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Hope for the future! - Ashock - 02-28-2006

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_...rophet_drawings


Pakistani Kids Rally Over Prophet Cartoons By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 6 minutes ago



About 5,000 children chanting "Hang those who insulted the prophet" rallied in Pakistan's largest city on Tuesday in the latest protest in the Islamic nation against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

The children, ages 8 to 12, burned a coffin draped in U.S., Israeli and Danish flags at a traffic intersection in the port city of Karachi as police in riot gear looked on.

The rally was organized by Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's largest Islamic group. The children, some wearing school uniforms and headbands emblazoned with "God is great," were released from schools to take part.

Jamaat-e-Islami is part of a radical coalition of six Islamic parties that has rallied Muslims throughout Pakistan in recent weeks against the cartoons despite bans on protests in some cities.

Opposition lawmaker Liaqat Baluch, deputy secretary-general of the coalition, on Tuesday welcomed the European Union's first statement on the controversy.

EU foreign ministers said Monday they regretted the cartoons were "considered offensive" by Muslims around the world after first appearing in a Danish newspaper in September.

But Baluch demanded an apology from Denmark, saying it "has not so far acknowledged its mistake."

Baluch also said a "line should be drawn" between freedom of expression — the justification newspapers gave for reproducing the drawings, which Muslims consider blasphemous — and actions that offend cultural sensitivities.

"A freedom of expression that destroys world peace is against basic human rights," he said.

The religious coalition has been leading protests against the cartoons, drawing thousands of people to the streets of the conservative Islamic nation. At least five people died in two Pakistani cities when recent protests turned violent.

Baluch said the EU must take steps to ensure that another controversy such as the cartoon dispute doesn't occur in the future.

"This is a good step forward, but it is incomplete," Baluch said of the EU statement.

Islamic tradition bans representations of Muhammad.

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Associated Press writer Sadaqat Jan in Islamabad contributed to this report.


It's reassuring to know that kids today still maintain those traditional values that we hold near and dear.




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Hope for the future! - Doc - 02-28-2006

There is not enough coffee in the world to make me feel better after reading that. :huh:

Hope for the future! - Occhidiangela - 02-28-2006

Ashock,Feb 28 2006, 08:09 AM Wrote:It's reassuring to know that kids today still maintain those traditional values that we hold near and dear.
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When I next hear "but think of the children" I'll think of these little hate clones. Next stop, the nuclear weapons silo and learning how to melt down Hindi. :P

Occhi

Hope for the future! - eppie - 02-28-2006

to ashok:

There are followers everywhere. I mean 90 % of the worlds population is not capable of creating their own opinion. And also everywhere there are people that use this fact to get power. (Bin Laden, Bush, Blair, Balkenende, Bardot... :D )

And I mean, children are even more influencable than adults.
30 years ago american and westerneuropean children thought they needed to hate russian and easterneuropean childrenand vice versa...and for what reason. (PG 18 rated swearword- reasons....)

The fact is now just that those kids don't have a playstation, so you give them some candy, and off they go demonstrating against cartoons.....

Please don't make this bigger than it is. Or actually, yes please do, because it is a serious problem, but try to get the complete scope.

Hope for the future! - Assur - 02-28-2006

Ashock,Feb 28 2006, 02:09 PM Wrote:It's reassuring to know that kids today still maintain those traditional values that we hold near and dear.
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Well, they will certainly have options not available in the west!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm

Hope for the future! - Occhidiangela - 02-28-2006

Assur,Feb 28 2006, 12:39 PM Wrote:Well, they will certainly have options not available in the west!

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"I don't care who you are, that's funny." :lol:

Occhi

Hope for the future! - GenericKen - 03-03-2006

Occhidiangela,Feb 28 2006, 09:12 PM Wrote:"I don't care who you are, that's funny."  :lol:

Occhi
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Agreed. :wub:


We need a goat smiley.

Hope for the future! - Taem - 03-03-2006

GenericKen,Mar 2 2006, 11:34 PM Wrote:We need a goat smiley.
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:o Thats just sick.

Hope for the future! - DeeBye - 03-03-2006

MEAT,Mar 3 2006, 02:41 AM Wrote::o Thats just sick.
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BAA!

Wait, is that a sheep or a goat?

Hope for the future! - kandrathe - 03-03-2006

Ashock,Feb 28 2006, 09:09 AM Wrote:...
It's reassuring to know that kids today still maintain those traditional values that we hold near and dear.
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The spew of the madrasas, and 100X more dangerous than the Hitler youth.

Hope for the future! - Artega - 03-03-2006

So some people made fun of your holy prophet, or something like that - learn to take a joke.

People place entirely too much importance on religion <_<

Hope for the future! - Rinnhart - 03-04-2006

Could they be a little more... I don't know, creative with their protests? Burning American flags? C'mon, were we even directly involved?

At least some protestors bother coming up with amusing sayings to put on huge signs.

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