“In a program aired on 7 September 2008 the anchor of the religious program ‘Alam Online’, Dr. Amir Liaquat Hussain–also former federal minister for religious affairs–declared the murder of Ahmadi sect members to be necessary (Wajib ul Qatal) according to Islamic teachings,”

other than being a hilarious statement. How can we criticize Oreilly, or sean hannity after learning about this?

Am I living on the same planet as Pakistan? Are you sure this is not some dystopian future envisioned by Philip K. Dick?

Yes, lets respect this society’s territorial integrity. How dare the USA bomb the fanatics in this country. How evil of them!

And just to keep your snark updated, I am not a Professor.

Here you are Professor, a man who has spent his adult life studying texts looking for context, double meanings, interpretation and so on. From the Mughals to the British, asking yourself “what does this document really mean?”. And then you read a book “from the mouth of God” and you just on its face believe that is from some kind of diety.

you seem to have a bigger brain than me, but mine works better.

odd

AL’ AN’AM, the 6th Chapter of The Holy Quran declares:

“Say, ‘He has the power to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you by splitting you into sects and make you taste the violence of one another.”