Blogger insults "prophet" Mohammed, issues fatwa challenge

Ranting Screeds ^ | Nov 26, 2002 | Porphyrogenitus

[spycatcher]

From the Ranting Screeds Weblog:

So, I've Decided to Insult Mohammed, who is called "Prophet" by Moslems. Not for any intrinsic hatred for the man, but simply because I'm fed up with Islamic prelates who issue fatwas - death threats - against people who speak their minds, however wrong they might find them to be (and all of Islam gets up in arms over the bloviations of Falwell and Robertson. As dumb as those two can be, I don't remember them issuing calls for their congregations to kill anyone). So, here we go:

• Mohammed's mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries!
  
• He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!
  
• Mohammed was a son of a dog who had a close personal relationship with the family goat. He consorted with his camels and horses in an unwholesome manner.
  
• Mohammed was the Robert Heinlein of his era.

I know that many Moslems who do not support such Fatwas may get offended by insults directed at Mohammed. But I've decided to put myself on the side of those threatened. Anyone who does feel offended should feel free to write, speak out, mail me angry letters, etc. But not issue death threats (any death threats will be reported to the FBI).

Sensible Moslems who would never issue a Fatwa, or follow one, calling for someone to be put to "death for insulting the Prophet" will no doubt think that even this half-jesting list of insults is going too far (only half, though; I'm serious and I'm not apologizing or withdrawing the insults). Fine, I understand. But I'll only take your outrage seriously when you express your detestation of Clerics claiming to be devout Moslems who issue death threats as fervently and frequently as you've expressed your disagreement with the ignorant comments of Falwell and Robertson.
~ Porphyrogenitus 6:52 AM [Perma] ~

[spycatcher]

Don't get too carried away. Posted for discussion about the true nature of Islam being exposed. Amazing how blind people are to not notice the difference between Falwell, et al. and Islamic fundamentalists. Christian leaders don't order people to kill non-Christians, and they don't even bother with people who constantly insult and belittle Jesus. Imagine how many people would die if those wacky leftist "Christians" started a trivializing "What Would Mohammed Drive?" marketing campaign. We all know what happened when people discussed "Who Would Mohammed Marry?" in a single article.

[liberateUS]

You may be on to something. Flush out the sleepers by dissing the king of the evil doers!! Brilliant!!

[isthisnickcool]

Mohammed was the Robert Heinlein of his era.

Is he saying that the Koran is on par with Stranger in a Strange Land? If so, I beg to differ.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Just curious... Have any of these daily Fartwa's actually been carried out on a targeted individual? That book author is still running around, isn't he? He was Fartwa'd upon about 10 years ago wasn't he?

[A_perfect_lady]

I compare the Nigerian Massacre to the Christian reaction to the release of the movie The Last Temptation of Christ in August of 1988. According to Michael Medved, a sympathetic Jewish Hollywood critic, 25,000 Christians picketed the corporate command center of MCA/Universal. They sang, they prayed, they spoke... and then they left, leaving not a single broken window behind them.

[norraad]

But, ... that's the truth.

[RAT Patrol]

LOL!

[zook]

Here's mine:

The women in that contest were much too old, the wrong sex, and maybe the wrong species for Mo' to have wanted to marry.

[norton]

I'll sign up.
Yeah!
What he said!

[Tulsa Brian]

I guess he just doesn't grok Robert Heinlein...

[norton]

And I sir, despite having totally avoided Heinlein for more years than I care to admit to, disagree with you.

Heinlein was grist for the PC wannabes of his day.

[spycatcher]

I found it really strange too that they would object to Mohammed marrying the old Miss World babes. I mean who wouldn't? And at least it distracted from the age of his real wives.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

The day one of these prelates gets off'd by issuee of a fatwa is the day the primates become more circumspect in their fanaticism. An eye for an eye is also part of this culture.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Exactly. These women are way too old for Mo'.

[ICE-FLYER]

The writer forgot that Mohammed was amurderous liar too!

Oh boy, I just made the list, right??

[JenB]

Mohammed was the Robert Heinlein of his era.

Hey! Heinlein was a great writer and a decent human being. How about L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology guy?

[spycatcher]

Not sure what their success percentage is with fatwas. Salman Rushdie is out of hiding now isn't he? Maybe Radical Muslims are like infants and easily distracted!

[Defiant]

Muhammad made it all up. He was a failure in life, living off his sugar mama, and he had time to daydream and come up with outlandish stories. He knew just enough about Jewish and Christian texts to be dangerous, but not enough to get all the stories straight, and when he changed his mind, he made up something new and said God had changed his mind. They even made up a doctrine for it, that says that the latest pronouncement by God is the operative one. What a joke!

Fatwa away, religion of peace!