ok. But the last I heard Salman Rushdie still had a life, and he doesn't have a Secret Service to protect it
On 6/12/08, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saudi Arabia (for example) is an orthodox Islamic state which some would > call fundamentalist, or at least exporting fundamentalist views (Wahabism). > If Obama is considered an apostate from Islam then any contact between him > and Saudi Arabia will have that hanging over the meeting. As an Islamic > state, they would HAVE to offer him return to the religion or (according to > strict interpretation) death. > > Remember that we're talking religion here and in modern times we've seen > that Muslim fundamentalist are more than happy to kill and die for their > religion. An apostate president is a double target. An Islamic state that > allows contact with an apostate president is asking to be attacked by > fundamentalist physically, politically, etc. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy_in_Islam > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > why does this matter? Ok, it matters a little. But if the guy is > > president of the united states I think they will deal. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
