Protests Intensify Over Muhammad Drawings

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/3/06 | Qassim Abdul-Zahra - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Hundreds of Sudanese Muslims protest against the Danish publication of drawings of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in the streets of Khartoum following Friday prayers, Friday, Feb. 3, 2006. The drawings have sparked a wide scale Islamic denunciation as well as angry demonstrations and calls to boycott Danish products. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

[NormsRevenge]

Pakistani Islamists from Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan group burn Danish, Norwegian and French flags during a rally in Lahore February 3, 2006. Muslim outrage spread through Asia on Friday over publication of cartoons in European newspapers depicting the Prophet Mohammad, but nowhere were there protests of any great size. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

[Stuart Scott]

I read this a short time ago. I personally think it's disgusting that the State Department is even hinting that there's some bit of fault with someone publishing a damn cartoon. Maybe, just maybe, we could blame the Muslims that have gotten all bent out of shape?

[ncountylee]

The State Department continues to be anti-American below the appointed level.

[stuartcr]

???

[blues_guitarist]

[NormsRevenge]

..but nowhere were there protests of any great size.

they snuck that in the photo caption yet what will be frontpage news and the first story on the news programs of , by and for the left? ;-)

[RexBeach]

Don't these a**holes have jobs?

[xcamel]

"State Department press officer Janelle Hironimus said these rights must be coupled with press responsibility."

genuinely retarded.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

With this level of mentality, is it really any wonder that all of the poorest, most backwards nations in the world (except for Sierra Leone, human slavery capital of the world), are Islamic?

[NormsRevenge]

A child cries as Islamic protestors pray outside the Danish embassy in London. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen offered no apologies for cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, deemed offensive by Muslims, but tried to defuse the crisis as Muslims across the world gathered for prayers.(AFP/Carl de Souza)

[ncountylee]

Should have said:

The State Department continues to be pro-Arabist below the appointed level.

[SmoothTalker]

Disgusting. I'm very disapointed.

[RightWhale]

If it is state-sponsored art such as 'Pi^^ Chr*&t', it is a mere neutral societal statement, but if it somehow takes note of the aesthetics of islamic rage it is offensive. Bombhammed would be okay if it were state-sponsored. The press, of course, is an institution of the state, but don't let that confuse the issue.

[oolatec]

Foggy bottom strikes again. Someone remind me... what was their stance on Piss Christ?

[advance_copy]

pro-Arabist below the appointed level

There is no way that the Department of State spokesman would have said this without the full approval of Secretary Rice.

[kokonut]

yeah, meanwhile here's a redo of that editorial cartoon. A stab at thee Islamic terrorists!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2006/02/mohammed-and-his-thousand-papercuts.html

[JMS]

John Bolton should become Sec. of State so he could clean out the State Dept. like the job he's doing at the UN.

[From One - Many]

is it our turn to be wimps?