re the inimitable rushdie re an anecdote about islam in article ursa bear com halat pooh bears jim halat writes in article bu edu jaeger buphy bu edu gregg jaeger writes he d have to be precise about is rejection of god and his leaving islam one is perfectly free to be muslim and to doubt and question the existence of god so long as one does not reject god i am sure that rushdie has be now made his atheism clear in front of a sufficient number of proper witnesses the question in regard to the legal issue is his status at the time the crime was committed i ll also add that it is impossible to actually tell when one rejects god therefore you choose to punish only those who talk about it jim halat
