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They suggested Islam was violent! They must die! From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Outrage over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad erupted in a swell of protests across the Muslim world Friday, with demonstrators demanding revenge against Denmark and death for those they accuse of defaming Islam's holiest figure.In Iraq, the leading Shiite cleric denounced the drawings first published in a Danish newspaper in September, one of which depicted the prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb. But the cleric also suggested militant Muslims were partly to blame for distorting the image of Islam.
Gee, ya think?
Some European newspapers reprinted the caricatures this week, prompting protests Friday in Britain, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Palestinian areas. In Sudan, some even urged al-Qaida terrorists to target Denmark."Strike, strike, Bin Laden," shouted some in a crowd of about 50,000 who filled a Khartoum square.
I wonder what the Iraqi cleric thinks of that.
The U.S. and British governments criticized publication of the caricatures as offensive to Muslims, raising questions about whether the line between free speech and incitement had been crossed.
Come now. Any sane and reasonable person can see that the most the cartoons do -- and only a few of them at that -- is note the connection between Islam and violence that Muslims themselves have made. That's incitement? If anything that provokes huge anger is incitement, then it is. But do the U.S. and British governments have any criteria for determining whether the line between a reasonable reaction to incitement and a daft and disproportionate overreaction has been crossed?
The Danish government tried to contain the damage. Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller called Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and said the Danish government "cannot accept an assault against Islam," according to Abbas' office.On Monday, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said his government could not apologize on behalf of a newspaper, but that he personally "never would have depicted Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious character in a way that could offend other people."
Many Muslims consider the Danish government's reaction inadequate.
What would be adequate? The destruction of Danish free speech, that's all.
Clerics in Palestinian areas called in Friday prayers for a boycott of Danish and European goods and the severing of diplomatic ties. Tens of thousands of incensed Muslims marched through Palestinian cities, burning the Danish flag and calling for vengeance."Whoever defames our prophet should be executed," said Ismail Hassan, a tailor who marched in the pouring rain with hundreds of other Muslims in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "Bin Laden our beloved, Denmark must be blown up," the protesters chanted.
Foreign diplomats, aid workers and journalists began pulling out of Palestinian areas Thursday because of kidnapping threats against some Europeans.
In Iraq, about 4,500 people protested in the southern city of Basra, burning the Danish flag. Some 600 worshippers stomped on Danish flags before burning them outside Baghdad's Abu Hanifa Mosque, Sunni Islam's holiest shrine in Iraq. Demonstrators also burned Danish journalists in effigy and torched boxes of Danish cheese.
Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemned the publications as a "horrific action."
But in remarks posted on his Web site, al-Sistani referred to "misguided and oppressive" segments of the Muslim community whose actions "projected a distorted and dark image of the faith of justice, love and brotherhood."...
In Damascus, Syria, entrances to the Al-Murabit mosque were strewn with Danish, Israeli and American flags so worshippers could trample them as they entered. Banners outside called for a boycott of Danish, European and U.S. products "until Denmark is brought to its knees, regretting this farce of freedom of expression."
Some 1,500 worshippers in Jordan marched in the northeastern city of Zarqa, demanding that Denmark prosecute the cartoonist who drew the caricatures.
Pakistan's parliament unanimously passed a resolution condemning the cartoons as a "vicious, outrageous and provocative campaign."
That certainly sums up the reaction to the cartoons, at very least.
Posted by Robert at February 3, 2006 5:18 PM
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"...and torched boxes of Danish cheese."
Old Saying: "Who cut the cheese"
New Saying: "Who torched the cheese"
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at February 3, 2006 5:44 PM
Bush and Condi roll over for the Arabs oil and markets from Al Reuters US Government backs Muslims in cartoon dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States backed Muslims on Friday against European newspapers that printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a move that could help America's battered image in the Islamic world.
Inserting itself into a dispute that has become a lightning rod for anti-European sentiment across the Muslim world, the United States sided with Muslims outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.
"These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question.
"We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."
American Muslims welcomed the U.S. position, although it stopped short of urging American media not to republish the cartoons that include depicting Mohammad as a terrorist.
Cooper said he had no comment as to why the United States chose to pass judgment in a dispute that ostensibly does not involve America.
But the United States, which was founded by immigrants fleeing religious persecution, has previously spoken out against publications offensive to believers of other faiths.
"Anti-Muslim images are as unacceptable as anti-Semitic images, as anti-Christian images or any other religious belief," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
The United States, which before the September 11 attacks was criticized for insensitivity to the Islamic culture, has become more attuned to Muslim sensibilities.
Posted by: Nariz at February 3, 2006 5:48 PM
Islam isn't about violence -- it's just about killing Jews and Christians; it's in the koran, read it for yourself.
Posted by: witness at February 3, 2006 5:49 PM
The Muslims have indeed proven the cartoon correct. That cartoon proved nothing about Islam or Muslims, the actions of Muslims proved more than any picture or cartoon could ever portray.
Posted by: MississippiMud at February 3, 2006 5:53 PM
For any joke or cartoon to be good,it will reflect some truth. and we have the proof with the way muslims are avenging their antics with violence.
any confident person and religion would of laughed this off quite easily. for the muslim there is no moderation, its always hard core violence on those they percieve to have violated them and their religion.
at February 3, 2006 6:01 PM
"...projected a distorted and dark image of the faith of justice, love and brotherhood..."
ROTFLMAO!
Thank you al-Sistani for the best laugh of the year, so far.
There IS "Comedy in the Muslim world" after all!
And I suppose the Koran itself isn't chock full of just such calls for slaughter, enslavement, terror, assasination and the eternal torment for all who would not bow to the will of the pedophile "prophet" and killer warlord of Islam, Mohammad?
Get real, al-S. We can read in the free world.
And laugh.
Back to the 7th century regions of Mecca and Medina (and similar offshoots of this cult of intolerance) with all of them.
And a ring of safeguards keeping them there until they come out of the coma of the Koran.
Posted by: profitsbeard at February 3, 2006 6:06 PM
what can we do? is there anything that can be done about these war mongering nations that want so badly for us all to die? Makes no sense to me. Are these people so far lost that there might never be any solution to this problem. The mood over there is boiling at higher tempatures fast. America, along with any other nation that depends on their oil exports needs to find another source of energy before that part of the world explodes like a ticking time bomb. I dont believe in violence but the more these people push us up against the wall the harder it is for me to think of a diplomatic solution. They remind me of my little cousin. I give him a cookie he wants a glass of milk. Give him the glass of milk me wants a straw to drink the milk. Give him the straw he wants a stool to sit on while he enjoys his milk and cookie etc. etc.....u get the idea.
Posted by: jawknee at February 3, 2006 6:16 PM
Reactions of Muslims to "cartoongate" show the adolescent state of their society and the inanity of their cult. Jawknee's comments about a little cousin's actions are spot on. Who but an adolescent would envisage paradise as a heavenly whorehouse? What other faith has anything like that view?
That said, I don't care if Islam is reformed or not. The key Western advance missing from the Muslim worldview is not the Reformation but the Enlightenment, the spark that illuminated the American and French revolutions and finally separated church from state. Until Muslims accept that divide, or entirely vacate the dar-al Harb, the strife will continue.
at February 3, 2006 6:48 PM
Forgot to mention...in case you didn't get the invite...
BIG FONDUE PARTY IN BAGHDAD TONITE!
at February 3, 2006 6:52 PM
I just heard that turkey from CAIR, on ABC radio, saying that portrayals of Muhammad, even favorable are not permitted in Islam. This of course flies in the face of all of those Islamic portraits of Muhammad as posted by Shiva.
Again the ignorance of the kaffir is being abused by the minions of the "religion of peace"
Meanwhile Islamic Society of Denmark used fake cartoons to create story
hursday, February 02, 2006
Islamic Society of Denmark Used Fake Cartoons to Create Story!
THIS WHOLE DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY WAS MADE UP BY THE "ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF DENMARK" WHO SPREAD THE FAKE CARTOONS ON THEIR TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST!
The leader of the group is a radical Islamist known for supporting the Anti-Western Islamist struggle!
The organisation Islamic Society in Denmark toured the Middle-East to create awareness about the cartoons, bringing 3 additional images, which HAD NEVER been published in any media source. Evidently, the originals were not offensive enough for the trip so they had to add these three:
The first of the three additional pictures, which are of poor quality, shows Muhammad as a pedophile demon.*
The second shows Muhammed with a pig snout.*
The third depicts a praying Muslim being raped by a dog*.
BBC World also aired a story showing one of the three non-published images, on 2006-01-30, and wrongly claimed it had been published in Jyllands-Posten.
n the tour, the group claimed to represent 21 different Muslim organisations in Denmark, although many of these groups have disclaimed any connection.
Akhmad Akkari, spokesman of the Danish Muslim organisations which organised the tour, explained that the three drawings had been added to "give an insight in how hateful the atmosphere in Denmark is towards Muslims."
Akkari claimed he does not know the origin of the three pictures. He said they had been sent anonymously to Danish Muslims. However, when Ekstra Bladet asked if it could talk to these Muslims, Akkari refused to reveal their identity. These images had however never been published in Jyllands-Posten.
The society also allegedly exaggerated its membership, claiming to represent all of Denmark's 200,000 Muslims, when the actual number of adherents is believed to be fewer than 15,000. [30]. 500-1000 people attend their Friday prayer gathering each week[31].
Imam Ahmad Abu Ladan is involved in an international group of Muslims who are known for supporting the anti-Western Islamist struggle of the school of global Jihad.
Imam Ahmad Abu Ladan also tried to block the re-election of the right-wing government in Denmark in the previous election.
Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, the leader of the organisation stated in Al Jazeera that Muslims should boycott Denmark, despite giving contradictory assurances to Western media. Ahmad Abu Laban, previously declared unwelcome in several Arab states, was one of the front figures on the tour [citation needed].
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said of Muslims criticising the country in the Arab territories: "I am speechless that those people, whom we have given the right to live in Denmark and where they freely have chosen to stay, are now touring Arab countries and inciting antipathy towards Denmark and the Danish people"[33].
Further misinformation spread among Arab Muslims include claims that Jyllands-Posten is a government-owned newspaper (it is privately owned) - spokesman for the Danish delegation Muhammed al Samha, and delegation member Ahmed al-Harbi said in the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram: "Jyllands-Posten, a newspaper belonging to the ruling Danish party - an extreme right-wing party - [was] publishing drawings and sketches of the prophet Muhammad."
* I shrank up the outrageous and fake cartoons from original size. I do not intend to offend.
The Brussels Journal has been following the story closely from Europe.
Shawn Wasson notices the selective outrage.
The Astute Blogger has more on Abu Ladan lying to the media!
Counterterrorism Blog has more on Abu Laden's mideast stunts, today.
Zombietime has the largest collection of Muhammad pictures on the net.
And, Pajamas Media is carrying the story from a variety of blog perspectives.
Michelle Malkin has a huge roundup on the two-faced American media.
The mainstream news is so out of touch with this story.
On the tour, the group claimed to represent 21 different Muslim organisations in Denmark, although many of these groups have disclaimed any connection.
at February 3, 2006 7:12 PM
You know, the US of A missed a great chance to
SHUT THE !@#$ UP!
FYI, foreign readers, the State Department doesn't speak for me. I support the Freedom of Speech, which
includes satire.
I understand that we wouldn't want to ramp it up
now, with boots on the ground in those ridiulous
savage mohammadan backwatres, but there was no need
to comment.
at February 3, 2006 7:32 PM
American
Fully agree. Came across this in Michele Malkin's website.
Sometimes, there's a part of me that just wishes that the president, Condi, Powell, Scrowcroft and others in the State Department (both former and current) were properly flogged - Quranic style. They never fail to open their mouth and put their opposite hands & foot into it. Just as in the SOTU speech, there was no need for him to characterize Islam, but he chose to describe it as 'noble'. In the White House Library, I don't know whether they have Bibles, Torahs, Granths, Vedas, et al, but if they do, they never publicized it, yet they chose to publicize the Quran being added. And now, instead of shutting the f*&# up, they decided to speak out against the cartoons. Why doesn't Condi just take up a burkha? No way I'd be supporting her should she be on the 2008 ticket.
Being the cretin that it is, the State Department should be banned from commenting on events that don't involve the leadership of other countries.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at February 3, 2006 7:47 PM
Having seen 2 of the fake cartoons provided by Nariz in the link above, I'll give the Mohammedans this - they aren't that far behind either. Now if only they'd translate that perception into reality
Ooops, turns out that they agree with it.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at February 3, 2006 7:51 PM
From link provided by Nariz:
"Anti-Muslim images are as unacceptable as anti-Semitic images, as anti-Christian images or any other religious belief," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters"
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Unacceptable to WHOM MR. FRICKEN ELITIST BRAINWASHING HUMANIST AMERICA-KILLER ???
They can't keep their grubby fingers or their Pinnochio noses out of anything. You watch, they'll make a law about it. They'll lock people up for speaking the truth about is-slime. We can't have the truth or reality interfere with the psychotheraputic Pragmatic Humanist Project. The government=Parent and the "little people=children relationship must be strengthened.
We're rats in a cage folks. They must totally believe in predestination and that free-will is a figment of our imagination(and logic leads to the conclusion that freedom is a false concept in that mindset). But they'll humor us, and say we're free. Islam is just one obvious example. Our society is shot-through with psycho-babble freedom-destroying theories that inspire laws and our choices are CO-OPTED by this humanist ideology. It is unbelievable how much influence and power the psych-industry has in our society. Look into it critically yourself. It's dangerous.
at February 3, 2006 7:53 PM
The ridiculous actions that radical islamics have taken in response to printing the not particlularly good or funny cartoons, is the best thing we could have happened. The PC world-wide press tended to ignore or give short shrift to radical islam and Jihad issues. They were more interested in pressing an agenda with the war in Iraq, the partriot act, domestic spying and generally that Bush's lies are costing American lives needlessly.
But there is one thing that Reporters and editors of a free press hold dear. That is their right to report news and make editorial comment without interference and censorship. They will not cede to the directions of the newspaper owners, much less to a mob mentality. The Egyptian owner of the French Tabloid summarily fires the editor for reprinting the cartoons. Jihadists are using the UN to pressure free press into shutting up. Gunmen in Palistine attempt to shut down the EU (who has been their friend for the most part). Danish products are boycotted, German citizen is taken hostage briefly, Protests are erupting everywhere. Muslim right attorneys are coming out of the woodwork threatening the press. Flags are burned and Fatwas are issued. All of a sudden the press realizes what is going on, that they have been ignoring.
Quotes in the press from reporters and editors--"..the recation in Muslim countries shocks me becuase it confirms the weight that radical Islam has acquired." "A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on the West.." And Finally the French Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, "We must defend freedeom of expression..."
If we can get the press off the PC fence and into the fray, the average Joe Six-pack and Cindy Sheehan liberal might catch on, that the light in this tunnel is a Jihad bullet train aimed at their head.
at February 3, 2006 8:04 PM
Here's the whole set of 265 photos from http://news.yahoo.com/photos
showing the peaceful reaction of a tiny minority
I think 7 and 26 really show the peaceful intentions the best but there are about 50 more mixed throughout the group. Worth looking at.
Number 7
Posted by: Borg
Posted by: Borg at February 3, 2006 9:18 PM
"They suggested Islam was violent! They must die!"
methinx Robert is having more fun than a virtuoso flugelhorn player, with this cartoon crisis...
Posted by: islamophobic pride at February 3, 2006 10:20 PM
Can't we just say back to the ranting idiots of Islam in our midst:
-Those Muslims in the West -Who Violently Threaten the Freedoms of the West- should return to the joyous Islamo-slavery of Mecca, Medina and other beacons of the 7th century, -now. As dangerous and unwanted infil-traitors.
Who has time for their annoying silliness?
We do have better things to do than have to worry about people with knives (or worse) who go mad over little doodles.
I think the Danish cartoon image -of Mohammad with the bomb-turban- would go just perfectly on one of those big white madhouse nets always used to catch escaped lunatics in comic films.
Then distribute about 12 million in Europe immediately.
They're going to need 'em!
Soon.
Posted by: profitsbeard at February 4, 2006 12:38 AM
All this crap over some drawings. It galls me. Here is my take on the whole thing...
http://www.accessbondingservice.com/peasuponhim.jpg
It's my pleasure to add gasoline to the fire.
Posted by: Cerebulon at February 4, 2006 3:06 AM
The Qur'an is the most rude book. One example only; Chapter 5 verse 17 says; "Surely are infidels those who say that Allah (God) is the Christ, son of Mary. Say, O Muhammad, 'Who then has the least power against Allah. If He were to destroy the Christ, son of Mary and his mother ...'"
The Western countries have to ban this rude and disgusting book.
Abbas
at February 5, 2006 6:18 AM
Well... what did the Danish expect? a letter to the editor? The thing about free speech is that when you say what you wanna say the response might not be more words, but a slap in the mouth or a butt whippin'.
Posted by: SpaciousSkies at February 7, 2006 8:06 AM
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