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Son: ‘Daddy, what will the British feel if we knight Bin Laden with Hilal-e-Jura’at (Honor of Courage)’
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Son: ‘Daddy, what will the British feel if we knight Bin Laden with Hilal-e-Jura’at (Honor of Courage)’
Image Source: Daily Khabrain
I guess, first, they will have hypertension, that will directly effect their kidneys and brain..side by side, their GIT will get upset and they will have symptoms coming on like cramping….and they can finally have acute renal failure. There are also fair chances of getting acute hemorrhagic MI :) , so kuch bhi mehsos kar saktay hain.
lol…English feeling anything? That’ll be the day…they are a very cold people…
No, i think they look cold, but from inside they are emotional as we are. Plus their reactions are always more structured :) unlike ours, farq saaf zahir hai.
How are the two comparable? One is a writer who has arguably insulted people with his writing. The other is a terrorist who has admitted his role in killing civilians and continues to support killing people. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to have someone write a rebuttal for the Rushdie book, or perhaps even find a writer whose material would infuriate Britain and then give them an honorary award of some sort instead of honoring Osama. Honoring Osama and taking jibes at the English to get back at Britain is idiotic.
Comparison between two objects is always on basis of two things, either the things are similar (i.e. comapred to) or there are some differences as well as similarities (i.e. compared with). In this case of comparison, i think both have similar qualities of being controvertial, notorious etc etc (to be specific). And with regards to your suggestion, i think ….their gov. did it and ….and as a reaction ppl would expect our gov to do it. So, here u can say its gov. versus gov. :) .
Anyhow, in my opinion, freedom of expression should not be voilated in any case. Hamara maqsad logo ko larana nahi, milana hona chahye…i wish i could quote that senior journalist, who talked about ethics of journalism etc. …during GEO ban type days.
Interestingly a group called Ulema Council of Pakistan has already awarded the title of “Saifullah” to Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/22/top16.htm
Ulema Council honours Osama
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Pakistan Ulema Council on Thursday awarded its highest honour to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, saying it was in reaction to Britain’s knighthood for writer Salman Rushdie.
“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,” the council’s chairman Maulana Tahir Ashrafi told AFP.
“This is the highest title for a Muslim warrior.”–AFP
@ CUBANO:
I strongly disagree to your statement … They are comapreable as they both are communicators …. but use different methods of communications.
Osama was not involved in any terrorism (Innocent until proven guilty) … they mighty American & Western forces are yet to provide any prove to the world about his involvement in any terrorism activity.
Bachpan say.. we are taught via our first poems. Sufi Tabassum farmatay hain:
Aisay ko taisa, tum mera luddo lo gay, main tumhara paisa, aisay ko taisa..
We born with it. Can’t help taking revenge no matter if things are related or not, we make them related, somehow, one way or the other. :)
What if our Government rewards Ahmadinejad for denying Holocaust!! What would be the reaction in the west?
Reaction would be irritable bowel syndrome ;)
lol! no doubt on that
:D
However, the opinion on writing an antidote to Rushdie’s works is worth-considering. What do ya say?
I think somebody must have did it already :) , got to search.
share the results please!
To write an “antidote”, you will have to first read The Stanic Verses, a thick, highly philosophical and boring book. I have to fight with myself to read through the book after first few pages. If nothing else, boredom will kill you but I personally did not find anything blasphemous when I read it more than 12 years ago.
Anyway, how can one write an “antidote” to a work of fiction, beats me.
I just read an excerpt :( …. uncontroable imagination beyond boundaries results in such consequences as he is facing now.
Someone wrote a book by name of Rushdie: Haunted by his unholdy ghost. I am unable to find author’s name and whereabouts of this book.
@JayJay: Valid Question. Antidote to fiction should also be fiction or reality? I’m thinking!
@Pretty Simple: Here is the link for you; http://www.alislam.org/books/rushdie/RUSHDIE_Haunted_by_his_unholy_ghosts.pdf
Contents – Part I
Early attacks on Islam and the holy prophet(sa) 11
Comparison of attacks 12
The shadows behind Rushdie 13
The crusades 15
Crusades, colonialism and imperialism 17
Islamic comparison 18
Hatred for Islam 21
Literary attacks on Islam 24
Colonialism and Christianity 25
Superior western culture ? 26
Muslim liberal thought 27
The appearance of the reformer of the age 30
Disappointment and fear of the west 31
Point of contention 32
Comparison 32
Plans to reconstruct Muslim thought 34
The new liberal ‘scholar’ 35
Islam’s self-sufficiency 35
The western orientalists 38
Maxime Rodinson 38
Allegations against the prophet 38
Attacks on the holy qur’an 41
Dr Norman Daniel 42
Image of Islam (1100-1350) 42
Death of the prophet 44
Self-indulgence 44
Coercive effigy 45
Similarity of the orientalists 46
Professor William Montgomery Watt 47
New breed of ‘scholars’ 49
Dr Michael Nazir-Ali 49
Similar attacks 49
Contemporary attacks 50
New world order 51
Muhammad’s character maligned 52
Satanic influences 52
Background to westernised ‘elite’ 53
CONTENTS – PART II
SALMAN RUSHDIE – A BRIEF LIFE-SKETCH 54
SALMAN RUSHDIE – THE MAKING OF AN OGRE 55
GRIMUS 55
MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN 58
SHAME 63
THE SATANIC VERSES 67
THE FICTION OF THE SATANIC VERSES 70
MAXIME RODINSON 71
DR NAZIR ALI 72
MONTGOMERY WATT 72
KAREN ARMSTRONG 73
RUSHDIE’S TREATMENT OF THE SATANIC VERSES 75
SALMAN FARSI 76
FURTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE PROPHET 78
BLASPHEMY, APOSTASY AND HERESY 81
THE ‘BURNING’ ISSUE SURROUNDING THE SATANIC VERSES 81
BLASPHEMY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH 82
THE TEACHING IN THE BIBLE 82
COMPARISON WITH RUSHDIE 83
BLASPHEMY IN THE 20TH CENTURY 85
ISLAMIC TEACHING ON BLASPHEMY 87
THE MEDIA GOES TO TOWN OVER THE FATWA 90
RELIGION CONFUSED WITH CULTURE ? 90
FAIR COMMENT BY THE MEDIA 93
RUSHDIE TURNED INTO AN ICON 95
RUSHDIE FOREWARNED 96
A MOST POIGNANT OBSERVATION 96
AUTHOR OF HIS OWN DESTINY 97
RUSHDIE’S DEFENCE OF THE SATANIC VERSES 99
RUSHDIE ISSUES STATEMENT 100
RUSHDIE’S SUPERFICIAL REVERSAL 100
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES 105
EAST, WEST 106
RUSHDIE BEGINS TO COME OUT IN THE OPEN 107
NOBEL PRIZE FOR RUSHDIE ? 109
WHO KILLED THE WRITER ? 109
CONCLUSION 111
THE FUTURE 113
Tolerance is a two-way street 114
EPILOGUE 118
Thanx. I knew it, but dint want to post it :)
OK, somone took Ijazul Haq’s hint;
Blazing car crashes into airport
A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport.
Eyewitnesses have described a Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the building with flames coming out from underneath.
They have also described seeing two Asian men, one of whom was on fire, who had been in the car.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6257194.stm
sad :(