Monday, November 7, 2005
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Counterterrorism Blog: Not Just Omar Sharif: Numerous Fatwas Threaten Free Speech with Death by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - '...actor Omar Sharif was threatened with death by Islamic radicals after he played St. Peter in an Italian TV film and spoke glowingly of the role. In response to Sharif's comments, a message on a web forum used by al-Qaeda in the past linked to a website that threatened Sharif's life. "Omar Sharif has stated that he has embraced the crusader idolatry," the website said. "He is a crusader who is offending Islam and Muslims and receiving applause from the Italian people. I give you this advice, brothers, you must kill him."...'
