Thursday, September 27, 2012
"Pakistan disowns bounty on filmaker" written by Rebecca Santana and published on September 25, 2012 in the Deseret News. Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour offered a $100,000 bounty for anyone who killed the man behind the film that mocked the Prophet Mohammad. The government issued a statement that the statement was Bilour's personal view and not the country's. I'm not sure I believe that but I suppose that would be the politically correct thing to do, but given how they feel about the whole "free speech" thing I'm surprised that only a statement was issued and not an arrest warrant. I mean if a person made a public statement against the wishes of the Pakistan government I thought there would be some sort of penalty. I guess we are not the only country whose citizens speak their minds...although I believe we have laws against inciting people to commit violent crimes. Hmmmm!
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Wow, I can't believe he didn't get arrested for offering that bounty! I agree with you that the government just released that statement to be politically correct and not be responsible for it. I think they would have done something more if they really didn't agree with Bilour.
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