Holy war against newspaper (Over Mohammed cartoons)

Copenhagen Post ^ | 20.10.2005 | Copenhagen Post

[Eurotwit]

Internet collages threatening Denmark and daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten with death and retribution have begun circulating on the internet after the newspaper published caricatures of Muslim prophet Mohammed

Bombs exploding over pictures of Danish daily Jyllands-Posten and blood flowing over the national flag and a map of Denmark are among the images circulating on the internet after the newspaper printed twelve cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed last month.

Daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende reported that the internet collages, posted in the name of an unknown organisation calling itself 'The Glory Brigades in Northern Europe', showed pictures of various tourist attractions in Denmark and stated that 'The Mujahedeen have numerous targets in Denmark - very soon you all will regret this', amongst other things.

Another picture showed soldiers, armed with bombs, over a map of Denmark, with blood spattered over parts of the country.

The front page of Jyllands-Posten featured prominently on many of the four collages. The newspaper has been criticised by Muslims for printing the cartoons, and was forced to hire security guards after receiving hate mail and death threats over the telephone.

The newspaper asked illustrators to make the cartoons after reports that artists were reluctant to illustrate a book on Mohammed for fear of Muslim retribution. The daily's editors said the cartoons were a test of whether the threat of Islamic terrorism had limited the freedom of expression in Denmark.

The Glory Brigades have similarities with another internet group calling itself 'Al-Queda's Chapter in Northern Europe', which has also posted threats against Northern European countries and praised the London bombings in July.

Though a single individual, or a small group of people, may turn out to be responsible for the internet threats, terrorism researcher Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen from the Danish Institute of International Studies warned against not taking the propaganda seriously. She said Al-Queda and its sympathisers had taken the internet into their service.

'We know that the internet is used both for propaganda and for actual terrorism instructions. It makes it more difficult for intelligence agencies to identify potential terrorists, because the internet reduces their need for physically passing through country's borders in the recruitment and training process,' she said.

Dalgaard-Nielsen pointed out, however, that the text on the website looked homemade. The language was more direct and less florid with Koran quotes than the original Al-Queda organisation preferred in their messages.

Fourteen days ago, sources in the Italian intelligence service warned that a Moroccan group with a connection to the al-Queda network had members in Scandinavia.

Søren Hove, terrorism researcher at the Odense University, said the message displayed in the collages was so threatening that it should be investigated by the police. On the other hand, he said, such anonymous threats should be taken with a grain of salt.

'We shouldn't allow this to upset us,' he said. 'Anyone with a minimal knowledge of computers and photoshop can create such internet collages just to raise hell. My guess is that it was someone who lives here, who is angry with Jyllands-Posten, which doesn't mean he has the desire or resources to carry the threats out.'

[Eurotwit]

Here is a third:

Stop! stop! We have run all out of virgins.

[dynachrome]

See my Mea Culpas above

[wideawake]

Now that's hilarious.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Haha.. Very funny

[Courdeleon02]

Yes, so few know about the history of this so called prophet. If the facts were more widely known they would realize that the so called religion of peace is anything but peaceful.I give credit to the Danes for attacking this monstrosity of a religion. I wish our press had the same courage. They are too busy attacking Christianity.

[Buffettfan]

Yeah right.....salami lay coom to you too ragheads!

[Titan Magroyne]

LOL, thank you for finding and posting!

"We're offended at your depictions of us as bloodthirsty savages so we're going to kill you most heinously and randomly!"

Somebody's ironiometer needs a tune-up.

[ncountylee]

Iqbal Sacranie, of the mainstream Muslim Council of Britain, wants the new law because any "defamation of the character of the prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him)" is a "direct insult and abuse of the Muslim community". In effect, he is asking for the law of libel to be extended beyond the grave, giving religious belief a protection extended to no other creed or version of history.

Islam (pork rinds be upon it) is so fragile that questions can not be tolerated.

[Eurotwit]

Perhaps images like this one might do more damage to image of the muslim community in Denmark. A Pakistani brother executing his little sister a few weeks back in broad daylight on the streets of Denmark. Honour indeed.

[pawdoggie]

Usually I am one who believes that all religions are entitled to respect and dignity (with the arguable exception of universally recognized cults, Satanists and dead religions). In this case, and for the reason stated (to prove that Denmark is not under the thumb of the Jihadis), I admire the courage of those who produced and published the cartoons. That having been said, however, I believe that this experiment in free speech will soon come to an end, to be followed by lots of Danish Government-sanctioned "religion of peace" propaganda.

[Desron13]

OK folks, lets roll with this one. I mean, come on, why didn't we think of this. So get those creative juices flowing and start submitting those cartoons of the profiteer Mohamed (pees be upon him). This should provide us with oodles and oodles of fun and frolic. LETS ROLL!

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

That having been said, however, I believe that this experiment in free speech will soon come to an end, to be followed by lots of Danish Government-sanctioned "religion of peace" propaganda.

Perhaps, but we may be surprised in this case. My sense is that the ethnic Danes are getting fed up with the Mooselimbs. The Dutch seem to be reaching their limit as well.

Now, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the NYT to condemn these threats.

[darkangel82]

Maybe the Danes should go Viking on these Muslim invaders.

[Eurotwit]

It's kinda ironic that the islamic communty in Denmark is not able to muster up any anti-terror demonstration, but these cartoons sent 5000 of them out on the streets of Copenhagen seething with rage

Something is rotten in Denmark.

[doc30]

'If they have the faintest idea about how a Danish and democratic society works, they should know that the Danish government doesn't have any say about Jyllands-Posten's rights of expression,' Jakobsen said.

The muslims are used to oppressive governments that control free speech. When a country that practices free speech tells the muslims that the government cannot do anything about it, it will be interpreted as passive endorsement of the free speech in question. It will simply make the muslims think the Dutch government supports insulting mohammed and islam. The Dutch government will be ranked higher on the muslim "death to the infidels" list.

[Gorzaloon]

Those graphics are an awfully high-bandwidth way of saying, "Denmark should slaughter all their residant Muslims instantly". Yes, that is overstated, but consider if anyone else peddled such graphic threats. Would it not create an angry backlash? And if the backlash WERE angry enough, then perhaps there would be some kind of motivation to stop this behaviour, condemn it, and dissociate from it. (Crickets chirping)

[Titan Magroyne]

Nice. It would seem from their point of view that nobody but a fellow Muslim can brag on a Muslim's feats of, uh, duty and heroism. Lemme guess, they set up a hue and cry over those images (post 29) being broadcast beyond the Muslim community while thumping their chests over the brother's nobility.

What a f'd up culture.

[Eurotwit]

Hey, I found the link to all 12 cartoons. Here it is:

http://pics.jp.dk/nybillede/?sek=0&id=2253

Seems like one of the cartoonists could see what was coming...

[Eurotwit]

Hey, I found the link to all 12 cartoons. Here it is (clickable):


http://pics.jp.dk/nybillede/?sek=0&id=2253

[Englishman2]

Islam and European culture and values are wholly incompatible, and the sooner we wake up and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT then the better.
The media lie to us and say that Islam is a tollerant, peaceful religion. Bollocks.
Europe has got a big problem- and it's getting bigger. It's called Islam, and it wants to take over. Let's stop kidding ourselves. Let's wake up, admit we've got a problem, and do something about it, before it's too late.