Shortly after dawn, Yasser Abed Rabbo, a Palestinian cabinet minister, had emerged from Mr Arafat's compound, the muqata, to announce the passing of the "greatest person in human history".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1349570,00.html

Should we excuse this faggot's fond memory of his lover?
Or should this blasphemy be punished.
How about a nice stoning?

Now, the Beatle's once said they greater the Jesus Christ [ok, what John actually said "We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or Christianity."]
http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/db66.html

If Rabbo was a Christian, he might wiggle out of it by saying that Christ was not so much a person as he was the son of God. But what excuse could a muslim give? Surely, they can't imagine that Arafat was in the same league as say their Prophet Muhammad.

Maybe Rabbo made error and what he really meant was one of the greatest scumbags in history.