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the taha abdul-basser story in forward:
Abdul-Basser’s e-mail was circulated through an e-mail list and subsequently posted April 3 on the blog Talk Islam, from which it was picked up by several other blogs. On April 14, The Harvard Crimson, a student-run daily, published an article about the controversy. One week later, on April 21, it remained the paper’s most viewed, most commented-upon article online.
they quote aziz….
Announcement: Muslims Against The Hegemony Of Human Rights Discourse
London, New York, Dubai: To combat the deleterious effects of human rights discourse, which may lead to difficult questions for us to answer, a new group has been lauched today. Muslims Against The Hegemony Of Human Rights Discourse will seek to undermine the evil, negative, and corrosive efforts of The Human Rights Lobby (which is more real than The Israel Lobby, richer than The Arms Lobby, and far more corrupting than The Oil Lobby).
Our first act will be to demand that the US administration continue its cultural practice of locking up Muslims, torturing them, kidnapping them, and detaining them without trial for lengthy periods. We support these acts in recognition of the US government’s continued efforts to rebutt the hegemony of human rights discourse, and counter nefarious practioneers from The Human Rights Lobby.
On the listservs, there is an uproar developing over comments made by Harvard Muslim Chaplain Taha Abdul-Basser (his blogger profile here) in response to an email query about apostasy stating that apostates should be killed – though they can only be killed by a legitimate “Muslim governmental authority and can not be performed by non-state, private actors.”
Concerned Muslims who are Harvard alums (or not) are being encouraged to write to Harvard and complain. Some are calling for his removal. Below the fold, the message fragment that is being forwarded around: