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To: stockman_scott who wrote (146306)	9/24/2004 11:09:34 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 281500

Good riddance to Cat Stevens, Mr Yusuf Islamic Jihad Fatwah against Salman Rushdie, advocating his murder. It would be reasonable for the USA to simply have shot him for advocating murder of somebody guilty of writing a book. He should consider himself lucky to have been deported instead of imprisoned. He has selected the side of murderous Islamic Jihad and he shouldn't be surprised to be treated as an enemy. <The publication of The Satanic Verses in 1989 caused controversy in the Fundamentalist Muslim world, due to his irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad. On February 14, 1989, a fatwa promising his execution was placed on him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, calling his book "blasphemous against Islam." Furthermore, Khomeini condemned Rushdie for the crime of "apostasy", i.e. attempting to leave Islam, which according to the Qur'an is punishable by death. This was due to Rushdie's communication through the novel that he no longer believes in Islam. Khomeini called on all "zealous Muslims" to execute the writer, as well as the publishers of the book. On February 24 Khomeini then placed a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of Rushdie. Rushdie has since lived in hiding under British-financed security. During this period, violent protests in India, Pakistan, and Egypt caused several deaths. In 1990 Rushdie published an essay In Good Faith to appease his critics and issued an apology in which he reaffirmed his respect for Islam. However, Iranian clerics did not retract the fatwa. Even popular musician Yusuf Islam, (a.k.a. Cat Stevens) infamously stated his agreement with the fatwa, later changing its tone to agree with the fatwa, but say: "...that is not to say I am encouraging people to break the law or take it into their own hands: far from it. Under the Islamic Law, Muslims are bound to keep within the limits of the law of the country in which they live. - [1] After the death of Khomeini, the Iranian Government publicly committed itself in 1998 to not carry out the death sentence against Mr Rushdie. This was agreed to in the context of a larger deal between Iran and the UK to normalise relations. Rushdie afterward declared that he would stop living in hiding. However, the fatwa of the Ayatolla was not lifted and some Fundamentalist Islamic media allegedly stated: "The responsibility for carrying out the fatwa is not the exclusive responsibility of Iran. It is the religious duty of all Muslims - those who have the ability or the means - to carry it out. It does not require any reward. In fact, those who carry out this edict in hopes of a monetary reward are acting against Islamic injunctions." > brainyencyclopedia.com I hereby issue a Crusader Fatwah of Freedom against Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, the Fatwah to be completed unless he repents and bows three times towards Mecca, apologizing for his support of Khomaniac's murderous intentions. Mqurice