A former Pakistani legislator has offered a
$200,000 bounty for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film
that has angered Muslims around the world.
Ikramullah Shahid made the offer at a rally Monday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, before a crowd of about 15,000 people.
The rally was led by the
Difa-e-Pakistan Council, an umbrella group of radical Islamic and
militant groups. Shahid is a member of the group.
This is the second such
offer made by someone in Pakistan. A federal cabinet minister earlier
offered $100,000 for the man behind the U.S.-made film that portrays
Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womanizer and child molester.
Outraged Muslims have rallied against the film. At least 23 people have died in protests in Pakistan against the film.
