"Excellent - makes killing the kuffar all the bit easier"

Manifesto authors need your help on death threats

Ummah.com, the English site with chat rules like this: "Refrain from all expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity", has this death threat aginst the authors of the Manifesto.

Irshad Mani, the author of The Trouble with islam Today asks for your help on her website:

Click Continue .. or click headline to go to Ishad Manji's site

Posted March 15, 2006
Violence alert
Friends: By now you know about the Manifesto of 12: Together Facing a New Totalitarianism. I signed it, as did Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Taslima Nasrin and several others. On March 11, we received a serious death threat from a chat thread on ummah.com, an Islamic website in Britain. Click here to see evidence of the threat.

The text is crystal-clear:

"Excellent - makes killing the kuffar [infidel]
all the bit easier... [N]ow we have drawn out a hit list of a 'Who's Who' guide to slam into. Take your time but make sure their gone soon - oh and don't hold out for a fatwah it isn't really required here."

Unlike daily threats, this one comes from a place of 'authority,' since ummah.com is known to attract many radicals. That's why the Manifesto signatories need you to fight back with us. If you support freedom, pluralism and secularism, click here and put your name on our petition. We'll publish the petition in the coming days.

Please send this message to your friends, colleagues and list-servs. Now more than ever, we need your courage. And we thank you for showing it.