Saturday, October 6

Praising the apostle of peace, Mohandas Gandhi will get you a fatwa!

I sometimes wonder at the sanity levels of some folks. Words fail me. Check this out. I quote:

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today joined the (in)famous Muslims viz Salman Rushdie and Tasleema Nasreen with Mufti-e-Azam of Kashmir Mufti Bashiruddin issuing a 'fatwa' against him for alleged blasphemy for eulogising Gandhian philosophy of non-violence on October 2 last.

The Mufti-e-Azam of Kashmir(Head priest) Mufti Bashiruddin bowing before the pressure of hardliners and issuing a fatwa against chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, " Hazrat Nabi(PBUH) is our last prophet, and the path shown by him is the best path besides for every Muslim following Islam is the only way to achieve the ultimate in this world and the other world."

He further said that a true Muslim does not have to follow Gandhian philosophy to achieve something and anybody who preaches anything against Islamic tennets is a non-believer.

All this to be taken with a grain of piquant salt!!!

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