While on the subject of blacklists, millions of Americans (predominantly blacks and those from lower socioeconomic strata) are still being barred or discouraged from voting. This ranges from laws in ex-Confederate states preventing those with criminal convictions from ever voting to official letters intimidating those likely to have outstanding bills with the threat of arrest.
This is pretty funny. Like I was saying to someone the other day, Cat Stevens is probably the biggest Hippy Peacenik in the history of the world.
Other than him backing the death sentence imposed on Salman Rushdie, that is.
It's not for a good Moslem to question the religious edicts of his faith.
Islam does not have a Pope whose authority is infallible and unquestionable. The edict in question was of one particular Islamic faction, based in Iran, and not of Islam as a whole.
I'm sure individual Moslems can decide for themselves what sect they want to follow. It's not really anyone else's business. It's like when people try and get all excited about which church does or doesn't admit gay/transgender/martian/female clergy, it rarely has any impact on that person at all.
Exactly. Like many religious edicts posing as the word of God, these things are often clearly political and are held as such even by Muslims.
what's wrong with all these people that leave their religion and become muslim , are they boref with thier life
Word on the Salman Rushdie, that shit is fucked up.
You could say that Salman Rushdie was just 15 years ahead of everyone else.
I think we'd all like to deport Cat Stevens, if only for having written Moonshadow. The US just found an excuse, I guess...