Muslim Scholars Come to Mickey Mouse's Rescue

Remember that "stand up comedian" impersonating a former Saudi diplomat that said that Mickey Mouse is a soldier of Satan and should be killed? He's now backtracking himself after several Muslim scholars smack him back to reveal how silly is remarks were.

Meanwhile, an Egyptian woman cleric, also a well-known TV figure, Suad Saleh, defended Mickey Mouse, saying that Sheikh Munjid's fatwah makes Islam look "ridiculous."

She argues that "real mice should be killed, according to the precepts of Islam, but that [Mickey] is a cartoon character ... so, killing him makes no sense."

On Al Arabiya TV, another Islamic scholar, Sheikh Mohammed Duheim, condemned Sheikh Munjid's ruling, insisting that he has "no right to speak for Islam."

"We must come out clearly on this issue," he says, "we are a diverse group of people, from many different cultures, and not everyone who claims to speak in the name of Islam speaks for all Muslims."

Hum... I didn't know that they had "woman cleric" in Islam.

Still, another example where one opened one's mouth, and stupid things fell out. It was hilarious while it lasted.

Zz.