Flirting With Palin Earns Pakistani President A Fatwa

11/01/2008 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011
  • Issam Ahmed Christian Science Monitor

After the flirtation came the fatwa.

With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan's hard-line mosques and its feminists after a few weeks in office.

A radical Muslim prayer leader said the president shamed the nation for "indecent gestures, filthy remarks, and repeated praise of a non-Muslim lady wearing a short skirt."

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