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Taslims Nasrin is a controversial Bangladeshi author, who has written books about Islam and women, and about the anti-Hindu riots in Bangladesh.
Now, an Indian Muslim group has placed a bounty of Rs. 5,00,000 on her head. I don't really know which parts of the article to bold, because most all of it is quite shocking.
Muslim group sets Rs 5 lakh on Taslima
LUCKNOW: Nearly seven months after UP minister Haji Yakoob Qureshi raised a storm by announcing a reward on the heads of two Danish cartoonists for lampooning the Prophet, a little-known conservative Muslim group on Friday offered a Rs 5 lakh bounty for the head of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.
President of the All India Ibtehad Council, Taqi Raza Khan ordered the elimination (qatal) of the exiled novelist. The decision, he said, had full approval of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadid), a splinter group set up four years ago in Bareilly. Jadid means new.
Khan said he had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone who killed the "notorious woman". He claimed a core body of the board comprising 150 ulema, lawyers, retired IPS officers, doctors and professors had already passed a resolution on Thursday to oust Nasreen from India. Khan enjoys wide support among the Barelvi sect and the issue is likely to generate heat in coming days, especially with assembly elections round the corner, observers said.
Would the decision be reconsidered? Only if "woh mafi mangey, apni sari kitabein jalaye, aur tauba kare (she apologises, burns her books and leaves)," Khan said.
What has Nasreen done to ruffle this body? "Yeh aurat behad badzuban hai, aur Shariat par hamla karti rahi hai (this woman has a vicious tongue and has been attacking the Shariat)," said Khan.
"We have been hearing that the Indian government is thinking of granting her citizenship. The idea is repugnant to all God-fearing Muslims.
If the government does not drive her out within 10 days, all hell will break lose."
So we have a repudiation of free speech, of the rights of the individual, an imposition of religious law, and an attempted intimidation of the state, all in one stroke, and all this done by lawyers and doctors and professionals.
But of course, "Islam is the religion of peace"!
'Must die for opposing Prophet'
LUCKNOW: President of the All India Ibtehad Council, Taqi Raza Khan was incensed when Times of India asked him if Islam condoned harsh behaviour against a woman.
"It (Taslima Nasreen matter) is not a gender issue. Anyone who opposes the Prophet does not deserve to live," he retorted. The issue is likely to snowball into a major controversy.
The issue, says lawyer and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Zafaryab Jilani, "will strike a chord and will surely find mass support."
"Muslims are extremely touchy about Shariat and the Prophet and could go all out to support the ulema on this issue," added Zafaryab Jilani.
So you've just told me that I don't deserve to live, and that Muslims have extra-territorial loyalties and are intrinsically traitors to the nation, because in this case, the decision on whether or not to grant that person citizenship is something decided by the state's laws.
Are these people of this wacko organisation completely, absolutely, bat**** INSANE?
Now, an Indian Muslim group has placed a bounty of Rs. 5,00,000 on her head. I don't really know which parts of the article to bold, because most all of it is quite shocking.
Muslim group sets Rs 5 lakh on Taslima
LUCKNOW: Nearly seven months after UP minister Haji Yakoob Qureshi raised a storm by announcing a reward on the heads of two Danish cartoonists for lampooning the Prophet, a little-known conservative Muslim group on Friday offered a Rs 5 lakh bounty for the head of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.
President of the All India Ibtehad Council, Taqi Raza Khan ordered the elimination (qatal) of the exiled novelist. The decision, he said, had full approval of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadid), a splinter group set up four years ago in Bareilly. Jadid means new.
Khan said he had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone who killed the "notorious woman". He claimed a core body of the board comprising 150 ulema, lawyers, retired IPS officers, doctors and professors had already passed a resolution on Thursday to oust Nasreen from India. Khan enjoys wide support among the Barelvi sect and the issue is likely to generate heat in coming days, especially with assembly elections round the corner, observers said.
Would the decision be reconsidered? Only if "woh mafi mangey, apni sari kitabein jalaye, aur tauba kare (she apologises, burns her books and leaves)," Khan said.
What has Nasreen done to ruffle this body? "Yeh aurat behad badzuban hai, aur Shariat par hamla karti rahi hai (this woman has a vicious tongue and has been attacking the Shariat)," said Khan.
"We have been hearing that the Indian government is thinking of granting her citizenship. The idea is repugnant to all God-fearing Muslims.
If the government does not drive her out within 10 days, all hell will break lose."
But of course, "Islam is the religion of peace"!
'Must die for opposing Prophet'
LUCKNOW: President of the All India Ibtehad Council, Taqi Raza Khan was incensed when Times of India asked him if Islam condoned harsh behaviour against a woman.
"It (Taslima Nasreen matter) is not a gender issue. Anyone who opposes the Prophet does not deserve to live," he retorted. The issue is likely to snowball into a major controversy.
The issue, says lawyer and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Zafaryab Jilani, "will strike a chord and will surely find mass support."
"Muslims are extremely touchy about Shariat and the Prophet and could go all out to support the ulema on this issue," added Zafaryab Jilani.
Are these people of this wacko organisation completely, absolutely, bat**** INSANE?
What is the problem ? This is just a common police business, so it should be dealt with quickly.
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