Indian Muslim Group Calls for Beheading of Writer

An Indian Muslim group, All India Ibtehad Council, has called for the beheading of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. The group has offered a reward for her beheading of 500, 000 rupees, (roughly £6000.)
Nasreen's 'crime' is to have written a novel which deals with the story of a Hindu family who suffer persecution at the hands of Muslims in Bangladesh. The book is considered blasphemous by Muslims in India, and Nasreen was driven out of her home in 1994 as a result.
The president of the group, Taqi Raza Khan, said that by writing the story, she had 'put Muslims to shame.' He did, however, offer her a way out of her decapitation; the bounty will be lifted as soon as she "apologises, burns her books and leaves".