Re: [salman rushdie]

Does anyone have any idea what this guy is on about?.

Regards,

NMIR

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billp@nmol.com wrote:
dave
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ABQ J 9/24/98 
Iran May Withdraw
Writer's Death Threat

LONDON - Author Salman
Rushdie met with British Foreign
Office officials Wednesday amid
reports Iran is preparing to
withdraw the threat on his life.
The late Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini pronounced a "fatwa," death sentence, 
against Rushdie in
1989 after the publication of his
book "Satanic Verses," which many
Muslims deemed blasphemous.
Islamic militants then put a $2
million bounty on Rushdie's head,
forcing the author to live largely in
under British police protection.
---

I THINK that I heard tonight and saw 
Rushie's picture on TV that the above
was called off.

Progress.

I am reading again your stuff at
http://www.jya.com/filth-spot.htm

Let's all hope for release of the requested documents
and SETTLEMENT.

bill


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At 08:22 PM 9/25/98 BST, NMIR wrote:
>Does anyone have any idea what this guy is on about?.
If you mean "Why does Bill P rant like that", not my problem.

But if you mean "Is the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie over?",
the news has been that the Iranian government has decided
to drop their ~$2M reward for killing him.  That doesn't mean
all of the mullahs have stopped calling for Muslims to
kill him for blasphemy.  But at least the government has
decided good relationships with the Brits are more important
than keeping their more fanatical fanatics happy.
Rushdie was quoted in the press as being very relieved.

If there's cypherpunks relevance to this, it's that cryptographic
privacy and digital cash payments make it easier to publish
controversial material without the threat of violence against you.

		Bill Stewart


>---
>ABQ J 9/24/98 
>Iran May Withdraw
>Writer's Death Threat
>
>LONDON - Author Salman
>Rushdie met with British Foreign
>Office officials Wednesday amid
>reports Iran is preparing to
>withdraw the threat on his life.
>The late Ayatollah Ruhollah
>Khomeini pronounced a "fatwa," death sentence, 
>against Rushdie in
>1989 after the publication of his
>book "Satanic Verses," which many
>Muslims deemed blasphemous.
>Islamic militants then put a $2
>million bounty on Rushdie's head,
>forcing the author to live largely in
>under British police protection.
>---
>
>I THINK that I heard tonight and saw 
>Rushie's picture on TV that the above
>was called off.