Posted on 02/01/2006 4:20:29 AM PST by anguish
| A French newspaper has reproduced a set of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have caused outrage in the Muslim world. France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that "religious dogma" had no place in a secular society. Their original publication in a Danish paper last September has led to boycotts and protests against Denmark in several Arab nations. Islamic tradition bans depictions of the Prophet Muhammad or Allah. Under the headline "Yes, we have the right to caricature God", the paper ran a front page cartoon of Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods floating on a cloud. It shows the Christian deity saying: "Don't complain, Muhammad, we've all been caricatured here." The full set of Danish drawings, some of which depict the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, were printed on the inside pages. Bomb threat The paper said it had decided to republish them "because no religious dogma can impose itself on a democratic and secular society". The global controversy the cartoons have provoked "has done nothing to maintain balance and mutual limits in democracy, respect of religious beliefs and freedom of expression", it added. There was no immediate reaction from Muslim leaders in France, which is home to the largest Islamic minority in Europe. The offices of the Danish newspaper that first published the caricatures, Jyllands-Posten, had to be evacuated on Tuesday because of a bomb threat. The paper had apologised a day earlier for causing offence to Muslims, although it maintained it was legal under Danish law to print them. Ministers from 17 Arab countries on Tuesday urged Denmark's government to punish Jyllands-Posten for what they described as an "offence to Islam". Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the paper's apology but defended the freedom of the press. The images' publication in Denmark has provoked diplomatic sanctions and threats from Islamic militants across the Muslim world. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated this week in the Gaza Strip, burning Danish flags and portraits of the Danish prime minister. Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Denmark, while Libya said it was closing its embassy in Copenhagen and Iraq summoned the Danish envoy to condemn the cartoons. |
I wonder if we will see these cartoons published in the New York Times?
I also wonder if pigs will fly!
Probably "Tout de meme" all the same.
Fee for translation service: go buy some French and Danish cheese for lunch. Danish beer for later and Legos for any kids/grandkids you've got. ;-)
The gauntlet is thrown. What a shocking development. I thought for sure that Europe would roll over.
But it is one more major newspaper than has published the same in America. Le Pen has more support than the Minutemen in America. Where is political correctness stronger than here Uncle?
Yes, I congratulate France.
I'll go further and say that every Western cartoonist should produce new Mohammed cartoons.
And when the pros have run out of ideas, the amateurs should submit theirs.
Stay away from France, or we shall taunt you again!
"breasts not bombs"
Whew! You definitely need a strong stomach for that one! I've heard their leader on the Medved show. Apparently, all her intellect is concentrated in two specific parts of her body, neither of which is her head.
Thanks. I got tired of waiting for the download and will try again later.
France had best prepare for a boycott. Just read an article on the Danish milk industry (Arla) which states that a recovery will take years.
"Tout de maime! Not sure what this means, but Poirot always says it in the books."
Tout de meme: all the same...
No. The Muslim countries will focus their ire on Denmark, because they don't get anything from Denmark. They get plenty from France, including international cover and arms. Also, the French government knows where all the bodies are buried.
France-Soir published it.
Just about everyone in France thinks it.
And the Arabs will ignore it, because picking a row with France is about the worst thing any of them could do.
Since zombie’s site is currently overloaded, here’s a Danish mirror site of the Mohammed Image Archive.
UPDATE at 2/1/06 1:59:29 pm:
And here’s another sort of image archive, to provide a little perspective on the cartoon jihad: Cartoons from the Arab World.
They are hitting Charles heavy too. I don't think I've seen the counter drop under 3000 all day today.
I have just set a new record for my own blog, for two consecutive days. And that is one month AFTER I stopped adding anything new there. People are searching for the cartoons, and finding some of my older posts about the issue. I want to thank Zombie for showing us what free thought and speech are all about. If the Muslim world is offended by this, then the Muslim world needs to change, not us.
As shown by the context of this entire stupid "outrage" over cartoons - Islam cannot ever and will not ever co-exist alongside a democratic West.
Islam (as stated by CAIR founders) is here in America to scrap the constitution and impose sharia law.
Have a look at this. Via one of the best blogs in Scandinavia, Danske øjne på svenske forhold: http://dansk-svensk.blogspot.com/2006/01/support-cartoonists.html
Zombie in Danish Paper
LGF operative zombie’s Mohammed Image Archive (unavailable at this writing because of heavy traffic) was featured today in the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet: Tusindvis af Muhammed-tegninger.
#11 dustyroadguy
way to go zombie, [hope] you have a revenue stream produced/increased by the number of unique hits
Quite the opposite. More visitors = more expense to me. I have no ads, no revenue source from the site. I have to pay for the bandwidth. All I do have is a Paypal account in case anyone wants to make a donation to help keep the site going (click on the "Send money" tab and for "Recipient's Email" put in "zombie@zombietime.com"). At this rate, I'm not sure if my hosting company is going to continue "looking the other way" about my periodic massive traffic spikes. I think this one has blown the roof off the barn.
There's something very powerful at work here. The same day Zombie reaches international prominence (amidst growing acclaim), Europe, almost collectively, seems to have turned a very important historical page. What do you call it when the zeitgeist meets synchronicity? A revelation, perhaps?
Any way you look at it, things have changed.
Bush: US Will "Rise to Israel's Defense"
Why would they let SeaMan drive?
"Actually, France has shown some real moxy here, considering the mobs of crazy fire-bombing Muslims living in France. "
It isn't France. Its a French paper. Much like the original cartoon wasn't the work of the Dutch, but a Dutch paper. Still huge kudos to the publishers of both. I'm glad some in Europe have started to understand that this isn't a culture you kowtow to.
Vive la France! Aux armes, cityoyens!
And since when has the average Islamunist in the street figured out the right thing to do? Sure, governments of Islamunist states suck up to the West, mostly to fill their Swiss bank accounts with bribes and payoffs, but the average idiot moon-god-worshipper has consistently made bad choices when left on his own.
Here's hoping that these are the incidents that will trigger the Euroweenies to find their balls, and start getting on with the war. I've heard it said, you don't want to get into a fight with a man who buys his ink by the barrel.
LOL!
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