If you're a religious person, you might want to say some prayers tonight for the continued good health of President Pervez Musharraf... because if Religious Affairs Minister Ejaz-ul-Haq or his Islamobuddies get their fervent, sweaty fingers on Pakistan's nuclear button... we are truly in deep cous-cous.
Britain's knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie contributes to insulting Islam and may lead to terrorism, a Pakistani minister has said.I'm wondering if Musharraf is familiar with the old joke about the US Secret Service having orders, that if George Bush is assassinated, their first response should be to shoot Dan Quayle.
Such actions are the root cause of terrorism, Religious Affairs Minister Ejaz-ul-Haq told parliament.
"If someone commits suicide bombing to protect the honour of the Prophet Mohammad, his act is justified," he said, according to the translation by the Reuters news agency.
Let's hope so.
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UPDATE: After the first bomb goes off...
Dion and Layton won't be able to show their faces in public...
Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com.Coming soon to a public venue near you.
Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany were introduced at an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony held June 9.
The tape shows Taliban military commander Mansoor Dadullah, whose brother was killed by the U.S. last month, introducing and congratulating each team as they stood.
(via Natnews)
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LAST WORD: Title: Muslim world inflamed by Rushdie knighthood.
Other titles they could have used:(via BCF)
Muslim world inflamed by Sun being center of Solar System
Muslim world inflamed by women who smile
Muslim world inflamed by Earth being on a 23 degree axis tilt
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