Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at event in New York

[Cray]

A reminder the sort of thing that led to this, and Cat Stevens is Western educated, vile

 

[SauRoNZA]

Jesus, after all this time

Yeah I actually though he was dead ages ago until this popped up.

 

[ponder]

A reminder the sort of thing that led to this, and Cat Stevens is Western educated, vile

Little bit too progressive for you?

 

[Cray]

Little bit too progressive for you?

Am not sure how converting to that kind of middle ages, religious mentality is supposedly progressive, but you do you.

 

[ponder]

Am not sure how converting to that kind of middle ages, religious mentality is supposedly progressive, but you do you.

C'mon they've given the man honorary doctorate degrees, awarded him peace prices for his humanitarian endeavors etc.

 

[Cray]

C'mon they've given the man honorary doctorate degrees, awarded him peace prices for his humanitarian endeavors etc.

So conservatives don't get peace prizes?

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

A reminder the sort of thing that led to this, and Cat Stevens is Western educated, vile

And western education means what, are we morally coded differently or ethically brainwashed
People are people

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

They'll never leave the barbarity of their religion

 

[airborne]

They'll never leave the barbarity of their religion

The Christians did?

Well they tried but it's debatable whether the barbarity has actually been left behind.

 

[Cray]

And western education means what, are we morally coded differently or ethically brainwashed
People are people

Being taught to think for yourself and allow people to express their own views and thoughts helps to move away from this kind of thing. It's the reason why honour killings are still a problem in Pakistan but not in the US.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Being taught to think for yourself and allow people to express their own views and thoughts helps to move away from this kind of thing. It's the reason why honour killings are still a problem in Pakistan but not in the US.

School shooters and mass shooters in the US that livestream and post manifestos about it disagree with you

 

[Cray]

School shooters and mass shooters in the US that livestream and post manifestos about it disagree with you

There will always be insane people, the rest of the Western world seem to be doing fine without lots of mass shootings or honour killings.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

There will always be insane people, the rest of the Western world seem to be doing fine without lots of mass shootings or honour killings.

Any belief system can change ones mindset, whether it be religion, political stance, sports team supporter or even car fanatics and airfryers

 

[konfab]

Being taught to think for yourself and allow people to express their own views and thoughts helps to move away from this kind of thing.

Except of course if your name is Alex Jones

 

[Gordon_R]

Security was fairly lax, and the fatwa was decades ago:

Salman Rushdie: Author believed fatwa was old and life relatively normal

The Satanic Verses author was not worried about security before the stabbing attack in New York state.

www.bbc.com

 

[noxibox]

The religion pf Peace

There are at least two popular violent religions of peace.

 

[ShaunSA]

Have any Buddhist sect claimed responsibility yet?

 

[nightjar]

The religion pf Peace

Aristotle remarked some 2300 years ago, “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” and the last 1400 years show that he was on the nail with adherents turning into primed bombs ready for delivery.

This attacker could easily be shrugged off as having "mental issues" as the Fort Hood shooter was in 2009 even though the early warning signals were recognized.

 

[saturnz]

Security was fairly lax, and the fatwa was decades ago:

Salman Rushdie: Author believed fatwa was old and life relatively normal

The Satanic Verses author was not worried about security before the stabbing attack in New York state.

www.bbc.com

also it was a shia that gave the fatwa

so apparently fatwas issued by shia are binding on sunni muslims if we go by the premises of what has already been stated about fatwas in this thread.

Satanic Verses controversy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Many Muslims accused Rushdie of blasphemy or unbelief and in 1989 the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. Numerous killings, attempted killings, and bombings resulted in response to the novel

 

[R13...]

also it was a shia that gave the fatwa

so apparently fatwas issued by shia are binding on sunni muslims if we go by the premises of what has already been stated about fatwas in this thread.

Satanic Verses controversy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Your quote says ordering Muslims not Shia Muslims. Does the average fanatic care?