Posted on 02/12/2006 10:05:21 AM PST by Nachum
Graffiti scribbled on a mosque in the village of Bnai Elias, calling Mohammed “a pig,” sparked Arab riots in Samaria Sunday afternoon. An Israeli motorist was wounded and evacuated to the hospital.
The motorist was lightly wounded when her car was stoned on the Azoun bypass road. After being struck in the head by a rock, she continued driving to the community of Karnei Shomron where she received first aid before being evacuated to the hospital.
Four other Israelis were treated for shock after their vehicles were attacked by stone throwing mobs.
Hundreds of Arabs rioted in the towns of Bnai Elias, Fundak, and Azoun, where mobs burned tires and threw cinder blocks onto IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
In Azoun, after being attacked with cinder blocks, IDF troops opened fire, aiming for the legs of the attackers. Three Arabs were wounded and evacuated by the local Red Crescent, affiliated with the Red Cross.
The IDF apologized for the graffiti, in a statement saying “The IDF apologizes for the incident and declares that the state is obligated to preserve the dignity of all religions and freedom of worship.”
Arabs from Bnai Elias, a village near Kalkilya, claimed that the graffiti was sprayed onto the mosque at 4:30 A.M. Sunday. They told Israel’s Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria that a number of people got out of a vehicle bearing Israeli plates and sprayed “Mohammed is a pig” on the mosque’s exterior wall.
Representatives of the Civil Administration rushed to the village, condemned the graffiti, and erased the scrawl with the assistance of IDF troops.
The identity of the perpetrators is unknown, but many in the Israeli media have already accused Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria for the provocation. The village of Bnai Elias, however, is frequently visited by Israeli Jews and Arabs (Moslem and Christian) shopping for bargains, so vehicles with Israeli plates are not uncommon in the town. The incident is under police investigation.
Arab residents of Jerusalem rioted yesterday over the caricatures of Mohammed that were published in Denmark and other European countries. Rioters threw stones at police and attempted to burn the Danish flag near the Shechem gate to the Old City. Border police fired shock grenades to disperse the mob. No injuries were reported.
But it is ok to bulldoze a synagogue.
A pig? Must have run out of room.
I'd have written "Mohammed is a pedophile."
It is much more likely that someone from Hamas did it than anyone else.
I don't criticize mohammed; heck, I don't even KNOW if he existed. I criticize his followers of today.
Islamists rioting again? Gee whoda thunk?
If this is all it takes, why do we have troops in Iraq?
We could just drop "Mohammed is a pig" leaflets from 10,000 feet and let nature take its course.
The truth hurts
No big shocker.
Uh...give us infidels time to pack and get outta here first...
LOL
But, my badboy side, is taken with your cartoon! Get that thing widely published and the clash of civilizations will get red hot in a hurray. (Pakistan has nukes, you know.)
I love free expression, am not a great multiculturalist, and find it very funny and deliciously wicked. Plus, I really enjoy watching the news and a few nukes popping off would be amusing (if none came to my town).
Now you know our silly a$$ed state department won't let us do that!
Is there a day when they aren't violent and rioting? Heck, a bowl of cereal would make them riot.
I think everyone is stepping back anyhow. This Muhammad cartoon thing peaked last week. So less riots and madness in the Muslim world and less offensive (to Muslims) cartoons over here.
What really gets me is the nerve of these moon bats to try and extend their religious sensibilities into civilized nations. Places where they are a small minority and where they have immigrated to only in the last 25 years. There is no reason that Mohammed should not be depicted and satirized. This is well within the Western tradition of free speech. But these primitives have some leverage due to their oil wealth so the West caves into them. In ways that no other religion is catered to. Quite disgusting
Great cartoon - Thanks.
From now on I`m calling all pork related products "Mohammed"...
For breakfast:
Mohammed and eggs
Lunch:
A Mohammed and cheese sandwich
or a MLT sandwich which is Mohammed, lettuce and tomato
Dinner:
Mohammed fried rice, Mohammed sausages and Mohammed and beans
Now it is just getting funny.
This is like Lisa poking Bart's arm when he had the tattoo removed.
These people show just how easy they are to influence. What a bunch of maroons.
Pigs are one of the smartest breeds of animals. What have they done to deserve this insult?
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