Sir Salman Rushdie accuses leaders of failing to defend freedom of expression, "Moderate" Muslim leaders throw Rushdie under the bus

How does the left reconcile Imran Khan, the moderate, hotshot, womanizing fashionista's fave Muslim? Good luck with those moderates, people! Anyone see the unicorn's latest? Zuhdi Jasser subscribes to the mainstream media attack line on counter-jihadists. His latest press release boosted a fallacious and defamatory narrative devised by Islamic supremacists and leftists in order to shut down the counter-jihad movement. Should a rabid supporter of Einstein and his unified theory kill a group of scientists who disagreed with Einstein and supported Bohr's quantum theory, it would be Einstein who was responsible for the murders -- is that how it is, Dr. Jasser? No, that would be blood libel, sir, which is exactly what you are advancing.

This exposed him and his agenda. And all those clowns are holding him up as the savior. Sheesh. If this wasn't a kick in the head to his mindless supporters, then they are hopeless.

Is Imran Khan any different from a Jasser? Once the dahlink of the fashionista, glitterati, cognescenti, Khan is now advancing the sharia (in its most strict and repressive form) in Pakistan while advancing his political fortunes.

"Sir Salman Rushdie last night accused India's government and some of its political leaders of cowardice over their failure to defend his and other artists' freedom of expression in the face of protests by Muslim and Hindu extremists.

He also launched a withering attack on Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricket captain-turned-politician who withdrew from a conference in New Delhi in 'protest' at Sir Salman's appearance at the same event.
He said Mr Khan had lived a 'playboy' life as a young man, but had now "struck deals with the army and the Mullahs" in his quest for power in Pakistan. He was a "dictator in waiting", he said.
... Sir Salman last night said India was in danger of losing essential freedoms because its leaders are not prepared to defend them. Some of India's most senior government leaders, including the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, and two of the country's youngest chief ministers, Omar Abdullah of Jammu and Kashmir and Akhilesh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, also pulled out of the conference.
... "They're running away when no-one says boo. That's what we used to call cowardice," he said. More here.

Flashback Atlas 2009: Imran Khan, the moderate muslim, is working to bring lasting peace to Swat. Ah, I feel better! Imran urged the government to institute sharia. His most significant political work has been to protest against ruling politicians such as Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Zardari, and his opposition to the US and UK foreign policy.

SWAT militants are misunderstood Muslims who sawed off the head of a journalist (here) after a peace deal was signed.

Imran Khan to hold talks with Swat militants Mushtaq Paracha (hat tip Kasper)

NOWSHERA: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday said he would himself visit Swat to hold talks with Taliban to bring a lasting peace to the region. He said that he has directed his party leaders to initiate parleys with the Taliban in Swat to settle the issue forever.

In his speech to lawyers of Swat in Sheikh Maltoon Town, Mardan, internally displaced persons of Bajaur Agency in Jalozai camp and a press conference at the residence of PF-14, Nowshera PTI president Kifayatullah, Imran urged the government to immediately implement Shariah in Swat and halt military operation there, tribal areas and elsewhere in the country.

If you are unfamiliar with Imran, let me help you. He was an infamous Muslim playboy. From Wikipedia:

During the 1970s and 1980s, Khan became known as a socialite due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp, though he claims to have hated English pubs and never drank alcohol He also gained notoriety in London gossip columns for romancing young debutantes such as Susannah Constantine, Lady Liza Campbell and the artist Emma Sergeant.^[5] One of these ex-girlfriends, the British heiress Sita White, daughter of Gordon White, Baron White of Hull, became the mother of his alleged illegitimate daughter. A judge in the U.S. ruled him to be the father of Tyrian Jade White, but Khan has denied paternity.^[9][10] About his lifestyle as a bachelor, he has often said that, "I never claim to have lead an angelic life."

 

On 16 May 1995, Khan married English socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a convert to Islam, in a two-minute Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.^[11] The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan,^[5] produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999).^[12] As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".^[13]