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Iran resurrects Salman Rushdie threat

Ayatollah Hassan Sanei, head of a powerful state foundation providing relief to the poor, said the film would never have been made if the order to execute Rushdie, issued by the late Iranian spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had been carried out.

Ayatollah Sanei has offered financial rewards for carrying out the edict in the past, he said Muslim anger over the recent film meant the time was now ripe.

"The aim [of the fatwa] has been to uproot the anti-Islamic conspiracy and now the necessity for taking this action is even more obvious than any other time," he said. "I'm adding another $500,000 to the reward and anyone who carries out this order will immediately receive the whole amount." The total bounty is now $3.3m (£2.1 m).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on September 18, 2012 at 14:00

It will be interesting to see. We agree; the mullahs only see their world, and they'd like it to be a global caliphate. I don't think so ...

Permalink Reply by Pat on September 17, 2012 at 17:49

I realize putting a $5 million reward on the head of ayatollah Rubarb Khomeini is not a civilized option, and would denigrate those offering it to the same level as the crazies who are in control in Iran. Nevertheless, there would be some sense of satisfaction watching him scurry into a hole like the despicable sewer rat he is.
As to Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon, I seriously doubt that either Romney or Obama will be able to stop it. Netenyahu (sp?), on the other hand, probably will use military force to try and do just that. And then, it will be up to the US to try and keep the Western allies together, as the Islamic world has a "high speed come apart" over Israel's use of military force.
If or when Israel does it, (and I'm betting on 'when'), I would not want to be a US diplomat anywhere in the Muslim world.
And why all this consternation? One word.
Religion.