Fatwā

[Xerxes]

What are your opinions of the Death Fatwā issued against Salman Rushdie for his book, "Satanic Verses"?

For those of you who don't know what a Fatwā is, it is a mandate of sorts set forth by Islamic leaders, and in this example, it is a death Fatwā, which authorizes any person to murder Salman Rusdie for his "offences" against Islam and Islamic countries would offer the assassin sanctuary in their country.

Article about the Fatwā: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article414681.ece

[trooneh]

Although that story is a little old, I just personally find censorship by religion wrong. To attempt to force other people to live by your beliefs, and to threaten death in order to do so, is totalitarian and simply lowers my opinion of the religion as a whole. Also, due to the differences between Sunnis and Shi'ites, would all Islamic countries offer sanctuary based upon that Fatwā?

[Xerxes]

I believe all Islamic countries would.

[JunkBondTrader]

I believe all Islamic countries would.

In reality, I doubt it. That fatwa was issued by Iran, a country that many other Islamic countries dislike with intensity. I for one find it hard to believe that a country like Turkey, Islamic yet liberal with it would grant asylum to his assasin when they are so eager to become closer to Europe.

I think that if a lot of people who opposed the Satanic Verses actually read the book there would've been a lot less fuss about the whole thing.

[embers]

This is one of the reasons I am ashamed of my country. You say one little thing that the Muslims might find the least bit offensive and suddenly you have a fucking lynch mob looking to kill the offender and anybody standing in his defense. If Salman Rushdie set foot in my country he'd be dead within seconds, and the bravest of us liberal families would be too for giving him a place to hide.

Islam is an example of yet another self-contradicting religion, but this time with no excuse that its more violent statements were part of an 'old testament.' Most of its followers are blind to the violence its holy book actually preaches: Prophet Muhammed was a pedophile and a womaniser, not to mention a mass murderer, but he was hailed as a hero.

This Fatwa I most definitely disagree with. And the sad thing is, if organisations like the BBC even attempt to rear their heads in countries like mine and say the Muslims might be getting a little too aggravated over such a little matter, it would be such an insult to their dignity that the organisations will even receive death threats. It's happened before - and even recently - and will always happen. Salman Taseer's murder (look it up) was the most recent example of the bullshit that religion has caused in our country.

[Continuum]

Muslims are so easily offended. It's just how they overreact on things they view as harmful for their subliminal control over the populace. It's not like Modern Islamic countries will fall for that, though, because of the international community cleverly observing the world and Iran's own diplomatic issues. I mean, issuing a decree to allow the killing of one person is unacceptable by today's human rights conduct.


In reality, I doubt it. That fatwa was issued by Iran, a country that many other Islamic countries dislike with intensity.

It's a Religious statement, not a political one.

[Magus]

For those of you who don't know what a Fatwā is, it is a mandate of sorts set forth by Islamic leaders, and in this example, it is a death Fatwā, which authorizes any person to murder Salman Rusdie for his "offences" against Islam and Islamic countries would offer the assassin sanctuary in their country.
For those who do not know the Khumanie. He is the century's most Hypocritical man. He uses religion for about every other things beside religion. Making a Fatwa to kill a Man, is just showing how Islam is truly a violent and a non-tolerant religion to the illiterate and Islamophobic masses. This is utterly stupid in my honest opinion.

Yes, I do not like the censor. There are Fatwa's issued to censure some "Blasphemous", "Heretical" and "Offensive" books in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Some countries will not censor Books, as mentioned before(Turckey). But as an Islamic nation as a whole, it should be censored(Countries Around Saudi Arabia).

There is a censor. But the one who started to "kill the Apostate and get Million Dollar" is Iran.
I believe all Islamic countries would.
Nope. There are sensible Islamic countries who do not follow every single thing told by those Muftis.
Muslims are so easily offended. It's just how they overreact on things they view as harmful for their subliminal control over the populace. It's not like Modern Islamic countries will fall for that, though, because of the international community cleverly observing the world and Iran's own diplomatic issues. I mean, issuing a decree to allow the killing of one person is unacceptable by today's human rights conduct.
That's absolutely correct. And I will agree with you on this.
It's a Religious statement, not a political one.
Religion always played an important role in Politics.