Posted on 02/04/2006 9:24:53 PM PST by indcons
The increasingly bitter row over the publication of a series of controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad reached a new intensity last night as protesters set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria.
With police signalling that they will launch an investigation into the behaviour of protesters in London who called for those insulting Islam to 'be beheaded', protesters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, defied tear gas and water cannon to enter the Danish embassy and replace that country's flag with another which read: 'No God but Allah, Mohammad is His Prophet.'
Last night the Danish embassy, which was empty when attacked, was a charred hulk. The Norwegian embassy was still burning. As well as the dramatic scenes in Damascus - not known for its Islamic militancy - rising tensions among Muslims over the publication of 'blasphemous' cartoons in Denmark threatened to boil over across the globe.
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I don't disagree with your analysis, but I still contend that the cartoonists should have seen it coming.
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Is she running for Ms. Congeniality? ;)
"You got some Danish cheese. I went out and got a cheese Danish. :)"
LOL....
On your second point, you're absolutely right. That cartoonist should have expected the calls for jihad, etc. The trials of Salman Rushdie (for "The Satanic Verses") and the murder of Theo Van Gogh illustrate the average reaction that a person can receive for questioning islam.
The muzzies aren't the only people angry. Look at all these FR threads and their huge number of replies. If FR is any gauge of the west, I'd say there are is a huge percentage of infidels who are pretty pissed.
Good point.....I visited a few Asian news sites today and saw that the reaction in most non-muslim countries is one of disgust and hatred. The muzzies don't understand the fact that tolerence is not a one-way street.
Maybe so, but hells bells, the rest of the world shouldn't have to walk on eggshells forever because a bunch of maniacal, perverted, murdering half-wits might get upset. If it wasn't the cartoons this time, it would have been something else next time.
Please tell me you don't hang around Brokeback Mountain. :)
Not funny. I don't hang around mutton punchers either.
AFAIC, Muslims, with this reaction, are defining their religion as being at a comparable level of worth as throwaway cartoons from Western Civilizations.
If Muslims don't wish to adhere to the values of the countries to which they have immigrated, they should return to Muslim-controlled countries.
It appears that they will only be enlightened by "the light of a thousand suns"...
This has been brewing for awhile now. Time for everybody to choose up sides- here comes WWIII.
Much as I hate war and destruction, it's past time to stop these crazies.
We (the world, I mean) missed our chance to stop Hitler in the 1930s. Tens of millions died because the free world was afraid to start a war.
Please see your FReepmail
LOL....what a great quote!!
Oppenheimer quoting the Vedas after witnessing the first atomic test.....
Oh dont forget there just a peace loving people.
I say we should gave them peace by turning them into
glass with a few Nukes they'll be peaceful then.
The day is coming I can feel it.
Yes.. the jihadists need to have the rod of correction applied to them..
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