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Cartoon rage escalates to kidnapping. "Protests Over Muhammad Cartoons Escalate," from AP, with thanks to JE:
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Outrage over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad escalated in the Arab and Islamic world Thursday, with Palestinian gunmen briefly kidnapping a German citizen and protesters in Pakistan chanting "death to France" and "death to Denmark."Palestinian militants surrounded European Union headquarters in Gaza, and gunmen burst into several hotels and apartments in the West Bank in search of foreigners to take hostage.
The protests spread to Indonesia on Friday, with Islamic hardliners barging into a building housing the Danish Embassy and burning the European country's flag. The Indonesian government had earlier condemned the drawings, as did Afghanistan.
In Iraq, Islamic leaders urged worshippers to stage demonstrations following weekly prayer services Friday. Iran summoned the Austrian ambassador, whose country holds the EU presidency.
The issue opened divisions among European Union governments. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said EU leaders have a responsibility to "clearly condemn" insults to any religion. But French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said he preferred "an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship."
Good for Sarkozy. Plassnik has, I'm sure, never spoken out against any attacks on Christianity in Europe. Of which there have been many.
Posted by Robert at February 3, 2006 6:45 AM
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Hizb-ut-Terror and their morally bankrupt cronies on the left and right are scheduled to protest at the Danish embassy in London on Saturday 3rd February.
I urge all freedom-lovers of all stripes to make an appearance. We've dilly-dallied too long. Now we need to start making our voices heard.
Embassy of Denmark
55 Sloane Street
London, SW1X 9SR
WE ARE ALL DANISH NOW!
at February 3, 2006 7:02 AM
theres a demo today as well, after friday prayers
2pm to 4pm
http://www.alghurabaa.co.uk/pr/danishdemo.htm
at February 3, 2006 7:05 AM
Damn. There's not a chance I can get there today.
It was interesting to see the demo outside the BBC last night. Nice to see peace loving Muslims chanting 'Go to hell UK' amongst other things.
Now I know this may sound like a variant of "get back to where you came from" (which it most certainly isn't) but surely if you want to live in a Saudi style theocracy you move to Saudi. Surely!?!?
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 7:11 AM
hate to say it - but , i'd bet $100 that the BNP will turn up...
at February 3, 2006 7:16 AM
Why on earth would EU leaders have a responsibility to "clearly condemn" insults to any religion?
I would humbly suggest that EU leaders have a CLEAR responsibility to "clearly condemn" any person or group that threaten harm to any person who has "insulted" any religion.
I will not hold my breath.
Posted by: Anthony
at February 3, 2006 7:28 AM
BNP, MPAC, MCGB. It will be like spending a day in a sewer! All we need is Galloway and his Stalinist devils and it will be like a glimpse of hell...
...but it's got to be done.
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 7:30 AM
Evil rears it's ugly head because of
some harmless cartoons.
Will this wake up some people as to the evil
of Islam?
And Iran just hanged two protestors yesterday.
All that evil needs to triumph is for good to do nothing.
Posted by: learjet0450
at February 3, 2006 7:44 AM
RE: the BNP being right!
Thankfully they're not. Read their confused literature. On one side it's all 'Muslims are evil and want to take over the world', on the other it's 'poor old cuddly mulims being tormented by the jews in palestine and Iraq'.
Personally, I think you have to choose one view or the other, I don't know how they can seriously square up both opinions.
Also, it's Pastor Niemuller syndrome, if the BNP got rid of the Muslims, then it would be the Jews, the Hindus,etc.
Personally (and I was raised Christian) I think Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, African Christians have done nothing but show respect for the country that has welcomed them. The polar opposite of the Islamonazis and Arabolshevists (Nabokov was right about them all along!)
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 7:51 AM
The only people I know who get this worked up over CARTOONS, are my kids when I turn off the Disney Channel! Kids & Muslims - immature & self-absorped. The kids are supposed to be, the Muslims are evidently psychologically stunted.
What a stupid religion.
Posted by: finnschick
at February 3, 2006 8:10 AM
Why should Muslims, if triumphant and therefore encouraged, decide to stop with those mild cartoons, not one of which comes close to the routine viciousness of the Arab press? Why not protest all radio shows that have music. The Nazis banned jazz as "Judeo-black" music. Muslims know that music is a Bad Thing. Despite that ban, there is folk music, developed not because but in spite of Islam. Yet whenever possible, fanatical Muslims have attacked musicians. The (often Berber) singers of Rai in Algeria have been murdered. Wedding-singers in Afghanistan have been forbidden to practice their craft.
Or why not demand now that "Islam is here to stay" and is "part of Europe" (as Tariq Ramadan keeps telling us -- as he did on the BBC last night, refusing to denounce the protests and simply saying that he had counselled Muslims, who were "understandably" outraged, for now to use the cleverest methods of protest), that the sculptures in the Louvre and the Uffizi be destroyed, or at least permanently stored, because they offend Muslims, and one wouldn't want little Muslim children, taken by their teacher on a field-trip to a museum, to have to have their eyes exposed to sculpture. It would offend against their religion.
And the same is true for paintings of humans or other living creatures. An offense that is rank. So take those paintings down. Yes, landscapes can stay. Views of the Thames, Turnerian skies, Monet's water-lilies, that's okay, you Infidels can keep those. See how big-heared and tolerant we Muslims are? Just don't offend us, and everything will be okay.
I could go on, and on. It's the future. Inevitable, unless somethinig is done to halt entirely the March of Islam, a mere matter of negligent immigration polices, mad welfare policies, crazed cultural policies, and a refusal to do what at allmost any moment in the intelligent past would have certainly been done, or at least talked about.
Read up on Masaryk and Benes, and the Benes Decree(s). Ask yourself at what point, and in what way, a country or a people or a civilization has a right to recognize a threat to its continued existence, and to remove that threat from its midst? Always? Never? What constitutes such a threat, and why do most of us think that given the evidence, the Czechs had a right, and were not wrong, in the principle of removing Sudeten Germans after the Czech experience before and during World War II? And at the time, Germany lay in ruins, and there was no conceivable threat from those Sudeten Germans.
Is there a threat to the laws, customs, manners, understandings, well-being of the indigenous Infidels of Western Europe, from their Muslim populations, or isn't there? Can it all be worked out, can they be successfully integrated without doing violence to those laws, customs, manners, understandings?
Here is an observation:
"The presence of large numbers of Muslims within Western Europe has created a sitatuion that is far more unpleasant, expensive, and physically dangerous for the indigenous Infidels, and for non-Muslim immigrants as well, than would otherwise be, were those Muslims not present in such numbers."
Is it true in England, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany -- or is it false?
True, or False?
Posted by: Hugh
at February 3, 2006 8:46 AM
Michelle Malkin has posted some photos of the Islamic reaction. Also, she presents some telling examples of the pathetic behavior of the U.S. media.
Support the Danes!
Posted by: Stendec
at February 3, 2006 8:46 AM
What is interesting here is that it seems that muslims don't object so much to the fact that their religion is portrayed as violent and aggressive (which is perfectly acceptable) but the fact that a danish cartoonist did not seem to know the qu'uran and its interpretations by heart and, consequently, that it is illegal to publish pictures of the propht.
Posted by: restitutor orbis
at February 3, 2006 8:54 AM
It sure does not take much to send muslims over the edge... or they want another excuse to party by throwing bombs, bullets into places where Christians and other non-muslims hang out! l think the muhammad bomb head would look great now on a teeshirt or sweatshirt eh! lol.. l know right after 9-11, l saw a women from Mich. wearing a picture of OsamaBinLost's face with a gun sight on his dead, with words Dead or Alive! if the papers dont print those cartoons..maybe teeshirts can do the trick! lots of muslims at our costco.. l could try it there!
Posted by: Lulu
at February 3, 2006 9:12 AM
The best quote I've heard in all of this was the editor of the Danish paper
on BBC. He said they have a secular society with freedom of expression, and
went on to say "I don't believe they want my respect, they want my
submission" This cuts right to the heart of the matter.
at February 3, 2006 9:20 AM
The site mentioned in Archdukes post above is one of these nasty terror sites which spring up all over the place. I have written to whom I believe may have the power take it offline.
I sent the follwing message
Hi
Whois information has you linked to the domain "alghurabaa.co.uk" . You can verify the whois information here.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=alghurabaa.co.uk
You will notice that the domain is registered to a certain Abu Bakr, which is almost certainly a pseudonym but in fact refers Mohammed's closest friend and advisor and father of Mohammed's 6 year old child bride Aisha.
A brief look at the home page of this terror site will enlighten you as to its true aims.
http://www.alghurabaa.co.uk/index.html
Among the initial links are calls to Kill all those who insult the Prophet:
http://www.alghurabaa.co.uk/articles/new/cartoon.htm
The site threatens any muslim who would wish to join the police.
http://www.alghurabaa.co.uk/articles/Joining%20the%20Police.htm
Here is a direct quote from this page "Those Muslims who join the police have left Islam for Kufr and deserve nothing in the dunya except our hatred and animosity and deserve nothing in the hereafter except hellfire."
The front page link about Homosexuality takes you straight to a page run by the savior sect, a website whoch espouses the hatred of Omar Bakri.
I would urge your utmost rapidity helping us fight the intellectual terrorism and hatred which is present on the Internet
Best Regards
Sebastien Wolf
Posted by: Sebastien
at February 3, 2006 9:27 AM
ISLAMOlosers.
Put a "BUY DANISH" flag in your car window, I know I will.
Posted by: mistyhymen
at February 3, 2006 9:36 AM
Hey, wait just a darn minute. How dare the European's print those cartoons. "Death to..." and flag burning is the exclusive property of America and Isreal. How dare they try to move in on our turf.
Sacrcasm off
Posted by: Balrog
at February 3, 2006 9:45 AM
Hugh, your observations about what might happen in Europe are exactly right. However, you assume that there will not be a huge secular reaction to Islam in Europe. I hope it is coming. However, I might be wrong.
I would like to remind you that Western Civilization is also under threat in such places as Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania and parts of Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria. Little is mentioned of these countries, but the threat against them is extraordinarily great. Of course I realize that the Western institutions are very fragile in all of the countries mentioned. However, in places such as Bosnia, the country was entirely secular prior to the reinvigoration of Islam. Again, we ought not assume that a country such as France alone is in danger. While the aforementioned countries might be relatively poor as compared to "Western Europe", if Europe borders Kazakhstan and ends at the Urals, then the counties mentioned supra are themselves in Western Europe, and thus, are part of "Western Civilization". Ask the Russians, they can tell you whether they are Europeans or not.
at February 3, 2006 9:52 AM
The best comment so far regarding this issue (from Lawrence Simon by way of Belmont Club):
"I think the Danish ambassador should issue an apology. In the largest Christian church in Saudi Arabia."
at February 3, 2006 10:20 AM
Yesterday I contacted the San Francisco Chronicle and urged them to reprint the caricatures of Muhammed. But....I won't hold my breath.
Actually, this uproar by the Islamic world over this cartoon thing is good. It clearly highlights and brings into focus the clear divsion of our cultures. And...how virulent, violent and threatening the Islamic culture truly is.
Il Toscano
Posted by: il toscano
at February 3, 2006 10:26 AM
A quick scan of todays Religon-of-Peace News reveals tolerance and love:
GUNMEN attacked a group of Christian families in the southern Philippines yesterday, leaving at least six dead on the island of Jolo, a mainly Muslim island hotbed of Islamic militants, police said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C10117%2C18026722-23109%2C00.html
Voice of the Martyrs helps man get new teeth after machete assault by Indonesian Muslims.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48641
Posted by: MikeMontana
at February 3, 2006 10:27 AM
By Mustafa Abu Sway
Fri Feb 3, 3:00 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Anyone who is familiar with the Koran and the traditions of the prophet Muhammad knows that kidnapping civilians and harming them is absolutely prohibited. Those who do kidnap civilians defy the Islamic code of ethics. This ethos applies to every kidnapped civilian, including Jill Carroll, the freelance journalist on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor, who worked in Iraq until she was kidnapped early last month. I appeal to her kidnappers to immediately release her and to stop kidnapping civilians altogether.
Every now and then, we hear about the kidnapping of "foreign" nationals in Islamic countries. Recently the family of a former German minister was kidnapped in Yemen. In Gaza, Kate Burton, a British human rights activist, and her parents were kidnapped. By the time I had a chance to write about this topic, the news came that both captured families had been released. This was a happy ending that I had really hoped for.
It is well known that the kidnappers' demands, in cases like these, usually have nothing to do directly with the kidnapped persons or their countries. This does not mean, however, that it is permissible to kidnap innocent civilians should conflicts exist. The two European families were kidnapped because they were easy targets. The same applies to Ms. Carroll.
I could have based the arguments in this article on the laws, treaties, and covenants that prohibit such deeds. I could have also brought up notions of Arab magnanimity, nobility, and honor that require us to be generous and kind to our guests. Many of those captured foreigners carried the burden of working for our causes and, for that, they endured hardships and paid a high price.
I have chosen, because of the cultural background of this nation, to present the Islamic position regarding kidnapping, which opposes it. We must get rid of this negative phenomenon that does not serve us in any way.
From the perspective of the Islamic sharia, the al-Mustamin is "the foreign person whose safety is guaranteed." Such a person is protected, even if his or her native country is in a state of animosity with Muslims. Animosity is a temporary state, and, further, not all Western citizens necessarily support the foreign policies of their governments.
The Muslim must understand that the person who obtains a visitor's visa enters into a contract with the country that grants him the visa. The state, as an institution, does that on behalf of its people. Despite those who look with suspicion at the state, especially if the ruler lacks legitimacy, the visa should be recognized as a legitimate agreement for guests of our countries to move freely about without harm.
We have seen foreign visitors support our political rights and defend Islam. Indeed, despite being non- Muslims themselves, they have come to the defense of Muslims in their own countries when the need arose.
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) declared its position on kidnapping and the taking of hostages in their communiqué which was published in September 2004. In what follows, I paraphrase and summarize their statement, which draws on verses and examples in the Koran prohibiting kidnapping. The full text is available in Arabic on www.Islamonline.net:
1. Kidnapping is an assault on another, whether a Muslim or non-Muslim. It is an unjust act that God forbids and prohibits: "Allah commands justice, the doing of good and giving to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition" (Koran, 16:90). God stressed that the mere differences in religion, even if in the context of a conflict, do not justify assaulting another.
2. Kidnapping is considered an act of war. [In any case, it is prohibited to kill a prisoner of war], he is absolutely destined to be released: "... afterward either grace or ransom...." (Koran, 47:4).
3. It is prohibited, in the case of actual war, to kidnap innocent people or civilians, who are [technically speaking] of the enemy. No act of war could be aimed at them. The civilians, from an Islamic perspective, are noncombatant women, children, and the elderly who have nothing to do with war, and monks and those who live in monasteries.
4. If kidnapping takes place during actual fighting, the kidnapped become prisoners of war, and should be treated according to the teachings of Islamic sharia regarding captives, which we summarize as follows: (a) Prisoners of wars should be turned over to the authorities to decide what to do with them. The person who caught the prisoner of war has no right or authority over him. (b) It is a religious obligation to be kind to the prisoners of war, to treat them well, to be generous to them, to provide them with food and clothing, and not to torture them: "And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive" (Koran, 76:8). (c) The prisoners of war should be ultimately released.
5. It is prohibited to hold civilians from among the enemy as hostages and threaten to kill them because of an action that is performed, or not, by others, while they are not responsible for it, and they cannot stop it: (a) One of the most important rules of justice among people is that no one should be responsible for the actions of others, and no one should be held accountable for crimes done by others. This law of sharia was confirmed by the Koran in many verses: "No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another" (Koran, 17:15).
It is clear that the message of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, headed by Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, calls for the prohibition of harming civilians in any way, including kidnapping, even in a state of war.
We should not allow frustration to drive us to the use of violence, or to solve problems, regarding issues of internal change, through the use of arms. And we have to give nonviolent resistance a general chance to prove whether it is a valid or invalid method. This is only possible through experimentation.
We should see in every foreigner a potential friend whom we can bring to actuality through kindness and benevolence. This is a path strewn with the thorns of ignorance; it can be cleared with tools of knowledge and patience, without getting bored or tired. The Koran says:
"Nor can goodness and evil be equal. Repel [evil] with what is better: Then will he, between whom and thee was hatred, become as it were thy friend and intimate.
"And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune." (Koran, 41: 34-35).
• Mustafa Abu Sway is a professor of philosophy and Islamic studies at Al Quds University in East Jerusalem. A longer version of this article was originally published by the Palestinian daily, Al-Quds.
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And a repeat from last week, lest we forget...
I just want to say a word about Jill Carroll. People like her help the truth to come out of Bagdad and Gaza. Do muslims want that or do they want people to believe the previous post about Pallywood fake stories. (See the Pallywood story last week under Fatwa Against Danish
Troops~ http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/009983.php~
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3330818905742409257&q=pallywood )
She seems like a genuinely innocent observer. It is disheartening to read some posters on other sites saying negative things.
If you are reading this story remember a journalist brought it to you. These blogs which collect them are wonderful but they do not write the stories. These journalists do. This site and others would be nothing without the journalist who is willing to risk everything to get the truth out to us. The newspapers are losing financially but it is still them that pay most journalists - the ones we read. The independant's like Ms. Carroll often are independant because the papers are laying off personnel due to these cutbacks. Ms. Carroll was laid off from the WaPo and, rather than change fields to something safer, followed her journalistic instincts and went where I would never go. Into the enemy's territory. Into a bad area where it is cheap for someone not on a major paper's payroll to survive between paychecks. Young and idealistic, indeed, brave and foolhardy, probably. The way most of us are or were in our twenties. I would not have approved of her being there if I was her parent but women in the western world do what they want because they are free. Someone her age reading the regular papers would not have known what we know about the cruel nature of these people. Foolish of her not to find out? No, I think she knew from the things I read, but too late, she was already there. A wrong turn indeed.
I just hope that others are doing what they can for her. Praying for her or working to find her or whatever can be done. But, please let's not be negative towards her. She was not there planting bombs, cutting throats or setting people up to be attacked or helping those that would do those things, unlike those whose exchange/release is being demanded for her safety.
Yes, I do realize that war is hell for those caught in it and that she didn't have to be there. Especially being a young woman. I can't believe her captors are working in a vaccuum. I know this same demand has been made many times before and I know the outcomes. None the less, her video wrenched my soul, weighing heavily on my mind. It bothers me alot to read the negative comments (not here, but I can't post where they are).
So, if you are a reader of news stories, please remember where and how they come to you and have a heart, unlike the terrorists and kidnappers we so despise.
-fan-of-Hugh
And with all the newspaper cartoon wars, we need the journalists on our side more than ever.
~Watching the Borg but not part of it~
Posted by: Borg
at February 3, 2006 10:29 AM
"I think the Danish ambassador should issue an apology. In the largest Christian church in Saudi Arabia."
That deserved to be posted again.
at February 3, 2006 10:56 AM
Reported by Reuters this morning:
"This means the whole story will continue and that we are back to square one again. The government of Denmark has to do something to appease the Muslim world," [Egyptian Ambassador to Denmark] Attia said.The Egyptian ambassador demands that Denmark must APPEASE the Muslim world? Chamberlain appeased a tyrant in 1938 and 50 million people died as a result of it. Is anybody taking notes? Posted by: Hulegu Khan
at February 3, 2006 10:58 AM
Regarding the BNP ~ remember you can come back from the far right, countries swing back and forth all the time but you can never come back from islam.
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PRICELESS QUOTES!!:
"I don't believe they want my respect, they want my submission"
I think the Danish ambassador should issue an apology. In the largest Christian church in Saudi Arabia."
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Isn't attacking an embassy and act of war?
I wish the new readers of this site would go back to the archives and read Hugh's great writings and take the time to read Mr. Spencer's books. To all you newbies out there check the Books, Articles at the top of this webpage.
-fan-of-Hugh
at February 3, 2006 11:00 AM
Isn't attacking an embassy an act of war?
Wonder if those countries will apologize.
Posted by: Borg
at February 3, 2006 11:03 AM
Congratulations, France and Denmark, for finally getting the “Death to” chant! The US has heard it for what seems to be forever, now.
I’m not surprised that the cartoons in question haven’t been reprinted here in the US, though, since a quick scan over the controlling stocks and interests of most of the major news outlets will reveal Arabian names with far too many vowels and consonants than I could ever possibly string together into a name. We shouldn’t be shocked by that one bit.
I am, however, slightly shocked that there have been instances like the protesting ‘Islamic Thinkers Society’ (or whatever asinine handle they go by) having demonstrated in the streets of New York a year or more ago, stepping on an American flag, swearing that America is the enemy, and then factually stating that they are planning on using our freedom of speech against us.
I read what El Cid did and I like it –he made posters of good ol’ Mo’s face and put them up near a mosque! Good for him! Everyone should make copies of these pictures and put them on bumper stickers and t-shirts! If you’re creative, draw your own and spread it around to places like sonof walker’s site http://www.nodhimmitude.blogspot.com/ or Constantinople’s http://www.cartoonjihad.com/ like I did …and feel free to go there, copy my image (it’s of good ol’ Mo being dragged through Hell by his dear Allah) and make your own posters if you want. Spread the word! Keep the pressure on these maggots that wish to use, abuse, and ultimately take away our rights!
My point is this: the Muslims cannot have freedom of speech in the democratic places of the world in which they migrate to if they’re wishing to repress the freedom of speech of others. It’s a double-edged sword –and we all know what they say about ‘he who lives by the sword’, don’t we?
The death of Islam will be through the pen, as it’s said to be mightier than the sword, anyway. We’ll continue to mock, laugh at, and cast the light of truth onto a shameful cult and, in so doing, stir up the evils of Islam to the point that those sleeping masses awaken with a jolt.
Good luck France and Denmark! Freedom of speech will win and reign supreme, no matter what the delusional lunatics of the world say. We’re with you 100%!
at February 3, 2006 11:03 AM
Mike ~ those stories deserve space.
from the links above:
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Santoso's new smile.
"Santoso," a farmer and a pastor for a small village church in Indonesia, was attacked on the way home after sharing Christ with Muslims on a farm in the city of Poso.
He and a friend, both on motorbikes, were hit with a machete wielded by a Muslim who jumped from a bush. The Muslim tried to cut off his head but missed, hitting Santoso in the mouth. He ran to his village holding his face. Because of the attack, Santoso lost 10 teeth and damaged his tongue; his friend's fingers were cut off. This was the third attempt on Santoso's life.
The Voice of the Martyrs medical staff has flown him to Java twice for treatment and is happy to report Santoso now has teeth implants. Before going into his last surgery, he told VOM: "I read Ephesians 1:19 which promises God's great power to us who believe. God sends me power so I can bear suffering. We rejoice that one Muslim has come to Christ."
Christians across the 3,000 inhabited islands of Indonesia are suffering increased attacks, church burnings, imprisonment and threats from angry mobs because of their faith in Jesus Christ. Much of the world would like you to believe that Christians are no longer persecuted, but Santoso would disagree. Now you can stay informed of what is really happening to your Christian brothers and sisters in countries like Indonesia and discover practical ways that you can get involved.
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Christians killed on Muslim island
From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Patikul
February 03, 2006
GUNMEN attacked a group of Christian families in the southern Philippines yesterday, leaving at least six dead on the island of Jolo, a mainly Muslim island hotbed of Islamic militants, police said.
The apparently sectarian violence in the town of Patikul occurred in a cluster of houses behind a Philippine Marine camp, and came less than three weeks before a small group of US soldiers deploy on the island for joint military exercises.
At least five unidentified gunmen opened fire on three thatch houses before dawn, killing three men.
The Muslim wife of one of the victims and their eight-month old baby girl were killed along with the teenage daughter of one of the other male victims.
One child wounded in the attack told reporters that the gunmen knocked on their doors to inquire if the families were Christian or Muslim.
They then left but returned a few minutes later, firing their guns at the houses.
Patikul is a known hotbed of the Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim extremist group linked by both Washington and Manila to the Al-Qaeda network.
The US State Department has tagged the Abu Sayyaf, or Bearer of the Sword, a "foreign terrorist organisation" and has put up millions of dollars for the capture of its leaders.
The Philippine government has blamed the group for a string of bombings and kidnappings and murders in the south, mostly targeting Christians and foreigners, including the death of two American hostages abducted in 2002.
US troops are to begin month-long exercises on Jolo on February 20. Their planned deployment has raised fears of possible Abu Sayyaf attacks.
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Brought to you by the Religion of Peace...coming soon to your town...per Naseem.
at February 3, 2006 11:10 AM
Death death Kill Kill
But remember Islam is the religion of Peace..
Until you take a stand against it...
then ALL who oppose it will DIE...
Ah i can feel the islaic love...
Pouring out like a stream of Hot LEAD
raining down from above..
But remember this...
When the Islamic Terrorists are
Blowing up your kids school
Raping the schol girls inside
Be-heading the teachers..
Before bloing themselves up...
Remember that islam is the
Religion of PIECES...
at February 3, 2006 11:13 AM
It is profoundly depressing to see the reaction of the European political elite appeasing Islam and Islamic nations (in Clintonesque style) by putting the sensitivities of religion above freedom of speech (Straw, Plassnik ...). The ultimate threat to our freedom, Islam, is being exempt from criticism.
I am astonished as to where this reverence by the political elite in Western Europe for Islam as a 'noble religion' is coming from. When, I ask, has Islam been noble vis-à-vis the West?
No, this manufactured reverance is based in deeply seated fears in the West of intimidation by Islamists, and it is this terror of Islam that permeates every response and action.
I think Winston Churchill would share my dejection at seeing these representatives of Western ideals having lost their nerve, and preaching surrender.
at February 3, 2006 11:17 AM
Can somebody find cartoons depicting Jesus, the Pope, religious Jews, Bush, Blair and others in extremely offensive manner. Can somebody put them on TV, so the European and American audience can see the hypocrisy. Maybe some groups might even decide to rally on the streets, burning Egyptian flags and boycotting hummus.
And talking about those animal lovers, the Egyptians, I am issuing a fatwah against Raymond Lakah, the owner of the French newspaper who fired his editor for repringing the cartoons. Why aren't the french rioting? (and I mean the actual french, not the half-breeds) Muslims are taking away their most important right, their freedom of press. How is this legal? This surely would not have occured in a major newspaper in US, or would it?
Anyways, this whole thing reminds me of the Miss America Pageant in Nigeria, where hundreds of completely innocent Christians were massacred by Muslims because a Christian newspaper printed something like: These women are so beautiful, even the prophet Muhammed would not mind taking some of them as his wifes. That must have been insulting because Muhammed only fucked 7 year olds or 45 year olds, anything in the middle it too vanilla for that pervert.
All this "blasphemy" exposes a great weakness in the jihad. It is so easy to get them pissed off over nothing, this can be used to wipe them out. Somehow.....
Posted by: mosmike
at February 3, 2006 11:35 AM
"Isn't attacking an embassy and act of war?"
......from post above
It used to be, until 1979. Dhimmi Khadr taught the muslims that it would henceforth no longer be regarded as such. We now roll out the red carpet for muslims who attack our embassies, and treat them as "statesmen".
Posted by: Infidel33
at February 3, 2006 11:38 AM
So many to kill .. but so little time. What' a moderate muslim to do?
Posted by: JanuaryMan
at February 3, 2006 11:42 AM
It appears that cartoons of Mohammed, the Moslem prophet, have been demonstrated to be Weapons of Mass Destruction.
In the future and in the interest of public safety, pictures of Mohammed should be broken into separate components, appearing on separate pages of any given publication.
When required, the components could then be reassembled, providing the necessary critical mass to create uncontrolled chain reactions throughout the Ummah.
Hmmm, I wonder if these results are publishable...
Posted by: Chatillon
at February 3, 2006 12:57 PM
What was the fuss about again? The alleged prohibition of picturing the muslim prophet.
See pics of Mohammed (scroll down if you don't read Dutch) here :
Posted by: Bernadette
at February 3, 2006 1:08 PM
Why didn't any muslims kick off when south park devoted a whole episode to their illiterate hero in the 'super best friends' episode?
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 1:34 PM
why don't Jews protest when they see statues of Moses with horns? Why don't Hindus boycott dairylea? Why don't Sikhs picket hairdressers? Because they get it! They don't hate the UK.
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 1:36 PM
sorry. just read your link sister bernadette. sp is there
Posted by: LiberalNotQuisling
at February 3, 2006 1:38 PM
I guess that with http://retecool.com/comments.php?id=13539_0_1_0_C the Dutch can expect muslim protests as well.
Posted by: Miranda
at February 3, 2006 2:06 PM
Why are the Muslims so eager to start the war? Don't they realize that if they really tick off the West, they will lose?
Ah, the super confidence of the ignorant savage!
Posted by: Pine Knot
at February 3, 2006 2:09 PM
its only just started
Here comes part two
WE HAVE SEEN THE CARTOONS
WELL THE CHILDRENS BOOK THAT STARTED THIS HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED AND WILL BE IN THE STORES THIS MONTH
The Koran and the life of the prophet Mohammed
BY
Bluitgen
Høst & Søn Denmark ISBN 87-638-0049-7 24-01-05
It is a work of art
A preview can be seen on my thread
czeck it out
http://www.fomi.nu/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=23134&highlight=#23134
Kåre
at February 3, 2006 2:12 PM
Palestinian gunmen briefly kidnapping a German citizen and protesters in Pakistan chanting "death to France" and "death to Denmark."
They are not chanting "death to the cartoonists who blasphemed in France" or Denmark, they seem to be calling for the destruction of France itself (and Denmark, along with other nations on other occasions as the mood strikes them). I would think that this is a call to genocide, which is the indiscriminate mass-murder of civilians because of their ethnicity or religion. Seems to fit the definition. And it's not empty threats, does anyone doubt that they would press the button if they had WMD's?
Why do cartoonists get criticized or fired for blaspheming against a putative religion that they do not follow, but no-one seems to be criticizing the call to genocide by the Muslims?
Or what about the actual carrying out of genocide in Darfur and other places? Cartoons, yep that's the problem, that's where the media should be focusing their attention.
Posted by: special_guest
at February 3, 2006 2:15 PM
Governments, media, public officials, in their responses to what is now a full blown international crisis, constantly remain focused on the supposed excesses of the cartoon.
Cartoons are the problem, not the threats of violence openly displayed on signs carried by British Muslims, bombings, threats of murder in retaliation, attacks of foreign governments on principles of free speech, and the ominous implications for the future in Europe or whereever there exist a significant Muslim population.
No, offensive cartoons are the problem.
When one is impaled by fear absolute insanity seems to be contagious.
Posted by: JTF
at February 3, 2006 2:20 PM
Check out these links on Mohammad's approach to free speech...follow the trail of dead bodies...
see http://www.answering-islam.org/Muhammad/Enemies/index.html
http://answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/free_speech.htm
http://answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/dead_poets.htm
Because the Koran states that Mohammad is an example that (male) believers should emulate (33:21), the killing of critics and satirists of Islam is obligatory.
at February 3, 2006 2:25 PM
"an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship."
And whereas rioting, rampaging, kidnapping, calling for "Death to France" and "Death to Denmark", as well as the beheadings of the cartoonists certainly represents a "excess of censorship", I would argue that these mild cartoons barely scratch the surface regarding how far and how sharply Islam and their so-called "prophet" could be caricatured...
The Muslim forgeries come closer to the mark, but still don't rise to the level of excess -- the dog raping the worshipper is a great metaphor for the enslavement of Muslim thralldom -- the so-called "prophet" fiddling with an underaged paramour isn't even satire -- according to the Muslims, it's what the hoary old bastard did -- in his 50s or 60s and molesting a 9 year old... And as for the other one -- I forget what the other Muslim forgery represented... But rest assured, given the heinous, sickening, and outrageous excesses of Islam since it's inception, there is barely anything I can imagine that could be construed as an "excess" in depicting Islam's stupidity, cupidity, avarice, evilness, cruelty, barbarity, primitiveness, unwholesomeness, slovenliness, hatefulness, and violence...
And that's just for starters...
Posted by: jsla
at February 3, 2006 3:16 PM
i wonder - what do the Christian Evangelicals in the U.S. think about all this?
just a thought - they've got piles of money for a de-islamification campaign, to get these folks off their Mohammed junkie fix.
Posted by: archduke
at February 3, 2006 3:28 PM
Arent France and denmark muslim countries?
Posted by: KAOSKTRL
at February 3, 2006 3:52 PM
Stand up for our values!
We have spent centuries fighting stupid wars against eachother in Europe. Our democracies were built
on millions of dead people who could have better done than fighting and dying for or against totalitarian ideologoes. Now the old enemy raises again, dogma, intolerance, religious fascism.
Let us stand up and gather and take the cross
of democracy. This is no clash of religions, it is
a war between our understanding of freedom and the concept of a totalitarian religion.
at February 3, 2006 6:00 PM
Here is what I find confusing: After years and years of perfect Dhimmitude, suddenly some European newspapers seem to have discovered a spine?
Why now, suddenly? Over a couple of poorly-drawn cartoons? Where where they before, when they could not apologize for islamic madness soon enough?
I mean, don`t take me wrong, I am pleasantly surprised, but could they have not discovered some pride in European values earlier?
at February 4, 2006 9:22 AM


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