Rushdie Stabbed

[laklak]

Never bring a knife to a gunfight.

[Svartalf]

since the attacker was following a fatwa, can we agree he should be pubished according to sharia?

[Svartalf]

Never bring a knife to a gunfight.

or even a scimitar, especially if you're facing an archeologist...

[JimC]

since the attacker was following a fatwa, can we agree he should be pubished according to sharia?

That would probably involve him being rewarded for attacking an apostate...

[Svartalf]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

Because eff it, rushdie may not be the greatest muslim around, but he never renounced his faith... of course he's sunni,meaning Iran looks at him like one would at a diseased rat, but that's another matter.

[NineBerry]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

Because eff it, rushdie may not be the greatest muslim around, but he never renounced his faith... of course he's sunni,meaning Iran looks at him like one would at a diseased rat, but that's another matter.

Rushdie has stated several times that he is an atheist.

[NineBerry]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

That's rather old testament. (An eye for an eye). The Sharia is a bit more (although not a lot) progressive... But as far as I understand it would prescribe Death for trying to kill another person in a situation of peace.

[Svartalf]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

Because eff it, rushdie may not be the greatest muslim around, but he never renounced his faith... of course he's sunni,meaning Iran looks at him like one would at a diseased rat, but that's another matter.

Rushdie has stated several times that he is an atheist.

I never noticed... well, of course, if he confesses to actually being guilty of apostasy, that makes extra judicial execution on the religious authority of a fanatic sob alright I suppose...

[Svartalf]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

That's rather old testament. (An eye for an eye). The Sharia is a bit more (although not a lot) progressive... But as far as I understand it would prescribe Death for trying to kill another person in a situation of peace.

that's sharia for you.... since the murder attempt failed, death is likely out of the picture, and only the eye for an eye punishment applies.

oh, heck, who am I trying to scam here, I know nothing of muslim jurisprudence...

[rainbow]

No, I meant removing his hand and gouging one eye out...

That's rather old testament. (An eye for an eye). The Sharia is a bit more (although not a lot) progressive... But as far as I understand it would prescribe Death for trying to kill another person in a situation of peace.

that's sharia for you.... since the murder attempt failed, death is likely out of the picture, and only the eye for an eye punishment applies.

oh, heck, who am I trying to scam here, I know nothing of muslim jurisprudence...

Any legal system is made on the whims of the ruling classes, and therefore is unjust.

[JimC]

Marxist!

[Sean Hayden]

—meh, I would probably lean toward universal sentiments rather than the whims of elites. The elite just don’t submit to any system…

[NineBerry]

Marxist!

No, he sounds more like Bakunin than Marx

[JimC]

Revisionist!

[L'Emmerdeur]