Posted on 02/02/2006 2:40:04 PM PST by Cornpone
Danish imams are blamed for fanning the flames of the on-going conflict over Mohammed caricatures by saying one thing in Danish and something else in Arabic
PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen lashed out at extremist Muslim leaders in Denmark on Thursday for speaking with two tongues in the on-going row between the country and the Muslim world.
Rasmussen said imams' positive comments in Danish about the recent days' thaw in the dispute over newspaper Jyllands-Posten's publication of 12 caricatures of the prophet Mohammed had been undermined by statements made in Arabic to the media from Muslim countries.
'We have clearly noted that in certain situations, some people are speaking with two tongues,' Rasmussen said after meeting the parliament's foreign policy committee. 'The government watches what news and information is circulated in Arabic countries very closely so we can catch false stories and correct them immediately.'
Rasmussen was referring specifically to an incident in which controversial imam Abu Laban said to television station al-Jazeera that he was happy about the Muslim boycott. Later in the day, Laban said to Danish television station TV2 that he would urge Muslims to stop the boycott immediately.
'If Muslim countries decide to boycott, and if Muslims feel that it is their obligation to defend the prophet, then that is something we can be happy about,' Laban said to al-Jazeera.
Other leading imams have also been accused of misleading Muslims outside of Denmark about the situation.
Earlier this week, imam Abu Bashir appeared on BBC World showing a caricature of Mohammed with a pig's snout and ears to representatives of the Arabic League. Bashir falsely claimed that the caricature was one of the 12 Jyllands-Posten drawings.
Neither Laban nor Bashir were available for comment.
Good point...for those interested: http://memri.org/index.html
yeah, here's redo of that editorial cartoon. A stab at thee islamic terrorists!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2006/02/mohammed-and-his-thousand-papercuts.html
LOL! And don't forget to stock up on Danish beer for "the big game."
For those that missed them, I finally found a link that works - http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/698
Why the hell can't the "Prophet" and Allah defend themselves if they are so offended?
"Al-Takeyya is based on the following Quranic verse:...."
Nope, the verse you cite says nothing about lying, whoever you are getting your info from is simply wrong - Perhaps you may want to look at a different translation http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-koran?specfile=/lv2/english/relig/koran/www/koran.o2w&act=surround&offset=82561&tag=Koran.003&query=3:28
But...you may want to look at -
"Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty." Surah 16: 106
This allows a believer under compulsion to tell falsehoods.
The Muzzies would lie ?
RS, live & learn! near the bottom of the page & plz don't bother responding ! TIA
http://www.islamreview.com/articles/lying.shtml
No bother at all, you get your info from bad or biased sources, you get bad or biased info ...
This is one reason for learning some Arabic. Arafat used to speak one thing in English and another in Arabic, but when some Arabic speakers blew the whistle he stopped doing that.
Yeah, the way the Muslims react, Allah must be the most impotent diety of any religion.
An imam lying?
Who would have thunk it?
Taqiyya bump
The non Muslims get fed lies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya
Gather those two up and DEPORT them and their families immediately.
"Why the hell can't the "Prophet" and Allah defend themselves if they are so offended?"
This was exactly the Roman approach to blasphemy:
"Let the Gods defend themselves."
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