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Michelle Malkin: Fight the Bullies of Islam
Creator's Syndicate ^ | February 1, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 01/31/2006 10:13:02 PM PST by RWR8189

 Something very important is happening in Denmark -- a showdown over freedom, tolerance, and their wolfish menaces in religious clothing. So, please, turn off "American Idol," put down the Game Boy for a moment, and pay attention. This does affect you.

Last October, a Danish newspaper called the Jyllands-Posten published a dozen cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. The illustrations included various depictions of the prophet Muhammad, some innocuous (Muhammad walking in a pasture) and a few with provocative references to radical Islamic terrorism. One showed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban; another had Muhammad wielding a sword in front of two, wide-eyed Muslim women covered in black abayas; another featured a cartoonist hunched over his desk, sweating in fear, as he drew Muhammad in suicide bomb-like apparel.

The newspaper was making a vivid editorial point about European artists' fear of retaliation for drawing any pictures of Muhammad at all. (Remember: It's been a little over a year since Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by an Islamist gunman over his movie criticizing violence against women in Islamic societies.) A Danish author had reported last fall that he couldn't find an illustrator for a book about Muhammad; the Jyllands-Posten editors rose to the challenge by calling on artists to send in their submissions and publishing the 12 entries they received in response (available here).

The reaction to the cartoons has resoundingly confirmed the fears those artists expressed about radical Islamic intolerance and violence. In fact, the Jyllands-Posten reported, two of the illustrators received death threats and went into hiding. The Pakistani Jamaaat-e-Islami party placed a 5,000-kroner bounty on the cartoonists' heads. A terrorist outfit called the "Glory Brigades" has threatened suicide bombings in Denmark over the artwork.

Despite how relatively tame the pictures actually are (compared not only to Western standards, but also to the vicious, anti-Semitic propaganda regularly churned out by Arab cartoonists), the drawings have literally inflamed the radical Muslim world and its apologists. Eleven Muslim ambassadors to Copenhagen immediately protested to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen demanding retractions from the newspaper. The ambassador of Turkey urged Rasmussen to call the Jyllands-Posten to account for "abusing Islam in the name of democracy, human rights and freedom of expression."

Rasmussen, in a rare show of European spine, steadfastly refused to appease the howlers.

As a result, anti-Denmark sentiment has simmered over the last four months, and it boiled over this past week. In Gaza City, masked Palestinian gunmen representing the so-called Religion of Peace raided a European Union office to protest the cartoons. Muslims burned Danish flags and banners depicting Rasmussen (American and Norwegian flags, as well as portraits of President Bush, were thrown into the fire for good measure). A Danish company, Arla Foods, reports that two of its employees in Saudi Arabia were beaten by angry customers. Danish aid workers are evacuating Gaza in fear for their lives.

The country now faces an international boycott from Muslim nations whose fist-clenched protesters led chants this week of "War on Denmark, Death to Denmark" while firing bullets in the air.

Soft-on-terror mouthpieces are blaming the messenger for the conflagration. Former appeaser-in-chief Bill Clinton condemned the cartoons as "appalling" and "totally outrageous." Where was Clinton's condemnation of the gun-wielding, death-threat-issuing, flag-burning bullies of Islam who have targeted Denmark for jihad?

On the Internet, supporters of free speech have launched a "Buy Danish" campaign in solidarity with the nation under siege. But this isn't just about Denmark. American-based Muslim activists are on an angry campaign to stifle the speech of talk show hosts (most recently, KFI morning host Bill Handel in Los Angeles) who offend their sensibilities. And on Tuesday afternoon in advance of the State of the Union address, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued an ultimatum warning President Bush to "avoid the use of hot-button terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' 'militant jihadism,' 'Islamic radicalism' or 'totalitarian Islamic empire'" in his speech -- in other words, advising Bush not to identify our enemies for the sake of tolerance and diversity.

First, they came for the cartoonists. Then, they came for the filmmakers and talk show hosts and namers of evil. Next, who knows?

Copyright 2006 Creators Syndicate


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bullying; denmark; islam; islamicempire; islamicradicalism; islamofascism; malkin; michellemalkin; militantjihadism; rop; totalitarianislamic
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1 posted on 01/31/2006 10:13:04 PM PST by RWR8189
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bookmk ping for a.m. coffee , and thanks RWR8189


2 posted on 01/31/2006 10:14:29 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: cgk

Ping.


3 posted on 01/31/2006 10:16:02 PM PST by Springman
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To: RWR8189

Are we forgetting something? >: (


4 posted on 01/31/2006 10:17:07 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: RWR8189

BUMP


5 posted on 01/31/2006 10:17:47 PM PST by SweetCaroline (Grandchildren are GOD'S way of compensating us for growing old. THANKS GOD!)
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To: RWR8189
And one of the main sources of reaction and opposition is radical Islam

Quote from the SOTU speech. I guess the president did not get the CAIR memo.

6 posted on 01/31/2006 10:19:34 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
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To: RWR8189
Sigh...

There. This thread is now in compliance with all applicable laws.

7 posted on 01/31/2006 10:22:29 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: RWR8189
The UN is already investigating the "racist" newspaper.

No, I'm not kidding.

Here's one of the "racist" cartoons.

8 posted on 01/31/2006 10:24:42 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-oh-five, who w)
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To: Gucho; JohnathanRGalt; Jet Jaguar; Old Sarge; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All
ON THE NET...

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)

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

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

"www.mohajroon.com/vb"

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

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

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

"www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive"

9 posted on 01/31/2006 10:28:53 PM PST by Cindy
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To: RWR8189; knightshadow; Shortstop7; Cicero; chasio649; 4Freedom; sirjohn; Candor7; ezoeni; ...

Malkin ping!

Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Michelle Malkin ping list...

10 posted on 01/31/2006 10:43:37 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: RWR8189
And on Tuesday afternoon in advance of the State of the Union address, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued an ultimatum warning President Bush to "avoid the use of hot-button terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' 'militant jihadism,' 'Islamic radicalism' or 'totalitarian Islamic empire'" in his speech -- in other words, advising Bush not to identify our enemies for the sake of tolerance and diversity.

Who the hell is CAIR to issue an ultimatum to the President of the United States!? Screw them. I am so sick of these terrorist enablers living among us and our politically correct sensibilities run amok that allow them to operate. We need to to destroy radical Islam permanently and a good start here would be shutting CAIR down and deporting their members and their members. They are nothing but a front for HAMAS.
11 posted on 01/31/2006 10:44:08 PM PST by Wolfhound777 (It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting)
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To: Springman

Thanks for the head's up! :)


12 posted on 01/31/2006 10:44:21 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: Cindy
Add: jihadinmalmo.blogspot.com

Though most articles are in Swedish, very often it contains a lot of useful links.

13 posted on 01/31/2006 10:44:23 PM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: RWR8189
And on Tuesday afternoon in advance of the State of the Union address, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued an ultimatum warning President Bush to "avoid the use of hot-button terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' 'militant jihadism,' 'Islamic radicalism' or 'totalitarian Islamic empire'" in his speech -- in other words, advising Bush not to identify our enemies for the sake of tolerance and diversity.

It's probably about time for a good muslim ass-beating session.

14 posted on 01/31/2006 10:45:40 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: RWR8189

And for the record, CAIR can kiss my azz.


15 posted on 01/31/2006 10:46:27 PM PST by DoNotDivide (Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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To: cgk

Woohoo Michelle bump!

Wolf


16 posted on 01/31/2006 10:50:00 PM PST by RunningWolf (Vet US Army Air Cav 1975)
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To: RWR8189

I hope Michall has good security.


17 posted on 01/31/2006 10:50:11 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: ScaniaBoy

Thank you ScaniBoy for the link.
I appreciate it.


18 posted on 01/31/2006 10:50:39 PM PST by Cindy
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To: RWR8189

The really ironic thing about all this is that anyone who reads reputable and reliable biographies of Mohammed (beginning with Edward Gibbon in his last volume of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the 18th century) will soon realize that one can NOT parody the Prophet because he is a CARICATURE OF HIMSELF beginning with his jihads against Christians and Jews, his harem (which included little girls), his visions of convenience of Allah, etc. He was an illiterate (and some say epileptic) and savage desert nomad. But in this PC world any such unpleasantries are subject to historical revisionism.


19 posted on 01/31/2006 10:57:05 PM PST by T.L.Sink (stopew)
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To: Gordongekko909
Sigh...
This thread is now in compliance with all applicable laws.

I love Michelle Malkin's brain, but she just doesn't do it for me.

I'm also not sure if the Ann Coulter rules apply to her. She's cute, so post as many pix as you can. We need more cute conservatives.

20 posted on 01/31/2006 11:01:03 PM PST by benjaminjjones
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