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Sweden apologises for cartoon
2007-09-13
A Swedish envoy groveled and apologised to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference for the exercise of free speech publication of a blasphemous cartoon in Sweden, the OIC crowed said on Wednesday. The Swedish ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Jan Thesleff, met OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Tuesday at the organisation’s headquarters in Jeddah and kowtowed to the big turban offered his “deepest apologies for the controversy created by the publishing of the hurtful depiction,” the 57-nation bloc said in a statement.

The publication of the sketch in the Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda on August 18 sparked a fiery debate in the Swedish media. Ihsanoglu conveyed to Thesleff his “concerns that this kind of provocative incitement in the name of defending freedom of expression ... was leading the world towards more confrontation and division,” the OIC said.
Posted by:Fred

#10  How long until this world realizes that an apology to any Muslim for anything only invites more demands ad nauseam? If this constant harrying keeps up, soon enough, Isalm will receive the West's final apology:

"We're sorry that we had to kill you all."
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-13 20:30  

#9  In 10 years this means that the Swedish Bikini Team will be in burqas. How sad.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-09-13 15:36  

#8  Pussies.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-09-13 14:33  

#7  The only apology should be to Swedish citizens for accepting these muslim barbarians in the first place, then deporting them to the OIC.
Posted by: ed   2007-09-13 12:14  

#6  Why? Did they print it?
Go bother Nerikes Allehanda for your apology, troglodytes, and see if they don't tell you to fuck off...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-13 11:46  

#5  When will they learn? Radical Islam only asks you to bow before it so that it can more easily stab you in the back.
Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861   2007-09-13 11:02  

#4  Time to write and demand an apology from Sweden for betraying civilization, reason and the light.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-09-13 09:00  

#3  Yep, smn, Sweden is starting to seem like a blonde joke.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-09-13 07:15  

#2  Idiots!
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-13 01:42  

#1  And I was hoping the Swedish would atleast consider the "Singleton Ratio" as it apply to the Muslims (The percentage of immigrants from Muslim countries can't total more than they're acceptance of Swedes into they're country)! But then again, maybe Sweden could use alittle less blonde diversity.
Posted by: smn   2007-09-13 01:33  

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