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A price on his head
The February 4-10 issue of The Economist has quoted the interior minister of Turkey, Idris Naim Sahin, bundling together homosexuality, Zoroastrianism and eating pork as examples of "dishonor, immorality and inhuman situations.”
For the unpardonable sin of wallowing in his ungrammatical prejudices, the champions of our religion, the World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ), must deal with him in the way their mullah role models in Iran have dealt with Salman Rushdie. Will WAPIZ please issue a fatwa with a price on the man’s head? And will one of their members, please, successfully claim that prize?
For the unpardonable sin of wallowing in his ungrammatical prejudices, the champions of our religion, the World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ), must deal with him in the way their mullah role models in Iran have dealt with Salman Rushdie. Will WAPIZ please issue a fatwa with a price on the man’s head? And will one of their members, please, successfully claim that prize?
NAWSHIR MIRZA
nhm@nawshirmirza.com
nhm@nawshirmirza.com
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