>It is believed that the only reason these 3 most famous
>cases are still alive...is because of the media coverage
>that makes it embarrassing to Arab Muslim societies to carry
>out the killings.

huh? neither taslima nor rushdie got their fatwas from Arab societies.

and in any case, a fatwa is a cleric's opinion. there are thousands of fatwas going all the time.

and what is "the Sharia Court of the U.K."?!