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Subject: Breaking News: "Fatwa" Issued Against Black Feminist Author
From: <Ms4Freedom@copticdigest.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:06:41 -0400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Death Decree "Fatwa" Issued Against Black Feminist Author
Contact:
Yi Nee Ling
(909) 414-9850
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On Sept. 26th fatwa was issued on author Kola Boof. Here is the official
death warrant and the details of issue:
Kola Boof has been found guilty of: "Blasphemy and Treason"
Codicile: "...guilty of deliberately and maliciously bearing false witness
against religious sentiment and of willing treason against her Arab Muslim
father's people and against her nation, the Sudan."
Ms. Boof is to be beheaded. She is issued "fatwa." She was nominated for
fatwa by diplomat of the Sudanese government Gamal Ibrahaim. The matter
was ratified by the following: Hassan Turabi (National Islamic Front), Ali
Muhammad Taha (NIF), Sharif al-Tuhami (NIF)..Tanzim Wasti (London's Sudan
Committee), Saad Faqih and Palestinian government official..Mohammed Sobieh.
The order was chanted in the streets of London by the Sharia Court of the
U.K.....not only did members say that Boof is to be "beheaded," but they
also said that she will be gang-raped prior to death, although they now
deny this.
On Sept. 26th 2002...Deng Ajak (SPLA in London) received notification of
the fatwa against Koof Boof by telephone from the secretary of Tanzim Wasti
(head of London Sudan Committee) and secretary of diplomat Gamal Ibrahaim
(who blasted Kola Boof in an article for London's largest Arab newspaper
just one week before).
These threats were also sent to Riek Machar--the 2nd in Command (only to
Dr. John Garang) of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (of which Kola
Boof is a member). That same evening, The Sharia Court of the U.K.
distributed leaflets in London announcing Boof's fatwa and emails were sent
to various people around the world, heralding the author's execution.
Fatwa is also pending on:
Women's author Taslima Nasreen (Nasrin) of Bangladesh
Salman Rushdie (writer/London) *His fatwa was supposedly lifted, but
British government reports that he continues to be hunted. They have him
on 24 hour security.
It is believed that the only reason these famous targets of fatwa are still
alive is because of the media coverage that makes it embarrassing to
certain Arab (extremist) Muslim societies to carry out the
killings. However, fundamentalists often make strikes against these people
and continue to vow that these people will be eventually killed.
A fatwa is a legal decision issued by an Islamic scholar.
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