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 am hoping that as Democratic, freely elected governments are put in place throughout the Middle East, our Western culture will have an influence on the next generation. When enough of the bad guys are dead, perhaps what is left will think it a good idea to co-exist. We won't know in our lifetimes. I met a potential client the other day and spent three hours with him. He is a Muslim originally from Afghanistan. I don't know about the rest, but I think he and I can peacefully co-exist.
Do you think any of the cartoon upheavel is brought about because we are starting to bring democracy to the ME? Are the Imans going to try and despertately hold on to power and tell the masses to do desperate acts and if so, how do we counteract?? I'm sorry but I see this getting much worse....and....in our lifetime.....
Could be.
Maybe they are getting more desperate because Iraq has had free elections. When people get a taste of freedom, they like it. I also see the real possibility of it getting much worse. Iran is just waiting to cause the world a lot of trouble.
What else is a muslim father to do in the islamic world if he actually loves his daughter, when you consider how islam is allowed to treat women? If he marries her to her cousin then it is less likely that she will be mistreated by somebody in the family than a stranger whom the father has no relation or control with.
In the western world such marriages are generally prohibited because the danger of producing idiots.
In the western world such marriages are generally prohibited because the danger of producing idiots.
What we are seeing here is "The Hatfields and the Abdullahs"...
Cheers!
The cartoons were published six months ago and no one cared. You really think this is about cartoons?
We "shouldn't have to walk around on eggshells"!
Absolute ping!
Don't they know the Super Bowl is on. I'm rooting for Detroit! Give it a break, stop burning embassies, pop open a can, sit back and watch the game while you have a brew.
So there's trouble in Denmark??? I always heard the statement There's something rotten in Denmark. LOL
So much for the "religion of peace".
It burns me up every time I remember the first time I heard this phrase used...
Yes, it is about cartoons. They don't have a better excuse right now, so this worked.
Home made ones are better than anything you can buy and yes, I make them sometimes. :-)
I know.
I know that you know. LOL
I knew you knew I knew.
Bump - thanks.
I know you knew that I knew you knew. :-)
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