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November 03, 2004
The trouble with Islam
Following the murder of Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh, Irshad Manji writes that "more than 15 years after the government of Iran issued a death warrant against novelist Salman Rushdie, challenging Muslims remains a risky business" (via Andrew Sullivan).
Muslims who take offense at these points often wind up reinforcing them in their responses to me. I regularly get death threats through my Web site. Some of my would-be assassins emphasize the virtues of martyrdom, wanting to hurl me into the "flames of hell" in exchange for 72 virgins. Others simply want to know what plane I'm next boarding, so they can hijack it. Somehow, I don't feel the urge to share my schedule.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 3, 2004 12:03 PM
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