Minnesota Prestidigitation-Making Mohammed cartoons disappear.

FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | March 24, 2006 | Lloyd Billingsley

[SJackson]

The cartoons depicting Mohammed first appeared in Jyllands-Posten in Denmark but the controversy has reached obscure corners of the globe, including Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. There, on February 7, Karen Murdock, a geography and earth sciences instructor, posted the 12 cartoons on a social science bulletin board, with a warning that they were controversial, as a way to promote discussion.

“I'm a liberal,” Murdock told FrontPage. “I support gay marriage and gun control, and I also support free speech.” Murdock was also concerned that many students were reacting to the cartoons without even having seen them because American newspapers, in an accession of political correctness, had declined to publish them.

 

“Mainstream newspapers are shortchanging the public and preening about it,” she said. “They are getting away with cowardice and bragging about it.” Various student newspapers have printed the cartoons but Century College, formerly Lakewood Community College, does not have a student newspaper, despite a student body of 12,000. Murdock took that as part of her motivation to post the cartoons herself.

 

“I can't believe I'm the only one forcing this thing,” she said. “What are Yale and Harvard doing about this?”

 

After posting the cartoons, she surrounded them with news stories and blank sheets for comments. Rather than accept the invitation to open a dialogue, a person or persons promptly tore down the entire display. Murdock replaced everything but again someone tore it down. Who did it remains uncertain but possibilities include Murdock's boss, and administration officials.

 

For Murdock, the “risk-adverse” administration was replicating the retreat of the mainstream press. Other possible vandals include the Islamic students, whom Murdock describes as friendly and polite but unfamiliar with American society. There are about 40 such students at Century College, many from Africa.

 

On February 9, Islamic students began to prevail on Mike Bruner, Century's Vice-President for Student Services. Bruner, who did not respond to FrontPage, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that “When students come to me who are hurt, it signals to me we're off course somewhere.” That Karen Murdock might have been hurt by removal of her display, and pressure from school officials, apparently did not enter the equation.

 

On February 10, Century College president Larry Litecky, sent an e-mail to the college community:

 

Issues involving free speech, freedom of the press, and religious tolerance and respect have been front page news around the world in recent weeks. This week, similar conversations have occurred here at Century College.

 

Century College strives to be a welcoming place for all individuals in the college community. The valued diversity of our community means that we may be confronted by ideas, statements, or publications with which we are not familiar or do not agree. Colleges and universities have long been recognized as the “marketplace of ideas” in our country. It is our hope that Century College can lead by example in having discourse about the many competing ideas and beliefs in a respectful, thoughtful, and tolerant manner and better equip us as members of both the local and global community.

 

John O'Brien, Vice President of Academic Affairs, wanted to talk things over with Murdock, an adjunct part-timer who does not have tenure. But then, on February 16, O'Brien sent her a memorandum explaining that he would not be able to meet with her as they had scheduled:

 

It is my understanding that you posted the cartoon as a way of fostering discussion on an issue in the news. While I do not believe the approach used was effective from a pedagogical standpoint, I also want to be clear that Century College administration did not remove the political cartoon you posted, nor direct that it be removed or not reposted. No disciplinary action was or is contemplated in response to the events of last week.

 

O'Brien had also met with a group of Muslim students and, at their request, conveyed the message to Murdock that they were “heartbroken to see the posting of the defamatory infamous cartoon of our holy prophet Mohamed.” The unsigned message continued: “. . . We need to see in classes instructors who respect different cultures and represent what the school stands for.”

 

Muslims at Century were the likely authors of a notice posted on the social science bulletin board warning students not to call or approach Murdock because she allegedly could not be trusted. The note was unsigned. Muslim students, however, continued to complain and administrators responded with plans for a forum. Meanwhile, Nancy Livingston, Century College Director of Advancement, told the Associated Press that administrators neither took down the display nor ordered its removal. Murdock felt sufficiently encouraged to post the cartoons again on February 25, but this time she shielded them behind a curtain and added a sign.

 

“Warning!!” said the poster-sized notice, backdropped in bright pink. “The material beneath this curtain is controversial and some people may find it offensive. These are 12 cartoons of Muhammad, first published in a Danish newspaper in September 2005.”

        

Again an unknown assailant tore down the display. Murdock's boss David Lyons asked that she not put up the display again, and the untenured Murdock definitely felt leveraged.   On March 10, the Century College website featured a statement by President Larry Litecky:

 

There has been worldwide controversy related to the publication of cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed. Century College has recently experienced its own controversy related to the decision of a faculty member to post the cartoons on a divisional bulletin board on campus.     

 

Century College has responded without hesitation to protect the right of free speech and, at the same time, work to make sure all our students feel welcome on our campus.

 

I want to make it clear that college administration at Century has neither censored anyone’s free speech nor removed any of the posted cartoons. We do not condone the removal or destruction of legitimately posted materials. We are committed to the vigorous discussion of ideas and believe this is a fundamental dimension of the college experience.

 

That Century had acted “without hesitation to protect free speech” seemed something of a stretch. The college was interested more in evading responsibility than in safeguarding the rights of Karen Murdoch, who says that conservatives and libertarians have jumped to her defense more than her fellow liberals. She does not feel threatened and was not disciplined, but neither were those who tore down her display. Murdock, who did undergraduate work at Middlebury and remembers the sixties, has a grasp of the dialectic at work.

 

“The [Islamic] students haven't learned multiculturalism and free speech,” she said. “What the students have learned about American society is complain, complain. What lesson does it send? If they protest against something it will be removed.”

 

“Administrators are the same [as they were in the] sixties,” she adds: they “like to cut and run.” She can find no examples of the administration responding in similar fashion to any other student or group claiming to be “hurt.”

 

“There's a double standard at work,” Murdock says, “because are they are scared of them, not sensitive.”

 

At a March 14 meeting of the social science division, Murdock raised the issue of the bulletin boards. Everyone but herself thought that what had happened would make a terrible impression on visitors. A history professor said that the public boards should be limited to “responsible speech.”

        

At this writing the “forum” is still in the works. Murdock has offered to organize it, bringing in the ACLU, art historians, etc., but she suspects that a show trial is on the way.

 

“I rather imagine this will be more of a kangaroo court in which the Muslim students get to tell me how hurt they have been over this controversy and what an insensitive bigot I am for posting the cartoons.” 

In this way does today’s college solve its social problems.

[generally]

Interesting that the conservatives and libertarians were defending her. Where is the ACLU?

[Clioman]

Perhaps the administration should offer the offended muslims cash compensation for the teacher's insensitivity. After all, you can't be a dhimmi if you don't pay the tax.

[Beth528]

I can't believe I'm the only one forcing this thing,” she said. “What are Yale and Harvard doing about this?”


If I had a person going to college on my dollar and worrying about this stupid stuff I would question what they are learning in school..To have so much extra time to worry about what another liberal college is doing about 12 stupid cartoons depicting some perverted Muslim that should have been put to death in his time..I didn't even go to college and I came up with that one on my own..

[GovernmentShrinker]

“I can't believe I'm the only one forcing this thing,” she said. “What are Yale and Harvard doing about thi

Well, Yale is admitting an unrepentant former Taliban spokesman to the student body, and Harvard just forced out its President for engaging in some respectful but unpopular speech.

And just give me 10 minutes with this lady on the gun control issue, and she'll be all clear on that. She's hanging onto her "liberalism" by a fragile thread.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Where is the ACLU?

I imagine they're probably cowering under their desks somewhere, in fear of offended Muslims.

[Graymatter]

And the keyword is, TASTESLIKETOAST.

[BallyBill]

“I'm a liberal,” Murdock told FrontPage. “I support gay marriage and gun control, and I also support free speech.”

Whoop De Doo for my Subaru!

[Malesherbes]

"What the students have learned about American society is complain, complain." Well, at least she got that part right.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

It is not slight of hand but slight of mind!

[blueminnesota]

Broken clock ping.

[ccmay]

I wish all liberals were so clear-thinking, courageous and forthright as this woman. I can have an honest disagreement with such people and still remain friends. My grandma, God rest her soul, was like that.

It's the cowardly, wishy-washy milksops like the college administrators that I really hate. You know they share the same erroneous beliefs, or worse, but they are too mealy-mouthed to come out and say so. Instead, they hide behind a torrent of multi-culti duckspeak.

-ccm

[devolve]

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

JIHAD WATCH (AAP): "EMBASSY ON ALERT FOR CARTOON BACKLASH" (April 1, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "YA MOHAMMED, YOU BETCHA!" (March 31, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1131: "'YA MOHAMMED' WEBSITE HOSTED IN THE U.S.: A PART OF THE INTERNET JIHAD" (March 31, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "DENMARK GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE" (MARCH 31, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net - Live Dialogue - Subject: "Back from Denmark: Ask IOL" (March 30, 2006)

THEFIRE.org - Press Release: "NYU SURRENDERS TO THE HECKLER'S VETO IN MOHAMMED CARTOON DISPUTE" (March 29, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "LAUGHING AT CARTOON JIHAD" (March 26, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MINNESOTA PRESTIDIGITATION" by Lloyd Billingsley (March 24, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TheLocal.se): "SWEDISH EMBASSIES THREATENED AFTER SWEDISH PARTY PUBLISHED MUHAMMAD CARTOONS" (March 23, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog - "THE DANISH IMAM's BOMB THREAT" (March 23, 2006)

AGAPE PRESS: "FORMER COLLEGE PAPER EDITOR FIRED FOR REPRINTING MUSLIM CARTOONS MAY SUE" by Jim Brown (March 22, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CARTOON JIHAD COMES TO UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA" (March 22, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "CARTOON JIHAD, ROUND TWO" (March 22, 2006)

GlobalTerrorAlert.com: "COMMUNIQUE FROM THE ALGERIAN SALAFIST GROUP FOR PRAYER AND COMBAT (GSPC)" (March 22, 2006) (pdf)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Lahore, Pakistan - "CROSS SKETCHED ON PAKISTAN UNIVERSITY'S FLOOR" by Sheraz Khurram Khan ) (March 21, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP via KHALEEJTIMES.com): New Delhi - "INDIAN COURT LETS OFF MINISTER WHO PUT BOUNTY ON DANISH CARTOONISTS" (March 20, 2006)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "MUSLIMS TAKE CARTOON CASE TO UN's 'ALLAH' COMMISSION" (March 18, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net: "DANISH CARTOONS: Trying to Understand" (Last update March 20, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com: "RELIGION OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE WATCH" (March 17, 2006)

AGAPE PRESS: "CANADIAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER IN HOT WATER OVER CONTROVERSIAL CARTOON OF CHRIST" by Jim Brown (March 16, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Mansehra, Pakistan: "RADICAL ISLAMISTS TERM BUSH 'ENEMY OF MUSLIMS'" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (March 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (THE AMERICAN THINKER): "MUHAMMAD'S DEAD POETS SOCIETY" by James M. Arlandson (March 15, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TimesOnline.co.uk): "FIVE ARRESTED OVER LONDON CARTOONS PROTEST" (March 15, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "DANISH CARTOONS FOCUS THE JIHADI LENS ON HISTORY" by Stephen Ulph (March 14, 2006)

AFTENPOSTEN.no/english: "KREKAR CLAIMS ISLAM WILL WIN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Osama bin Laden is a good person," Krekar said. He claimed Osama bin Laden is considered a terrorist simply because he lacks his own state.") (March 13, 2006)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "'THE WAR IS ON'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Yesterday (Thursday) Mullah Krekar, the alleged leader of the Islamist group Ansar al-Islam who has been living in Norway as a refugee since 1991, said that the publication of the Muhammad cartoons was a declaration of war. "The war has begun," he told Norwegian journalists. Mr Krekar said Muslims in Norway are preparing to fight. "It does not matter if the governments of Norway and Denmark apologize, the war is on.") (February 3, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "PROFESSOR FEARS RETRIBUTION OVER MOHAMMED CARTOONS" by Nathan Burchfiel (March 13, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.com: "RECONCILIATIONS URGED BETWEEN WEST & MUSLIM WORLD" (March 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org - DHIMMI WATCH (TheFire.org): "MINNESOTA PROF CENSORED FOR POSTING MOHAMMED CARTOONS" (March 9, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW ENGLISH REVIEW): "BYNUM: MUSLIM CARTOON CONTROVERSY HITS NASHVILLE" (March 8, 2006)

News.BBC.co.uk: "YEMEN EDITOR 'FACES DEATH CALLS'" (March 8, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "CARTOON HYPOCRISY IN CANADA" (WARNING: Obscene, Evil Material) (March 8, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (REUTERS): "AL QAEDA's ZAWAHRI CALLS FOR STRIKES AGAINST WEST...and joins into cartoon rage." (March 5, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com: "HATE DENMARK, CRUSH AMERICA, LOVE PROPHET, SAVE ISLAM" (March 5, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "CARTOON JIHAD HOAX" (March 4, 2006)

ATLAS SHRUGS - Blog: "FIRST LOOK SUPPORT DENMARK RALLY NYC" (March 3, 2006)

News.BBC.co.uk: "PAKISTAN BLOCKS BLOGS ON CARTOONS" (Last updated March 3, 2006)

DAWN.com: Islamabad - "BLASPHEMOUS WEBSITES BE BLOCKED, ORDERS SC" (March 2, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip #1073: "MEMRITV.org: "EGYPTIAN PERFORMER SHA'BAN ABD AL-RAHIM SINGS AGAINST DENMARK AND THE AVIAN FLU, AND TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CONVICTIONS" (Dream2 TV (Egypt) - 3/1/2006)

News.BBC.co.uk: "WRITERS ISSUE CARTOON ROW WARNING" (Las Updated March 1, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog (JYLLANDS-POSTEN): "A MANIFESTO AGAINST ISLAMISM" (February 28, 2006)

JIHADWATCH.org (THE DETROIT NEWS): "MUSLIM GROUPS CRITICIZE MSU FOR ONLINE CARICATURES" (February 28, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (IRAN FOCUS): "SENIOR IRAN CLERIC SAYS ATTACKS ON EMBASSIES PERMISSIBLE" (February 28, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "DANISH CARTOONS 'UNVEILED' AT UC IRVINE" (February 28, 2006)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Lahore, Pakistan - "COPS HINDER CARTOON PROTEST IN PAKISTAN" (February 26, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "LIFE IMITATES ART IMITATING LIFE" (February 25, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com - Wires: Islamabad, Pakistan - "CARTOON PROTESTERS DEFY RALLY BAN" (February 24, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "NO MOSQUE DEPICTIONS ALLOWED" (February 23, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG (NEFA FOUNDATION.org): "VIDEO OF ANTI-DENMARK PROTEST IN LONDON" (February 23, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "VIRGIN MARY CARTOON STIRS DEBATE OVER FREEDOM TO OFFEND" by Patrick Goodenough (February 22, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "SETON HALL LAW PROFESSOR CALLS FOR PROSECUTION OF MUHAMMAD CARTOON EDITOR" (February 22, 2006)

JURIST.law.pitt.edu - Forum: "A DANISH TROJAN HORSE: LAW AND THE MUHAMMAD CARTOONS" - by Guest Columnist Bernard Freamon (February 19, 2006)

THE FIRE.org: "MOHAMMED CARTOON CONTROVERSY SWEEPS THE ACADEMY"  (February 22, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "A TALE OF TWO NEWSPAPERS" by Sol Stern (February 22, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN via LGF): "CAIR BOARD MEMBER: RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS NOT ABSOLUTE" (February 22, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "MUSLIM LEADERS WANT UN TO OUTLAW 'DEFAMATION'" by Patrick Goodenough (February 21, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (MetroSpy): "HATE MAIL AND DEATH THREATS TARGET SELLER OF MOHAMMED CARTOON T-SHIRTS" (February 21, 2006)

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MICHELLE MALKIN - Weblog: "NEW BLACK PANTHER FOLLIES: TAKBIR" (February 21, 2006)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "THOSE DANISH CARTOONS AND ME" by Daniel Pipes (February 21, 2006)

ARAB-EUROPEAN LEAGUE: "WHO WAS BEHIND THE 'DANISH' CARTOONS?" (February 21, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Global Terrorism Analysis: "HOW THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY MAY SPUR TERRORISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA" (February 21, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog (TWINCITIES.COM/PIONEERPRESS): "HANDS ARE OK" (February 21, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "CHRISTIANS TARGETED AS BLOODY CARTOON VIOLENCE CONTINUES" by Patrtick Goodenough (February 20, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "MUSLIM ANGER OVER CARTOONS INCREASINGLY DIRECTED AT US" by Patrick Goodenough (February 20, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Copenhagen, Denmark - "DANISH FM: AL-QAIDA WILL EXPLOIT UPROAR" (February 20, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "CARTOON JIHAD IN SWEDEN" (February 20, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "CENSORED IN SWEDEN" (February 10, 2006)

"www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570478/posts/9#9"

JIHAD WATCH.org (GulfNews.com): "SAUDI TABLOID CLOSED FOR PRINTING CARTOONS" (February 21, 2006)

LastingNews.com - Blog: "CARTOON RIOTS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF CARICATURES OF MUHAMMAD" (updated on February 20, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Sukkar, Pakistan - "TWO CHURCHES TORCHED IN PAKISTAN" (February 20, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "INDIA: COURT ISSUES DEATH FATWA ON CARTOONISTS" (February 20, 2006)

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE.com: "COLONEL SANDERS MIA AFTER CARTOON RIOTS" -Commentary by Mac Johnson (February 20, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip (with Transcript) #1049: "FILM SEMINAR ON IRANIAN TV: Tom and Jerry - A Jewish Conspiracy to Improve the Image of Mice, because Jews Were Termed "Dirty Mice' in Europe"  ("Iran, Channel 4 - 2/19/2006")

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "TRACKING THE CARTOON JIHAD" (February 19, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "WORLD ON FIRE: ISLAMISTS GONE WILD" (February 19, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "DENMARK'S MUHAMMAD CARTOONIST HAS NO REGRETS" (February 19, 2006)

AMERICAN THINKER.com: "APPEASEMENT UNTO DEATH" by Vasko Kohlmayer (February 18, 2006)

THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.org: "STANDING UP TO TERROR" by William Tucker (February 13, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net: Doha - "DOHA FORUM URGES BETTER US-ISLAMIC TIES" (February 19, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net - Cairo: "MUSLIM YOUTHS TO PAY 'KNOW-PROPHET' VISIT TO DENMARK" (February 18, 2006)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "MUSLIMS TARGET U.S. EMBASSY IN INDONESIA" (February 19, 2006)

PERSECUTION.org: "INDONESIA"

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - Travel Warning: "INDONESIA"

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "PAKISTANI MISSIONARY SCHOOLS BEING TARGETED DURING CARTOON PROTESTS" by Sheraz Khuram Khan (February 18, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "TURKISH REPORTER ATTACKED BY CARTOON MOB" (February 18, 2006)

TURKS.US: "JOURNALIST STONED FOR NOT WEARING A HEAD-SCARF" (February 12, 2006)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Maiduguri, Nigeria - "15 DEAD IN NIGERIAN MUSLIM PROTESTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings" (February 18, 2006)

PERSECUTION.org (COMPASS): Abuja, Nigeria - "STATE IN NIGERIA ACCUSED OF SEEKING TO TRAIN JIHADISTS Government accuses Kano of trying to turn vigilantes into parallel police force" by Obed Minchakpu (February 17, 2006)

PERSECUTION.org: "NIGERIA"

INTELLIGENCE-SUMMIT.blogspot.com (ISN SECURITY WATCH): "NIGERIAN MILITANTS DECLARE OIL WAR" (February 17, 2006)

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - TRAVEL WARNING: "NIGERIA"

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tripoli, Libya - "10 KILLED IN LIBYAN CARTOON RIOTS" (February 18, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "DANISH CARTOONS: NEW POLITICAL TOOL" (February 18, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Search Term: "LIBYA"

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - Public Announcement: "LIBYA"

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "KILL THE CARTOONISTS" (February 17, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com: "CLERIC OFFERS $1M CARTOON FATWAH BOUNTY" with Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com staff (February 17, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: 'PRINTING CARTOONS LIKE SHOUTING 'FIRE,' SAYS RELIGIOUS LEADER" by Monisha Bansal (February 17, 2006)

"www.novatv.nl/index.cfm?ln=nl&fuseaction=artikelen.details&achtergrond_id=8350&CFID=2735238&CFTOKEN=57221010"

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "CARTOON JIHAD IN NEW YORK" (February 17, 2006)

"CARTOON DANISH PROTEST - A photoset on Flickr" -Created by El Marco ("February 17, 2006 in front of the Danish Consulate near the United Nations in New York")

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Responsible editors must be punished'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Allah's wrath is on its way'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Islam will dominate'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "JIHAD AT GROUND ZERO" (February 7, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com - War Blog: "FLIMFLAMMABLE" (February 17, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CLINTON IN PAKISTAN: CONVICT CARTOON PUBLISHERS Says press should not be allowed to criticize other faiths" (February 17, 2006)

TERROR TRACKER.co.uk: "ONLINE JIHAD FUELS ANGER" -posted by Neil Doyle (February 16, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "ANOTHER PROTEST LED BY DANISH IMAM AHMED ABU LABAN" (February 16, 2006)

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Google - Search Term: "alqa3edah"

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "SCENES OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE" (February 16, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "NORWAY AND SWEDEN ENFORCE SHARI'A" (February 16, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CARTOONS, LIES AND FAKE SUBMISSIONS" by Sharon Lapkin (February 15, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "THE ISLAMISTS' WAR ON THE INTERNET"  (February 15, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN AND SYRIA'S HOLY PARTNERSHIP IN THE CARTOON JIHAD" (February 15, 2006)

MINSTRELBOY.blogspot.com: "PERFECT TIMING FOR CARTOON JIHAD" (February 14, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA: LITTLE COURAGE AND LITTLE HONESTY" -Commentary by Dennis Prager (February 14, 2006)

AGAPE PRESS: "COMPARING ISLAMIC FASCISTS TO CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES" -Commentary by Rev. Mark H. Creech (February 13, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "NEXT, THEY CAME FOR KFC" by Michelle Malkin (February 14, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HOW THE CARTOON PROTESTS HARM MUSLIMS" by Daniel Pipes (February 14, 2006)

OFF-TOPIC-INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (TIMES ONLINE.co.uk): "THE BREWING BACKLASH AGAINST THE MUSLIM BACKLASH AGAINST CARTOONS AND OTHER IMAGINED INSULTS Public anger at Muslim Protesters" (February 14, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org: "MUJAHIDEEN CONSIDER CARTOON CRISIS A MOMENT TO RE-DEFINE ISLAM..." by Stephen Ulph (February 14, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org: "...AND SET COURSE OF ACTION AGAINST DENMARK" by Stephen Ulph (February 14, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISLAMIST HACKER SITE MOVES TO DALLAS" (February 14, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISLAMIST HACKER SITE 3ASFH.NET/.COM - DOWN" (February 8, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HOW THE BROTHERS ATTACKED THE WEBSITE OF JYLLANDS-POSTEN." (February 7, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "SEATTTLE-AREA WEBSITE FOR GIRLS CLUB HACKED BY ANGRY MUSLIMS AND NOBODY CARES (edited)" (February 13, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CARTOON ROW: IMAGE OF CROSS PRINTED ON FOOTBALL (SOCCER BALL) PATCHES IN PAKISTAN" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 14, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "TWO KILLED AS PROTESTS OVER CARTOONS IN PAKISTAN TURN VIOLENT" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 14, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND ANTI-SEMITIC BOOKS ON DISPLAY AT CAIRO INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR: LAWSUIT PENDING" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 13, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Islamabad, Pakistan - "CALL FOR ANTI-CARTOONS RALLIES IN PAKISTAN ON MARCH 3" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 12, 2006)

"www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/02/010188print.html" (February 12, 2006)

BRAIN-TERMINAL.com: "SHARIA LAW COMES WEST" -Column by Evan Coyne Maloney (February 13, 2006)

BRAIN-TERMINAL.com: "FREEDOM IS THE ENEMY" -Column by Evan Coyne Maloney (February 13, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Philadelphia - "MUSLIMS PROTEST DRAWING IN PHILLY PAPER"  (February 11, 2006)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (WeeklyStandard.com): "THE CARTOON JIHAD - THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PROJECT FOR DOMINATING THE WEST" by Olivier Guitta (February 11, 2006)

PoliPundit.com: "UNC CHAPEL HILL STUDENT PAPER PRINTS MUHAMMAD CARTOON" (February 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK TIMES): "CARTOON RAGE PLANNED AT OIC MEETING" (February 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "REBORN EXTREMIST SECT HAD KEY ROLE IN LONDON PROTEST" (February 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET NEWS): "BRITISH MUSLIM GROUP DECLARES NEW JIHAD" (January 9, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "BRITISH MUSLIMS CALL FOR LAWS TO PROTECT MUHAMMAD, AND PROTEST DANISH CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 10, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "THE WAR ON THE FREE PRESS The Cartoon Jihadists are winning..." (February 9, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "MUSLIM NEWSPAPER RAN CARTOONS 4 MONTHS AGO No outrage when Egyptian publication headlined drawings on Ramadan cover" (February 9, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE CARTOON INTIFADA" -Commentary by Clifford D. May (February 9, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Kandahar, Afghanistan - "TALEBAN SAY 100 ENLIST FOR SUICIDE ATTACKS OVER CARTOONS" (February 9, 2006)

DAILY TIMES.com.pk: Islamabad - "TALIBAN OFFER 100kg GOLD FOR KILLING CARTOONIST" (February 9, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip No. 1032 - Transcript: "HIZBULLAH SECRETARY-GENERAL HASSAN NASRALLAH: BUSH AND CONDOLEEZZA RICE SHOULD SHUT UP.  WE WILL DEFEND OUR PROPHET WITH OUR BLOOD" (February 9, 2006)

MEMRITV.org

FOX NEWS.com (AP): " RICE: SYRIA, IRAN INFLAMED VIOLENCE" (February 8, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "IRANIAN PAPER PLANS HOLOCAUST CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 8, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "CALVIN AND HOBBES -- AND MUHAMMAD" -Commentary by Ann Coulter (February 8, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1089 "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi Responds to Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad: Whoever is Angered and Does Not Rage in Anger is a Jackass - We are Not a Nation of Jackasses" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a February 3, 2006 Friday sermon, Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, who is head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, president of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), and the spiritual guide of many other Islamist organizations across the world (including the Muslim Brotherhood), exhorted worshippers to show rage to the world over the Danish paper Jylland Posten's publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The sermon was aired on Qatar TV on February 3, 2006.") (February 9, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.N., EU TO APOLOGIZE TO ISLAM FOR CARTOONS" (February 8, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS, FREE SPEECH RIGHTS UNDER PRESSURE FROM RADICAL ISLAM Intimidation factor is real following riots and death threats" by Mark Ellis (February 7, 2006)

Off-Topic.INTERNET-HAGANAH.COM: "YEAH, THAT'S A PAROLE VIOLATION...(February 7, 2006)

News.BBC.co.uk: "CARTOON PROTESTER WAS DRUG DEALER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Muslim demonstrator who imitated a suicide bomber in London to protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine.") (Last updated February 7, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "'MUHAMMAD CARTOON' PROVED FAKE Imam added 3 especially provocative images to fuel outrage" (February 8, 2006)

MilitantIslamMonitor (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "MUSLIMS CLERICS WHO 'DIALOUGED' WITH DANES WENT TO MIDDLE EAST TO INCITE VIOLENCE WITH FAKED MOHAMMED CARTOONS" (February 7, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "FEBRUARY 13, 2006 THE NEW EMBASSY BURNING DAY" (February 7, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.com: "2/10/2006 - Embassy Burning Day" (February 4, 2006)

"www.mohajroon.com/vb"

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "INTERNET MUJAHIDEEN REFINE ELECTRONIC WARFARE TACTICS" by Stephen Ulph (February 7, 2006)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "CARTOONS AND ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM" by Daniel Pipes (February 7, 2006)

DANIELPIPES.org (NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE): "THE CLASH TO END ALL CLASHES?  Making sense of the cartoon jihad" by Daniel Pipes (February 7, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net - Title: "ARE VIOLENT PROTESTS AGAINST ANTI-PROPHET CARTOON ACCEPTABLE?" (February 7, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs - Weblog (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "RADICAL CLERIC: CARTOONIST SHOULD BE EXECUTED" (February 6, 2006)

Google - News Search: "OMAR BAKRI [Mohammed]"

JIHAD WATCH.org (SA via News24.com): "'We swear to God, if we catch one of their citizens in Iraq, we will cut him to pieces, to take revenge for prophet'" (February 6, 2006)

JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "IRANIAN PAPER RUNS HOLOCAUST CONTEST" (Updated February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC.net.au): "TWO KILLED IN AFGHAN ANTI-CARTOON PROTEST" (February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT, KILLED BY ASSAILANT SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR'" (February 6, 2006)

OnlineJihad.blogspot.com: "ITALIAN PRIEST KILLED IN TURKEY - No Apology from Turkish Prime Minister" (February 5, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Beirut - "SYRIA SEEN AS INSTIGATOR" (February 7, 2006)

GlobalPolitician.com: "BEIRUT MOB TORCHES CONSULATE" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 6, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog - (TheAge.com.au): "CARTOON JIHAD IN NEW ZEALAND" (February 5, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN" (February 5, 2006)

IslamOnline.net - Views and Analyses: "CARTOONS OF THE PROPHET: A PITFALL TRAP" by Dal Nun Strong, Freelance Writer - UK (February 5, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MORE LIES FROM DANISH IMAMS" (February 4, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "IT IS NOT A 'ROW'" (February 4, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "ISLAMIC ANGER AGAINST PUBLICATION OF CARTOONS GROWS Dishonor Muhammad and Risk Execution" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 4, 2006)

AS-SAWAH.com: "The Ruling on the One Who Insults the Prophet of Allah" -posted by "terrorthreat" on February 2, 2006

JIHAD WATCH.org (BBC): "NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS TORCHED ALSO" (February 4, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "DANISH EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS ABLAZE" (February 4, 2006)

BBC NEWS.co.uk: "TWO JORDAN EDITORS ARE ARRESTED" (February 4, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "E-CFR.ORG: CURRENT SITE OF THE 'EUROPEAN' COUNCIL FOR FATWA AND RESEARCH" (February 4, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'you have started it, you are nurturing it and don't blame the muslims for their actions'" (February 4, 2006)

AFTENPOSTEN.no/english: "NORWAY USED AS TERROR BASE Islamic extremists are using Norway as a base for terrorist operations overseas, but the head of Norway's security police claims they're being watched." (February 3, 2006)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "'THE WAR IS ON'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Yesterday (Thursday) Mullah Krekar, the alleged leader of the Islamist group Ansar al-Islam who has been living in Norway as a refugee since 1991, said that the publication of the Muhammad cartoons was a declaration of war. "The war has begun," he told Norwegian journalists. Mr Krekar said Muslims in Norway are preparing to fight. "It does not matter if the governments of Norway and Denmark apologize, the war is on.") (February 3, 2006)

AFTENPOSTEN.no/english: Aftenposten.no - Search Term: "KREKAR"

Google - Search Term: "KREKAR"

TrackingAlQaeda.blogspot.com: "EUROPEAN SITES HACKED BY MUSLIMS OUTRAGED OVER CARTOONS" (February 3, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "IN THEIR OWN WORDS" (February 3, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "THE 'INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ANGER'" (February 3, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THESUN.co.uk): "'I love Al-Qaida' -- On London Baby's Bonnet" (February 4, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "'We Want Blood on the Streets of England'"(February 3, 2006)

alghurabaa.co.uk: "Kill those who insult the Prophet Muhammad (saw)"

INFOVLAD.net: "BOYCOTTING DANISH PRODUCTS GOES ON" (February 3, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MUSLIMS AGAINST THE CARTOON JIHAD" by Kamal Nawash (February 3, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net: Cairo - "WARNINGS CARTOONS RISK VIOLENCE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a Danish daily and other European newspapers are risking to trigger acts of violence around the world, officials and commentators warn.") (February 2, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "FABRICATED CARTOONS WORSENED DANISH CONTROVERSY" (February 2, 2006)

DAVIDS MEDIENKRITIK - blog: "WITH DENMARK: United Against Islamic Intolerance Time to Stand Up to Islama-Bullying: BUY DANISH!"

DAVIDS MEDIENKRITIK - blog: "DANISH CARTOONS: GERMAN JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION SAYS 'NO'...MAKE THAT 'YES'" (February 1, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MUJAHIDEEN ARMY CALLS UPON FIGHTERS TO ATTACK DENMARK AND NORWAY" (January 31, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "FATWA AGAINST DANISH TROOPS" (January 31, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "DANISH LEFTIST GROUP OPENLY FUNDING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" -Posted by Olivier Guitta (January 29, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "MUSLIMS BEGIN PING FLOOD AGAINST JYLLANDS-POSTEN" (January 29, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE DANISH THREAT This latest threat from the 'Glory Brigades in Northern Europe' targets Denmark" (January 28, 2006)

"www.internet-haganah.com/hmedia/28jan06-denmark/index.htm" (January 28, 2006

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "Denmark is next - BOLO Denmark!!!" (January 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "The Cartoon Jihad" (January 27, 2006)

ZOMBIETIME.com: "MOHAMMED IMAGE ARCHIVE Reader Email Responses"

"www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/"

FOX NEWS.com (AP): COPENHAGEN, Denmark - "MORE DANISH TERROR ARRESTS" (October 29, 2005)

A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP article: "DENMARK ARRESTS 4 IN ALLEGED TERROR PLOT" (October 27, 2005)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "JIHAD AGAINST DANISH NEWSPAPER"  - from the desk of Paul Belien (October 22, 2005)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "OUR LADY OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES" -from the Desk of Paul Belien (September 22, 2005)

INFOVLAD.net: "NEXT TARGET - DENMARK?" (October 15, 2005)