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French Muslims to Sue Paper Over Cartoons (heh heh)
Islam Online ^ | 2/1/2006 | Hadi Yahmid

Posted on 02/01/2006 9:41:48 AM PST by Dark Skies

PARIS, February 1, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – French Muslim leaders on Wednesday, February 1, denounced in unison the reprinting of a series of explosive cartoons blasphemous to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a French daily and vowed to take the case to French courts.

“We call on French Muslims to peacefully protest this aggression on the Prophet of Islam,” the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM) said in a statement after a meeting chaired by its head Dalil Boubackeur.

Boubakeur’s call was echoed by Lhaj Thami Breze, the head of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (UOIF), who blasted the provocative and unnecessary publication.

Paris daily France Soir said it had decided to reprint them “not from an appetite for gratuitous provocation, but because they constitute the subject of a controversy on a global scale which has done nothing to maintain balance and mutual limits in democracy, respect of religious beliefs and freedom of expression.”

“Now they want an apology from a society characterized with freedom of expression and religion at a time when they deny their peoples the right to free speech.”

It continued: “We will give no heed to their objections and insist on drawing pictures of Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha, which has everything to do with the freedom of expression we do enjoy in our society.”

Published last September by the Danish mass-circulation Jyllands-Posten, the 12 cartoons included portrayals of the Prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban and showed him as a knife-wielding nomad flanked by shrouded women.

Initially passing with little comment, they were reprinted in several European newspapers, adding fuel to the already raging flames in the Muslim world.

The Danish newspaper apologized for offending Muslims by publishing the cartoons, saying, “These cartoons were not in violation of Danish law but have irrefutably offended many Muslims, and for that we apologize.”

Bankruptcy

The heavily-indebted paper opted for reprinting the blasphemous cartoons to boost its declining sales and shift the attention from strikes staged by its reporters and editors at unpaid salaries and unknown future, sources close to the daily told IOL on condition not to be named.

A group of editors and employees submitted a petition on December 19 to the prime minister to save their paper, which is owned by Egyptian-French Raymond Lakah, from bankruptcy as they faced sacking.

“The paper’s bankruptcy, no doubt, played a key role,” said Breze.

“The paper’s act is ridiculous and irresponsible,” added Al-Arabi Kashat, the imam Al-Dawa mosque in Paris.

“They offended up to one billion Muslims worldwide,” he fumed. “Even non-Muslims and those who don’t believe in Muhammad must respect the greatest figures that made history,” he added.

Kashat said the world is in a dire need of peace, which should be based on respect of the other’s belief.

“We should stand up firmly to those who are trying to ignite sectarian sedition among peoples,” he added.

The French Foreign Ministry evaded a clear condemnation of the re-publication.

“The paper, not the government, is to blame for the publication,” a ministry’s spokeswoman told IOL.

“In a democratic and secular country like France, we should, however, respect religions but free speech is a sacred right on the condition that it neither violates privacies nor incites hatred,” she added.

The Muslim world's two main political bodies -- the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League -- said Sunday, January 29, they were seeking a UN resolution, backed by possible sanctions, to protect religions in response to the furor.

Danish embassies in the Middle East have been the scenes of protests, a Danish flag was burnt by angry Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza and Gulf retailers pulled Danish products off their shelves.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: angrymuslims; cartoons; denmark; france; frenchmuslims; germany; islam; italy; jihad; mohammed; muslims; outrage; spain; terrorists; wot
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"Oh the humanity of it all."

Pass the popcorn!

1 posted on 02/01/2006 9:41:50 AM PST by Dark Skies
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“We should stand up firmly to those who are trying to ignite sectarian sedition among peoples,” he added.

Pot meet kettle.

2 posted on 02/01/2006 9:43:18 AM PST by beltfed308 (Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
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Didn't see them standing up for the Christ when he took it on the chin in the media.


3 posted on 02/01/2006 9:43:58 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Dark Skies
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

I take it that stand for "Pigs' blood upon him."
4 posted on 02/01/2006 9:44:31 AM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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“We call on French Muslims to peacefully protest this aggression on the Prophet of Islam,”

75% chance no one protests.
25% chance protests are violent/non-peaceful.
0% chance of peaceful protests.

5 posted on 02/01/2006 9:44:34 AM PST by BostonianRightist ("Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice." ~ Senator Goldwater)
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To: Dark Skies

I don't remember Muslims protesting when "Piss Christ" was on display....


6 posted on 02/01/2006 9:46:06 AM PST by Mikey_1962 (I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
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To: Dark Skies
“We call on French Muslims to peacefully protest this aggression on the Prophet of Islam,” the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM) said in a statement after a meeting chaired by its head Dalil Boubackeur.

The statement continued, if the papers do not apologize for their printing of the cartoons, our peaceful protests will end and we will start assasinating cartoonists and firebombing their papers headquarters. Then we will capture and kill their families.

7 posted on 02/01/2006 9:46:47 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Dark Skies
“They offended up to one billion Muslims worldwide,” he fumed. “Even non-Muslims and those who don’t believe in Muhammad must respect the greatest figures that made history,” he added.

Well "great" is subjective. How about famous? After all there are those that still revere Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Mao and Kim Ill Sung. While many despise and loathe their memories others also consider them great.

8 posted on 02/01/2006 9:46:55 AM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
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Seeking UN sanctions. Against what organization/country??
This controversy shows exactly how unintegrated many of the Muslim populations are in democratic western societies. If they were integrated they would understand how free speech works and its value.


9 posted on 02/01/2006 9:47:52 AM PST by rod1
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One more 9-11 and we can finish them all off once and for all.
10 posted on 02/01/2006 9:49:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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They hate the West...


11 posted on 02/01/2006 9:49:49 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Dark Skies

if i lived in France i would be making sure my car insurance covered fire...


12 posted on 02/01/2006 9:50:34 AM PST by ferri (Be Politically Incorrect: Support the Constitution!)
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The idiot French let them in -- now they can eat their excrement. Let us hope Washington is learning from this -- every place these Muslims show up, there is nothing but trouble...


13 posted on 02/01/2006 9:52:32 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Dark Skies

Maybe the muslims will step up the public service they provide by burning all those crappy French cars. Might even open a market for Ford and GM over there, too.


14 posted on 02/01/2006 9:53:19 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Dark Skies

15 posted on 02/01/2006 9:53:47 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dark Skies
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16 posted on 02/01/2006 9:54:15 AM PST by dennisw ("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
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“Now they want an apology from a society characterized with freedom of expression and religion at a time when they deny their peoples, all other religions and everyone else in the world the right to free speech.”
17 posted on 02/01/2006 9:54:23 AM PST by Publius6961
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To: Dark Skies
“Even non-Muslims and those who don’t believe in Muhammad must respect the greatest figures that made history,” he added.

Suicide bombing and throat slitting are legitimate means to attack the "infidels."

Now a cartoon, oh my God!
A cartoon... What a crime!

18 posted on 02/01/2006 9:55:12 AM PST by george wythe
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To: Dark Skies

Now what do you think would happen if a Christian or a Jew tried that one in Saudi Arabia? Hmmmm?

If these ragheads are unhappy about the treatment they are receiving in western European countries, they should shuffle off to their former countries and be happy about it.

Maggots.


19 posted on 02/01/2006 9:55:34 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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20 posted on 02/01/2006 9:55:34 AM PST by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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