Woolmer 'may be fatwa victim'

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PAKISTAN'S cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered after angering radical Muslims, according to a BBC investigation.

The Panorama TV show suggests some players followed the extremist Muslim movement, Tablighi Jamaat.

The claims come as preliminary toxicology tests confirm Woolmer was rendered helpless with a powerful poison before being strangled.

According to the team's former media manager, PJ Mir, Woolmer shared his view that members of the squad were more interested in praying than playing.

Mr Mir claims it was this pre-occupation with religion that explained their poor World Cup result.

"Bob had his reservations that the boys, rather than focusing on the religious aspect, they ought to be focusing more on cricket.

"He wasn't particularly pleased when players were going out to say their prayers in the middle of the game and a substitute was coming in. He was totally against it," he said.

After the team was knocked out, Mr Mir's comments led to a fatwa being issued against him forcing him to flee Pakistan.

He believes Woolmer may have faced the same fate.

"If Bob had said what I'd had said, I think there would have been a fatwa on him as well," Mr Mir said.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21649...from=public_rss

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PAKISTAN'S cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered after angering radical Muslims, according to a BBC investigation.

The Panorama TV show suggests some players followed the extremist Muslim movement, Tablighi Jamaat.

The claims come as preliminary toxicology tests confirm Woolmer was rendered helpless with a powerful poison before being strangled.

According to the team's former media manager, PJ Mir, Woolmer shared his view that members of the squad were more interested in praying than playing.

Mr Mir claims it was this pre-occupation with religion that explained their poor World Cup result.

"Bob had his reservations that the boys, rather than focusing on the religious aspect, they ought to be focusing more on cricket.

"He wasn't particularly pleased when players were going out to say their prayers in the middle of the game and a substitute was coming in. He was totally against it," he said.

After the team was knocked out, Mr Mir's comments led to a fatwa being issued against him forcing him to flee Pakistan.

He believes Woolmer may have faced the same fate.

"If Bob had said what I'd had said, I think there would have been a fatwa on him as well," Mr Mir said.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21649...from=public_rss

After the team was knocked out, Mr Mir's comments led to a fatwa being issued against him forcing him to flee Pakistan.

Well that's certainly a good reason to sentence the guy to death. What's to blame? Sports or religion. Both?

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Sucks for him. He should have never criticized the uncriticizable religion members.

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Sucks for him. He should have never criticized the uncriticizable religion members.

They're called Buddhists.

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Fatwa is two letters away from fat tw*t

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Sucks for him. He should have never criticized the uncriticizable religion members.

They're called Buddhists.

tee hee. you made a funny

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I thought sawing off heads with bread knives was more their style.

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Fatwa is two letters away from fat tw*t

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Don't most ultra-Muslim movements declare almost ALL sports/games/music anathema (awful difficult to do "fatwa" when you're practicing something against your teachings)?

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Don't most ultra-Muslim movements declare almost ALL sports/games/music anathema (awful difficult to do "fatwa" when you're practicing something against your teachings)?

No. (At least for men.)

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PAKISTAN'S cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered after angering radical Muslims, according to a BBC investigation.

The Panorama TV show suggests some players followed the extremist Muslim movement, Tablighi Jamaat.

The claims come as preliminary toxicology tests confirm Woolmer was rendered helpless with a powerful poison before being strangled.

According to the team's former media manager, PJ Mir, Woolmer shared his view that members of the squad were more interested in praying than playing.

Mr Mir claims it was this pre-occupation with religion that explained their poor World Cup result.

"Bob had his reservations that the boys, rather than focusing on the religious aspect, they ought to be focusing more on cricket.

"He wasn't particularly pleased when players were going out to say their prayers in the middle of the game and a substitute was coming in. He was totally against it," he said.

After the team was knocked out, Mr Mir's comments led to a fatwa being issued against him forcing him to flee Pakistan.

He believes Woolmer may have faced the same fate.

"If Bob had said what I'd had said, I think there would have been a fatwa on him as well," Mr Mir said.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21649...from=public_rss

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Sucks for him. He should have never criticized the uncriticizable religion members.

in some places in the world, it is a self imposed death sentence brother rich and pakistan is one

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Isn't Islam supposed to be compatible with life? Aren't the rules regarding prayer flexible, so if you have something important to do you can pray at an earlier or later time?

/these are rhetorical questions