Paki Cartoonist Death Bounty Cleric Visited Upstate New York (UPDATED)

A Pakistani Muslim cleric who has offered up to $1 million bounties on Danish cartoonists has visited upstate New York to give inspirational talks to American Muslims.

From Reuters:

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers offered rewards amounting to over $1 million for anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have enraged Muslims worldwide.

The cleric offered the bounty during Friday prayers as Muslim anger against the cartoons flared anew in parts of Asia.

In the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, cleric Maulana Yousef Qureshi said he had personally offered to pay a bounty of 500,000 rupees ($8,400) to anyone who killed a Danish cartoonist, and two of his congregation put up additional rewards of $1 million and one million rupees plus a car.

"If the West can place a bounty on Osama bin Laden and Zawahri we can also announce reward for killing the man who has caused this sacrilege of the holy Prophet," Qureshi told Reuters, referring to the al Qaeda leader and his deputy Ayman al Zawahri.

American visits by Qureshi have been sponsored by Islamic groups in the United States, including "Islamic Valley" in 2002 in the New York State capital region:

Nightly, following the Salat Traweeh, listen to the renowned Islamic Scholar from Peshawar, Pakistan, MAULANA YOUSEF QURESHI. The Maulana will be at the MDQ New Mosque for the remainder of the most Blessed RAMADHAN. The Maulana is very well known in Pakistan, especially in the NWF. He is presently the KHATEEB at the famous MASJID MUHABAT KHAN in PESHAWAR.

Islamic Valley is a short drive away from this Islamic paramilitary training camp discussed today by Dr. Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report.

UPDATE: Islamic Valley Protests At Danish Embassy
From the Islamic Valley Calendar:

Title: PROTEST RALLY infront of the DANISH Consulate in Manhattan on Friday, Feb, 17, 2006.

Date: Friday, February 17th, 2006

Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Presenters: MDQ

Description:
The Majlis-e-Shura of Greater New York is requesting that you and your family,
and all friends attend this Rally on Friday, 2.17.06 to be held at 2nd Ave.,
and 48th Street in Manhattan.

Imam Siraj Wahaj will give the Juma Khutba.
Time : 12 noon to 3.00 pm.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.

Welcome, readers of Michelle Malkin, who is covering the protest.

Others:
Stop the ACLU
The Jawa Report
Kim Priestap