By R. A. Pearson
On September 19, 2008, a Saudi Arabian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Munajid, declared a fatwah (death sentence) on Mickey Mouse claming the cartoon icon is, “One of Satan’s solders and makes everything it touches impure.” The cleric, a former diplomat at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC, said that under Sharia law, Arab tribal law used as Islamic Holy Law, both household mice and their cartoon counterparts must be killed. Of course, this is the same Saudi Arabia that president George Bush was seen holding hands with its princes and sword dancing in their palaces while they jacked up the price of oil during our national energy emergencies.
The Fatwah came in an interview with Al-Majd Television. The sheikh condemned all cartoons that endear rodents to their viewers (including Tom and Jerry) warning the depictions of these creatures in cartoons had taught children that the creatures were loveable. He went on to condemn many of the popular Turkish soap operas popular on the Muslim TV cable networks.
The Clarion Issue is happy to report the Disney charters are taking the fatwah seriously. Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Louie, and Dewey are in hiding in New Jersey with the mob under the protection of the Soprano family, while Goofy is at an undisclosed location with Vice President Cheney. The Vice President has checked his shotgun and promised not to use Goofy as a quail dog this hunting season. However, Mickey and Minnie Mouse refused protection and will stay in Disneyland under the protection of the Alaskan National Guard, commanded by Generalissimo Sarah Palin, to help build up her National Security credentials.
In an unrelated story, on the same day a group calling itself ‘Group XP’ hacked into the website of Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and placed a video of comedian Bill Maher making fun of the Ayatollah and his advice to the Shiite faithful, as well as posting messages on the site.
The hackers said they are upset at the sexual nature of the advice given to faithful by al-Sistani through a spokesperson. Those who have studied the attack believe that the Maher video (taken off youtube) is meant to illustrate how such advice promotes mockery of Islam. The communications said it was hacking this and other sites giving a "bad name" to Sunnis upset over fatwas, or edicts, issued on the site. News reports link the hackers or Group XP to Wahhabis, fundamentalist Sunnis, who are a major sect in Saudi Arabia.
Sources indicate Christian sites that insult Islam and sexually oriented sites run by Arab Christians out of Israel were also hacked on the same day.
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