9,600 pounds, a car, and a tank of gas for cartoonist's head

guardian: A Pakistani cleric today offered 1.5m rupees (9,600 pounds) and a car as a reward to anyone who killed the cartoonist who drew images of the prophet Muhammad.

Mohammed Yousaf Qureshi, a prayer leader at the Mohabat Khan mosque in Peshawar, made the announcement to a 1,000-strong crowd outside the mosque after Friday prayers.

"This is a unanimous decision by all imams that whoever insults the prophet deserves to be killed, and whoever will take this insulting man to his end will get this prize," he said. Read more

db: Murder is always wrong - but that sounds like a very poor deal [we added the gas]