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Old 02-08-2006, 02:38 PM  
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Taliban offers reward for Cartoonists - Reminds me

The Taliban will give 100kg of gold as a reward to anyone who kills the person responsible for the contentious Danish cartoons, Afghan Islamic Press reports.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/...379593897.html

Reminds me of Salman Rushdie

The publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world due to its irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad.

On February 14, 1989, a fatwa requiring Rushdie's execution was proclaimed on Radio Tehran by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, calling the book "blasphemous against Islam."

On February 24 1989, Khomeini offered a U.S.$ 3 million bounty for the death of Rushdie, who was then forced to live for a time under British-financed security.
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