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Pakistan condemns reprints of blasphemous cartoons

2010-01-10

[Dawn] Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the reproduction of Danish caricatures of Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) by a Norwegian newspaper.

The Foreign Office strongly condemned the reprinting of the blasphemous Danish caricatures of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in a newspaper in Norway.

They may be blasphemous in Pakistan, but Norway does not allow that concept to rule beyond the private domain... just as Pakistan's laws do not apply beyond its own borders. Sorry.

Pakistan urged Norway to take appropriate measures and ensure that the people who committed this blasphemous act were appropriately reprimanded.

And so Norway has, by doing nothing at all.

The caricatures were originally printed in a Danish newspaper back in 2006 and sparked tremendous outrage in the Muslim world as thousands protested in Muslim countries across the world, including in Pakistan. The artist of the cartoons Kurt Westergaard was also attacked on January 2, 2010 in his home by a 28-year-old Somalian man, who was armed with an axe and a knife, but escaped unhurt and his attacker was apprehended.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Åt helvete, din djaevlar, satan älskar er som eld. Nytt åv, djävlar skyttstovlar.

Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2010-01-10 19:33

#3 Reprints don't count when condemning and seething. Forget about it.

Posted by: JohnQC 2010-01-10 16:46

#2 The Lenny Bruce rule applies. He noted that by preventing the use of an expletive word, it becomes powerful and hurtful, but if that same word is used a lot, it loses its power.

Therefore, all sorts of pictures of Mohammed, and Allah as well, should be posted all over the place. Soon the Islamic argument would run out of steam.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-01-10 09:02

#1 To be fair, the paper should also print a collection of islamic cartoons depicting Jews and other infidels. The "blood-eating" jews series in particular is hilarious. MEMRI has a fine collection from which to choose. The one-sided view of cartoons begs a little comparison. Sauce for the goose and all.

Posted by: Solomon Glulet1502 2010-01-10 07:16

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