had given Bin Laden the title “Saifullah”, or Sword of Allah.

“We are pleased to award the title of Saifullah to Osama bin Laden after the British Government's decision to bestow the title of 'Sir' on blasphemer Rushdie,” council chairman Maulana Tahir Ashrafi said.

“This is the highest title for a Muslim warrior.”

more: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21945115-1702,00.html

*** - I had always thought that a "warrior" was someone who fought bravely and in the open. Not people who skulk around dressed up in bomb suits and killed innocent women and children. Like a bunch of fucking cowards....

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[JCMach1]

2. Let's talk about our 'honorable' troops at Abu Ghraib shall we...

It's also a slippery slope to conflate all political movements with some Islamic elements with terrorist organizations... but I digress...

These folks are the lunatic fringe in Pakistan...

[JCMach1]

3. Actually what amazes me more is the British are knighting one of the most overrated

writers of the 20th century...

That's the real f'ing insult.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. Hmm. I haven't read Rushdie.

Do you think they're knighting him because of his writing, or because his writing pissed off all the right people?

[shenmue]

4. Red herring.

Anyway, the foundation is *not* the lunatic fringe in Pakistan anymore. Wake up. They did an idiotic thing, and Abu Ghraib had nothing to do with it. They don't like freedom of religion or a free press. Would you rather take your chances over there?

[JCMach1]

7. I 'take my chances' every day over here

but that's another matter... Pakistan is a mess, but yes, that group is part of that fringe...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. What about "accident of history?"

More extreme, and more in quantity, whackos appear within Islam than within Christianity because the societies there are less developed. Just that.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. More extreme whackos appear within Islam than Christianity?

Could have fooled me.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. You gotta admit their variety of crazies can get away with more.

Because, as I say, of an accident of history.

"Our" variety has to jump through some hoops to achieve similar ends, for instance, inflaming the flock through the media. And not enough infidels get killed. Some do, but not as many as they'd like.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. No, sorry, I can't agree with that.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Shall we put the disagreements aside for a while and celebrate the bigoted comment being deleted?

:toast:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Just after I point out that supports my point.

About extremist whackos being over here.

:spank:

:toast:

[Boojatta]

6. Rushdie has won more prestigious awards than bin Laden

Rushdie won:

The Booker prize for his book Midnight's Children

The fatwa "I wanna kill you" award from the Ayatollah Khomeini for his book The Satanic Verses

Rushdie has won other awards in addition to those.

Osama bin Laden is expected to be the first winner of the new O. J. Simpson "If I did it" award.

[HardRocker05]

12. if they think Rushdie and binLaden are comparable, they're nuts. oh wait, they are nuts. nt

[Johonny]

15. So when Bin Laden shows up for the award

we nab Bin Laden right?