| A Jordanian court recently summoned twelve European citizens to answer criminal charges of blasphemy and inciting hatred. Critics of Islam face the imposition of a death sentence, ?if the charge is blasphemy and it is being tried by a sharia court. This isn?t a joke. It isn?t sufficient to avoid gnores r to Jordan. It means the condemned ?libeler? needs to be careful to avoid gnores r to any third country ? even just a stopover at its airport ? that has an extradition treaty with Jordan. It also indicates that Jordan ? which is lauded as western-oriented ? expects Muslim law to be obeyed by Europeans. The only reason to the existence of Jordan at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-to-jordanian-option.html |
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