Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Notes Imam's Death Threats Stem From Koranic Interpretation

From John Gibson’s radio show yesterday. Thanks to reader Emma for sending it along. Gibby wants to know what she thinks of Imam Fouad ElBayly telling an interviewer that she deserves to die for defaming Islam. Exactly right, retorts AHA; that’s what the Koran says. The man’s just following his religion. The takeaway: “This imam has been strikingly honest.”
It's tough to rebut Hirsi's logic considering that it's based entirely on the imam's interpretation of the Koran.

The death threats are appropriate because that is what the Koran demands of its adherents. If the imam didn't issue a fatwa for Hirsi's death, he would be acting as an apostate by not carrying out the letter and spirit of the Koran, itself a sin punishable by death.

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