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Rs 5 lakh reward on Taslima's head
Published on Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 22:46, Updated on Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 19:20 in 
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UNDER WATCH: AIMPB (Jadeed) says Centre is hurting Muslims' sentiment by not banning Taslima's entry in India.
New Delhi: Raising the communal pitch just ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the All India Muslim Personal Board (Jadeed) on Thursday criticised the Centre for not banning the entry of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in India and announced a reward of Rupees 5 lakh on Nasreen’s head.
AIMPB (Jadeed) president Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan said the Centre was deliberately hurting sentiments of Muslims by not banning her entry to the country.
Addressing the board's annual meeting at Bareilly, he said the reward announcement will become operational if New Delhi does not restrict her entry into the country.
Noting that Nasreen had made "derogatory references against Prophet Mohammad in her writings," Tauqeer said: "We demand that the government ban her entry into the country. If it is not done, anyone who beheads her will be given a reward of Rs 5 lakh," he said.
The board had earlier elected Maulana Tauseef Raza Khan as its new president.
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Does the media has any responsibility in tackling such menaces to our humanity? Is there any expert in the media
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I do not think Islam is so weak that it has to call for the blood of people to protect
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These kind of rewards generate more publicity to unworthy writers like taslima... and create a bad image on muslims.
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Every person has to have freedom of speech. But this is crossing the limit. Mulana cannot run this country by
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It is inhuman to make such an announcement. Definitely, certain things are painful in life, and for that you can
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