It gets even better. Miss World reporter faces fatwa http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/11/26/nigeria.fatwa/index.html
Mamoudu Shinkarfi, the deputy governor of Zamfara state, said on national television: "Any true Muslim would make sure that this woman's blood is spilled wherever she is." Because, of course, governments operating under Sharia always prove how peace loving Muslims can be. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/26/02 10:13AM >>> I'm still catching up on email so forgive me if this has already been discussed. Anyone else following the Miss World riots? I was reading this URL: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=2&cid=578&u=/nm/2 0021126/ts_nm/religion_nigeria_missworld_dc and got pretty disgusted by this: "The Miss World pageant was hastily relocated to London, but there pageant organizers came up against more opposition with media and lobby groups accusing them of having blood on their hands." Let me see if I get this. A _reporter_ makes a comment about the pageant. This reporter is not associated with the pageant. The local folks get violent, because, as we all know, if someone offends your religion you have every right to go out and kill hundreds of folks. Yet somehow this is the pageant's fault? I'm not a big support of pageants but this seems rather stupid (although you have to wonder what they were thinking going to a country that is obviously full of wackos - and sorry if that offends - but if they are going to _riot_ over a comment like this - they need something better to do). Maybe I'm not a dedicated enough to my religion - but if someone told me God didn't exist, or was stupid, or whatever, I can't see killing him over it. -rc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
