I just read that Rushdie will be Knighted and how the Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the decision to praise the "apostate" showed Islamophobia among British officials. Is this an insult to Islam or a case of Iran trying to make something out of nothing?
I don't know why Iran is so worried about what happens in other countries. They should worry more about what goes on in their country. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/iran.rushdie.ap/index.html Congrats to Sir Rushdie for telling the truth.
do you have any clue how idiotic your post is? Don't answer. If I write a book against Jews/Judaism, does it make me a criminal and should I be killed? T H I N K H A R D
Fine, so arrest and execute him if he comes to Iran or submit an extradition request to the UK which will be rightfully dismissed out of hand. If Iran wishes to restrict freedom of speech thats up to them but don't expect the rest of the world to back them up
He broke no law in the country that he resides in or the country he wrote the book in. But if we applied such a silly nonsensical application of law such as insulting a religion to peoples all over the world, then all would be guilty.
1. Apply your logic to the US. 2. What truth did he say? Have you read the book, or are you going by the title "Satanic Verses", in which case, isn't your statement Islamophobia? What if you wrote a book in denial of the holocaust? You may not get a fatwa saying you should be killed, but many gladly would and openly encourage it. Was Irving's book published in Germany? (Sorry can't remember the story well enough; it is possible it was the Netherlands). Did you know there is a law in the UK against blasphemy? Originally for Christianity, which I believe was later extended to Judaism. I would think similar laws would exist in the US. Going against people's sensetivities is never something that should be encouraged. Does Rushdie look like a retard? Yes. Did he receive awards for his books because of their literary quality? Many experts say no. Does he sound retarded? Yes; recent example of tabloid headlines: "Veils suck". Do I give two bits about him, what he has to say or his knighthood? No. I just wasted a minute thinking about the topic. And funnily enough, this is probably one of the most minor things in the news! Somehow, it becomes a hot topic for debate on IN.
Nothing he said is illegal. He wrote a book, and he wrote the truth. It is a shame that muslims lack the faith in their religion to be able to deal with what they perceive to be insults, even though they are true.
It's a novel and as such is neither the truth or a lie. The truth is that The Satanic verses, like many of Rushdie's books, is of largely impenetrable prose, admired more by the the literati than anyone else, that would have long since been forgotten if not for these nutjobs.
I agree that it would have been long since forgotten, but I do draw some parallels with the furor that The Da Vinci Code brought when it came out among Catholics. Its amazing to me that words on paper can shake people so much.
huge effing difference. One gives the legal right to Muslims to kill and one is a feeling of apathy and hatred that 100% of people on this planet experience at some point in their lives.
Which raises the question, what would happen if Rushdie was murdered in a Muslim country somewhere OTHER than Iran? Maybe Egypt or somewhere like that? Would the murderer be tried for it? I'm guessing yes but it's only a guess tbh. Have there been other cases like that? I'd imagine so but we probably haven't heard of them. Many of the powers that be in Iran seem to have lost the plot as far as I can tell so it's unlikely they'd do the right thing. Mind you, I'm still hopeful that common sense will prevail there in the long run in other areas if the tensions elsewhere can be reduced.
!Bob, my questions was offered more in conjunction with the threads about the US-Iranian citizens arrested in Iran, in which OO argues that because they are Iranian citizens currently in Iran, they are subject to Iranian laws and we in the west should keep our noses out. By extension, the Rushdie book may be banned in Iran, but how a book published by a non-Iranian press outside Iran subjects the author to Iranian law is beyond me.
In short it does not. Of course I realize you know this, as do most other posters around here. But the hypocrisy and double standards shown by iran should not be surprising to any.
Laws such as the one you describe are expressly forbidden by the U.S. Constitution. I read Rushdie's book many years ago, but I didn't understand it. I suspect that was because I have never been familiar with Muslim scripture.
Salman Rushdie said things that were offensive to (some/many) Muslims, therefore he deserves to die? That's rather a medieval philosophy, no? I don't think that's how it meant to work.
I'm a Catholic and the Da Vinci code didn't bother me one bit. Other than by the fact that such mediocre writing could be so successfull. Sign of times, I guess.