Sleeping Serpents' Ire
"If the Imam's order was carried out, the further insults in the form of caricatures, articles and films would not have taken place. The impertinence of the grudge-filled enemies of Islam, which is occurring under the flag of the Great Satan, America and the racist Zionists, can only be blocked by the absolute administration of this Islamic order."
Ayatollah Hassan Sanei
So, then, Salman Rushie, sorry about that, but the unfortunate publication of The Satanic Verses have returned to haunt your existence. But then, perhaps you knew you were living on the edge of that potential. Since even as the Iranian government announced it would no longer seek your death in 1998 when relations with Britain were restored, Ayatollah Ali Khameni later declared his belief that your murder is "authorized by Islam".
So look what happens when Islam authorizes the death of an apostate and that fatwa is not respected. In honour of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni at the very least, who felt you were undeserving of life for having brought calumny to the sacred world of Islam, your life was forfeit. Having just published a memoir of how dismal life was for you while evading determined fatwa honourables you must be cringing at the thought of once again concealing yourself.
Ayatollah Sanei is quite serious about your role in heralding this latest assault against Islam and the Prophet. Though you have 're-discovered' your faith and are once again a believer, you are held still to be among the kuffar. In fact, 1989 is not that long ago, although it must seem like forever to you. "It [the film] won't be the last insulting act as long as Imam Khomeini's historic order on executing the blasphemous Salman Rushdie is not carried out", insists Ayatollah Sanei.
Could you conceivably persuade him otherwise? No, I thought not. Well, he has generously buttered the fatwah with an additional offer. "The [fatwa's] aim has been to uproot the anti-Islamic conspiracy and now the necessity for taking this action is even more obvious than at any other time. I'm adding $500,000 to the reward and anyone who carries out this order will imemediately receive the whole amount."
Which, in total, for those who are interested in collecting, is now $3.3-million. You see, after Ayatollah Khomenei's death the fatwa was never annulled. And you remain a target. Presumably, your target status will be upgraded henceforth any time some witless cretin decides to prod the sleeping serpent with an audacious stab at its exposed belly so it awakens and roars with rage.
And you're the target, once again. Smell that foetid breath of the enraged beast, won't you.
Labels: Human Relations, Human Rights, Iran, Islamism, Misadventure, Political Realities
posted by Pieface @ Monday, September 17, 2012
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