Robertson's Fatwa

[Bob Sheridan]

Pat Robertson has issued a call for the assassination of Venezuelan 
President Hugo Chavez on the ground that it is the duty of the U.S. to 
stop him from making Venezuela "a launching pad for communist 
infiltration and Muslim extremism," according to the Associated Press today.

I'm having trouble distinguishing Imam Robertson's fatwa from the one(s) 
issued by the imams in Salman Rushdie's case for writing the Satanic Verses.

It looks like religious extremism has arrived on these shores ahead of 
the Muslims; or perhaps Robertson has taken a lesson from the imam's book.

Fortunately, under Brandenburg, Robertson is protected in his advocacy 
of assassination.

I don't suppose Robertson would consider protecting the country against 
fundamentalist religious extremism by being more careful what he urges 
his followers to do.  Or that the White House would consider disavowing 
a statement that it didn't make, but one of its supporters did.

rs
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