Islamic scholars call for a man to be killed, and no one bats an eye, or pauses for a moment from their repetitions of the mantra “Islam Is A Religion of Peace.”
“‘Fatwa’ justifies Musharraf’s killing,” from Gulf Today, October 25 (thanks to Twostellas):
QUETTA: Adding to woes of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a group of religious scholars has issued a “fatwa” (edict) declaring him “fit to be murdered” while a petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought registration of a high treason case against him.
The Jamhoori Watan Party of Talal Akbar Bugti, the son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, sponsored the conference in which prominent religious scholars and political leaders participated and signed a joint declaration against Musharraf justifying his killing. The theme of the conference was “If Salman Rushdi [sic] deserved to be killed, why not Musharraf, who was responsible for killing innocent people and also of desecration of the Holy Quran at Jamia Hafsa (Red Mosque).”…
Well, then!