Posted on 08/25/2022 6:29:04 PM PDT by simpson96
A controversial cartoon published in New Brunswick's largest French-language newspaper is prompting pushback over how it portrays Muslims.
The cartoon, published in the Aug. 17 edition of l'Acadie Nouvelle, shows a caveman dragging a woman by her hair. Below is an illustration of a man wearing a turban and carrying a gun, using a leash to drag a woman wearing a burqa.
"Evolution?..." is written above the cartoon.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims issued a statement calling the cartoon Islamophobic and said it spreads stereotypes that "fuel widespread hatred."
Lina El Bakir, the organization's Quebec and francophone community advocacy officer, said she was appalled to see the illustration.
"We thought that kind of stereotypical and harmful imagery was something of the past and as a country we were past that," she said. "and that's really frustrating."
El Bakir said the cartoon is being circulated and is iimpacting the Muslim community across Canada.
"It feeds into a narrative that is destructive," she said.(snip)
Paryse Suddith, a lawyer with the non-profit Old River Productions and Legal Services, said she felt "shame" after seeing it was printed as the newspaper's cartoon of the day.
"The image to me was Islamophobia."
Suddith said she has requested a meeting with Acadie Nouvelle editors to discuss the cartoon.(snip)
Inda Intiar, a Moncton resident, said she was initially shocked and angry to see the illustration had been published.
"I also felt quite disgusted," she told Shift NB. "I just feel there's so much conversation about all of these lenses of anti-racism, equity inclusion, yet here we are with a cartoon like this getting published."
Intiar wrote a letter to the editor in response and is arranging a meeting with the newspaper's editors.
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Where’s Mark Twain when we need him ?
Islime Is Right About Women...
It’s OK for them to do it, and not OK for anyone to even talk about it.
They rule.
Doesn’t sound particularly funny, but at least it’s accurate.
Humor you don’t like isn’t automatically “hatred”.
Perhaps you are a bit thin-skinned, is what’s going on in reality.
It’s not all bad... a cartoonist there can still depict followers of CHRIST absolutely any way the cartoonist chooses... no limits!
“”It feeds into a narrative that is destructive,” she said.”
This coming from a sect that has used visual media to openly behead non-military people because they didn’t believe in the religion of peace? That’s a stretch.
wy69
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
I’d like to see this cartoon.
Watch out. You’ll get Hebdoe-ed.
Important reading at link.
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/514078?ref=laugh-at-yourself
Wish I could copy and paste Goucho’s quote and pic .... # 6 or so......
What a shame it is blurred. Muzzies are so special so f%cking special.
yup, only one i could find
You can’t. All search engines have taken it down and show only the cartoon with the lower right portion obscured.
Those same search engines will let you see hardcore porn and dead human bodies if you turn safe search off, but not this cartoon that supposedly insults Muslims.
Always a concern, given the usual reactions from the moon-god cult.
Of course, it would work well as bait, too. Imagine what could happen if a few retired GIGN cops got bored and decided to do a French remake of "Magnum Force".
They always say that we shouldn’t condemn a few mussies for their outrages but yet the left condemns all gun owners and the NRA for the few mass shootings that happen.
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