Sir Salman Rushdie celebrates his 60th birthday today in familiar circumstances: he is once again the subject of death threats across the Islamic world. You may remember him as the famous (or infamous depending on whether or not you are a Muslim) author of The Satanic Verses (1988) which is the tale of a prophet misled by the devil. Considered to be blasphemy all across the muslim world, this book has caused Rushdie more problems than good. Back when the book was released the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on all Muslims to kill him.
What did he do now? Well, he has been recently knighted by Queen Elizabeth, thus unearthing the old wounds again. And Muslims are protesting in the streets of London, even burning effigies of the Queen and burning British flags. Even more extreme, is one of the government leaders in Pakistan, the foreign affairs minister, said this yesterday, "If somebody has to attack by strapping bombs to his body to protect the honor of the Prophet then it is justified." He later backed off that statement. But he still made it nonetheless.
Question for God when I get to heaven: What is up with them? They are all crazy lunatics.
I guess you could say that they are impassioned about what they believe…but if that is what it means to be passionate then I want to be apathetic. The "One True Prophet" Jesus came to love and show us a much better way. Muslims are deceived by Satan and fascinated with death. That is the center-piece of their belief system. Bloodshed and violence.
They will go the same way. He who lives by the sword dies by it.
1 comment:
Believe me I'm no proponent of the Muslim faith nor do I back any of their maniacal tendencies however these are people who were born into this world of theirs and as you said are passionate about their beliefs. Just imagine if all of "us" Christians were as passionate about our beliefs as they are about theirs what a wonderful world we would live in. We'd all be true missionaries. Love would abound. DS
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