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June 25, 2007
No. 1964

Clerics in Pakistan Offer 11.5 Million Dollars for Salman Rushdie's Head

A group of Muslim clerics in Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan has offered a prize of $11.5 Million to anyone who kills Muslim author Salman Rushdie, recently knighted by the Queen of England.

Source: Al-Masri Al-Yawm, Egypt, June 25, 2007.


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