Karim Elsahy of One Arab World notes:
"PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani cleric announced Friday a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country."
His response: "Hell, No."
"Even in Pakistan that is illegal. That man should be arrested at once and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. His assets should be frozen immediately. Here is a directorate of almost all Pakistani missions and embassies. Call what's local to you and demand this mans arrest... Most importantly, Muslims ask your Imams to condemn this in his next sermon. I'm on my way now to go pray at my mosque in [Cambridge, MA] and that is exactly what I am going to do."
Good on him - and he has a number of links, if you too want to exert some local and international pressure.
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