This week 2000 Pakistani scholars bestowed their highest honor on Osama bin Laden, the title of Sword of Allah.
If it seems strange that the nation President Bush calls “a vital ally in the War on Terror†is awarding prizes to the world’s Terrorist-in-Chief, there is complexity involved here.
The Pakistanis really don’t like bin Laden that much, but they were peeved at “the British Government’s decision to bestow the title of ‘Sir’ on blasphemer (Salman) Rushdie,†the council chairman explained.
The award to bin Laden was coupled with the statement that the knighting of Rushdie justified attacks in Britain by a federal minister associated with “militant madressahs†that train suicide bombers.
All this comes as President Pervez Musharraf, who has reaped billions in U.S. aid and had tea with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, is showing…
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