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[jahcs]

Thanks for the link. Is it just me or are these Muslim fundamentalists wound a bit too tight?

The folks that printed the images should be ashamed of themselves. WTF did they think would happen? Anytime anything even slightly provoking happens the Radical Muslims of the world riot and scream for blood.

Egyptian Ambassador Mona Omar Attia said afterward that the Danish leader's response was inadequate and that the country should do more to "appease the whole Muslim world."

What does he suggest, turning over the responsible parties for summary execution like most of the folks quoted in the article want? Frankly I'm getting tired of all this "appeasment" and PC BS. No one should have to pander to anyone else.

In Baghdad, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, denounced publication of the caricatures. However, he suggested that militant Muslims were partly to blame for projecting "a distorted and dark image of the faith of justice, love and brotherhood."

What's that, could you speak a little louder please? I think some thousands of people need to hear this.



From the timesonline.co.uk

...The trigger for the latest clash of cultures was the publication by the Danish newspaper Jyllends-Posten on September 30 of 12 cartoons of Muhammad. A biographer of the prophet had complained that no one would dare to illustrate his book, and the newspaper challenged cartoonists to draw pictures of the prophet in a self-declared battle for freedom of speech.

In October ambassadors from ten Muslim countries complained to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Minister, who refused to interfere with the press’s freedom.

But the issue began to boil this month after the cartoons appeared in Magazinet, a Christian newspaper in Norway, and on the website of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.

Just because you can print something doesn't mean you should.

Imams denounced Denmark from their pulpits, the Arab press inflamed pent-up Muslim anger at the West and last Friday the Saudi Government recalled its ambassador, but still Mr Rasmussen refused to apologise. He condemned attempts to “demonise people because of religious beliefs”, but argued: “The Government can in no way influence the media."

The leadership of Denmark is admirable for it's backbone on this issue. Too bad poor choices by other people forced it into this spot.

...President Lahoud of Lebanon condemned the cartoons, saying his country “cannot accept any insult to any religion”.

The pot calling the kettle black on that one.

Bill Clinton, the former US President, added his voice, telling a conference in Qatar that he feared anti-Semitism would be replaced with anti-Islamic prejudice. He condemned “these totally outrageous cartoons against Islam”.

Bill Clinton needs to get his head out of the sand. Anti-Semitism won't be replaced by anything. Anti-Islamic prejudice is already there. Every car burned in Europe, every train bombed, every bus blown up, every head cut off, insures this.

Carsten Juste, editor-in-chief of Jyllends-Posten, which has hired extra security after staff received death threats, said that the drawings “were not in violation of Danish law but have offended many Muslims, which we would like to apologise for”. He added that the drawings were “sober and were not meant to be offensive” to Muslims.

There's the appology - too little too late. Too many ears are clogged with anger at this point.