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| Muslim anger at Danish cartoons, follow up |
| 2005-10-23 |
| The Master Religion has its priorities set straight : never let the subhumans ridicule the Most Perfect Man ever. The ambassadors of 10 Muslim countries have complained to the Danish prime minister about a major newspaper's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. A letter from the ambassadors said the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten last month showed the Prophet as a stereotypical fundamentalist. Pictorial depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are forbidden in Islam. A Danish government spokesman said Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was preparing a response. Danish Muslim community leaders who held talks with Mr Rasmussen in July complained about press coverage of Islam. At the time, he said he could not tell newspapers what to print - or what not to. On Thursday, the Jyllands-Posten reported that two illustrators who produced the cartoons had received death threats. The daily published the series of cartoons, after a writer complained that nobody dared illustrate his book about Muhammad. "We must quietly point out here that the drawings illustrated an article on the self-censorship which rules large parts of the Western world", the paper said. "Our right to say, write, photograph and draw what we want to within the framework of the law exists and must endure - unconditionally!" The ambassadors who signed the letter to the prime minister included a number of Arab countries, Pakistan, Iran, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Indonesia. "We hope there will be understanding of Muslims' feelings about Mohammad. And we hope there will be an apology from Jyllands-Posten," Mascud Effendy Hutasuhut, counsellor at the Indonesian embassy in Denmark, told Danmarks radio. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 Until muslims extend respect and courtesy to other religions, they have no right to complain. Basically, I concur with Barbara Skolaut, they can FOAD. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-10-23 22:51 |
| #6 THE PROPHET MOHAMMED: |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-10-23 19:11 |
| #5 The answer is quite simple. Since Islam isn't a religion, it doesn't matter if they find something offensive. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-10-23 17:18 |
| #4 A Danish government spokesman said Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was preparing a response. One can only hope it involves a single upthrust rigid digit. The Danes were brave enough to defy Hitler. Let's all hope they have retained their sense of rectitude. Rhetorical question; How do you avoid offending the religious sensitivities of a culture that finds everything imaginable to be offensive? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-23 14:54 |
| #3 What's jihadi for "Fuck off, assholes"? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-10-23 14:04 |
| #2 Pictorial depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are forbidden in Islam. Sawing the heads off innocent people, blowing up women & children and marrying off 12 year old girls is prohibited in civilized countries. Let us know when you progress into the 18th century, then maybe we can have a discussion. |
| Posted by: wrinkleneck_trout 2005-10-23 12:47 |
| #1 I am still waiting for the 911 apology and the handing over of Binny. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-10-23 12:20 |