[Reader-list] I need a FATWA

[Aarti Sethi]

Fatwas are not my scene but I agree with the sentiment. I was thoroughly
irritated by this outpouring of affection on my behalf. Clearly our PM is
feeling a little beleaguered by the increasingly chaotic situation in this
country, which frankly, now defies all logic and escapes understanding. Its
like two drowning men hugging each other. Its quite funny when you think
about it. The two largest democracies which right now seem to be in the two
largest messes. In fact affection seems to be at a premium these days.
Consider GB's love for Wall Street which is going to cost the American
people 700 billion dollars. Thats a whole lotta love as Led Zepplin once
famously remarked.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I need a FATWA over Manmohan Singh gushingly declaring to George Bush "The
> people of India deeply love you"
>
> Poor Asif  Ali Zardari already has had one issued against him for his
> "indecent gestures, filthy remarks and repeated praise of a non-Muslim lady
> wearing a short skirt"
>
> The Lady being US Vice Predential candidate Sarah Palin. In the season of
> gushes Zardari complimented her with ""You're gorgeous"
>
> Kshmendra
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> Zardari's Palin flirt earns him a fatwa
> Amir Mir
> Monday, September 29, 2008
>
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> Lal Masjid cleric dubs Pak Prez's gestures un-Islamic.
>
> LAHORE: The prayer leader of the infamous Lal Masjid in the heart of
> Islamabad has issued a decree against President Asif Zardari for publicly
> making indecent gestures towards the American Republican vice presidential
> candidate Sarah Palin during their Washington meeting, saying the act was
> un-Islamic and Zardari has shamed the entire Pakistani nation.
>
>
> Delivering a sermon at the Lal Masjid the other day, the prayer leader
> Maulana Abdul Ghafar, who is a close relative of the fanatic Red Mosque
> cleric Maujlana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was killed by security forces during
> Operation Silence in July 2007, said that President Zardari's indecent
> gestures, filthy remarks and repeated praise of a
> non-Muslim lady wearing a short skirt is not only un-Islamic but also
> unbecoming of a head of state of a Muslim country.
>
> He said that the manner in which Zardari shook hands with Sarah Palin and
> expressed his deep desire to hug her is intolerable and shameful. "We are
> fighting the American war in our country and thousands of our people have
> been killed just to please Uncle Sam. Therefore, we demand that the military
> operation in the Pak-Afghan tribal areas be immediately stopped as it is
> creating hatred amongst the general public against the Pakistan army", he
> added.
>
> The Lal Masjid prayer leader then went on to say that the Pakistan Army
> soldiers dying in US-backed military operations against fellow Pakistanis
> and Muslims in Waziristan tribal region were omitted from the list of
> martyrs. It is pertinent to mention that the late Lal Masjid prayer leader
> Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi was one of the signatories to a similar religious
> decree, issued by prominent Pakistani clergymen three years ago in which
> Pakistan Army soldiers dying in US-backed military operations against fellow
> Pakistanis and Muslims in Waziristan tribal region were omitted from the
> list of martyrs.
>
> The clerics were forbidden from leading funeral prayers for them. Offended
> by the fatwa, the government had filed cases against Rasheed Ghazi and some
> other clerics and gagged the media from publishing the text of the religious
> decree. However, no action has so far been taken against Ghazi's successor
> who is issuing similar controversial decrees.
>
> http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1193958
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