Danes say apology 'pointless' (No kidding)

News24 (South Africa) ^ | 14 February 2006 | Karl Ritter

[Cornpone]

Copenhagen - Denmark's premier complained that his nation had been unfairly portrayed as intolerant in the international furore over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons and his foreign minister said a government apology would be pointless.

After meeting with a newly formed network of moderate Muslims, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on Monday for peaceful dialogue to defuse Denmark's biggest international crisis since World War II.

"This meeting just testifies that the Danish government wants a positive dialogue with all groups in the Danish society," Fogh Rasmussen said. "The way forward is peaceful."

However, critics said the network did not represent the country's estimated 200 000 Muslims and warned the prime minister could be heightening tensions by not reaching out to radicals.

'Nothing illegal has been done'

Meanwhile, rage against the cartoons continued as Pakistani police fired tear gas on thousands of student protesters, Egyptian demonstrators called for a boycott on Europe and hundreds of Palestinian schoolchildren trampled on a Danish flag.

President General Pervez Musharraf said the conflict had united moderate and radical Muslims "because this hurts the sentiments of every Muslim."

Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller told The Associated Press in a phone interview the government had no reason to apologise for the drawings first published in one of Denmark's largest newspapers.

"First, you cannot apologise for something you have not done," Per Stig Moeller said. "Second, nothing illegal has been done because no one has been found guilty by a court."

The government has resisted pressure to accept any responsibility for the cartoons - one of which depicts the prophet wearing a turban shaped like a bomb - saying it has no say over media.

In Egypt, thousands of students demonstrated on Monday at universities in Cairo and the southern city of Assiut, denouncing the caricatures and warning that those who published the drawings "have opened the gates of hell on themselves."

Anti-riot police stood at the gates of the two universities but did not interfere.

"Revolution everywhere! We are not going to be silent or asleep!" chanted about 1 500 male students demonstrating in Cairo. "Boycott is our duty because they insulted and humiliated our prophet!"

Hundreds of Palestinian schoolchildren, some as young as four, stomped on a Danish flag and shouted anti-Danish slogans in a protest organised by a school affiliated with the Islamic militant group Hamas in the West Bank.

In Denmark, critics said the premier's meeting with a newly formed network of moderate Muslims led by Syrian-born lawmaker Naser Khader risked escalating the situation by making radical groups feel left out.

[jocon307]

"However, critics said the network did not represent the country's estimated 200 000 Muslims and warned the prime minister could be heightening tensions by not reaching out to radicals."

So, what are they saying, twice I might add, although I only quote the first intance, that most Danish Muslims are radicals? It's probably true, but not often so freely admitted.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

TOWNHALL.com: "AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA: LITTLE COURAGE AND LITTLE HONESTY"  -Commentary by Dennis Prager (February 14, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HOW THE CARTOON PROTESTS HARM MUSLIMS" by Daniel Pipes (February 14, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "SEATTTLE-AREA WEBSITE FOR GIRLS CLUB HACKED BY ANGRY MUSLIMS AND NOBODY CARES (edited)" (February 13, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Islamabad, Pakistan - "CALL FOR ANTI-CARTOONS RALLIES IN PAKISTAN ON MARCH 3" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 12, 2006)

"www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/02/010188print.html" (February 12, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Philadelphia - "MUSLIMS PROTEST DRAWING IN PHILLY PAPER"  (February 11, 2006)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (WeeklyStandard.com): "THE CARTOON JIHAD - THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PROJECT FOR DOMINATING THE WEST" by Olivier Guitta (February 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK TIMES): "CARTOON RAGE PLANNED AT OIC MEETING" (February 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "REBORN EXTREMIST SECT HAD KEY ROLE IN LONDON PROTEST" (February 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET NEWS): "BRITISH MUSLIM GROUP DECLARES NEW JIHAD" (January 9, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "BRITISH MUSLIMS CALL FOR LAWS TO PROTECT MUHAMMAD, AND PROTEST DANISH CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 10, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "THE WAR ON THE FREE PRESS The Cartoon Jihadists are winning..." (February 9, 2006)

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TOWNHALL.com: "THE CARTOON INTIFADA" -Commentary by Clifford D. May (February 9, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Kandahar, Afghanistan - "TALEBAN SAY 100 ENLIST FOR SUICIDE ATTACKS OVER CARTOONS" (February 9, 2006)

DAILY TIMES.com.pk: Islamabad - "TALIBAN OFFER 100kg GOLD FOR KILLING CARTOONIST" (February 9, 2006)

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MEMRITV.org

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ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "IRANIAN PAPER PLANS HOLOCAUST CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 8, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "CALVIN AND HOBBES -- AND MUHAMMAD" -Commentary by Ann Coulter (February 8, 2006)

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WorldNetDaily.com: "U.N., EU TO APOLOGIZE TO ISLAM FOR CARTOONS" (February 8, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS, FREE SPEECH RIGHTS UNDER PRESSURE FROM RADICAL ISLAM Intimidation factor is real following riots and death threats" by Mark Ellis (February 7, 2006)

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News.BBC.co.uk: "CARTOON PROTESTER WAS DRUG DEALER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Muslim demonstrator who imitated a suicide bomber in London to protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine.") (Last updated February 7, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "'MUHAMMAD CARTOON' PROVED FAKE Imam added 3 especially provocative images to fuel outrage" (February 8, 2006)

MilitantIslamMonitor (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "MUSLIMS CLERICS WHO 'DIALOUGED' WITH DANES WENT TO MIDDLE EAST TO INCITE VIOLENCE WITH FAKED MOHAMMED CARTOONS" (February 7, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)

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"www.mohajroon.com/vb"

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INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISLAMIST HACKER SITE 3ASFH.NET/.COM - DOWN" (February 8, 2006)

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DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "CARTOONS AND ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM" by Daniel Pipes (February 7, 2006)

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LittleGreenFootballs - Weblog (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "RADICAL CLERIC: CARTOONIST SHOULD BE EXECUTED" (February 6, 2006)

Google - News Search: "OMAR BAKRI [Mohammed]"

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JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "IRANIAN PAPER RUNS HOLOCAUST CONTEST" (Updated February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC.net.au): "TWO KILLED IN AFGHAN ANTI-CARTOON PROTEST" (February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT, KILLED BY ASSAILANT SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR'" (February 6, 2006)

OnlineJihad.blogspot.com: "ITALIAN PRIEST KILLED IN TURKEY - No Apology from Turkish Prime Minister" (February 5, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Beirut - "SYRIA SEEN AS INSTIGATOR" (February 7, 2006)

GlobalPolitician.com: "BEIRUT MOB TORCHES CONSULATE" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 6, 2006)

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INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN" (February 5, 2006)

IslamOnline.net - Views and Analyses: "CARTOONS OF THE PROPHET: A PITFALL TRAP" by Dal Nun Strong, Freelance Writer - UK (February 5, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MORE LIES FROM DANISH IMAMS" (February 4, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "IT IS NOT A 'ROW'" (February 4, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "ISLAMIC ANGER AGAINST PUBLICATION OF CARTOONS GROWS Dishonor Muhammad and Risk Execution" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 4, 2006)

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JIHAD WATCH.org (BBC): "NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS TORCHED ALSO" (February 4, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "DANISH EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS ABLAZE" (February 4, 2006)

BBC NEWS.co.uk: "TWO JORDAN EDITORS ARE ARRESTED" (February 4, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "E-CFR.ORG: CURRENT SITE OF THE 'EUROPEAN' COUNCIL FOR FATWA AND RESEARCH" (February 4, 2006)

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THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "'We Want Blood on the Streets of England'"(February 3, 2006)

alghurabaa.co.uk: "Kill those who insult the Prophet Muhammad (saw)"

INFOVLAD.net: "BOYCOTTING DANISH PRODUCTS GOES ON" (February 3, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MUSLIMS AGAINST THE CARTOON JIHAD" by Kamal Nawash (February 3, 2006)

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THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "FABRICATED CARTOONS WORSENED DANISH CONTROVERSY" (February 2, 2006)

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THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MUJAHIDEEN ARMY CALLS UPON FIGHTERS TO ATTACK DENMARK AND NORWAY" (January 31, 2006)

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THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "DANISH LEFTIST GROUP OPENLY FUNDING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" -Posted by Olivier Guitta (January 29, 2006)

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"www.internet-haganah.com/hmedia/28jan06-denmark/index.htm" (January 28, 2006

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"www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/"

INFOVLAD.net: "NEXT TARGET - DENMARK?" (October 15, 2005)

[Caipirabob]

Think I'll pick up some Danish Brie with some non-French white wine for my lady tonight.

[backhoe]

Everything I have found about The War of the Twelve 'Toons ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:

[chasio649]

Do the Europeans sense that the more open, free-wheeling and non-judgmental the culture, the more it is hated by the jihadists? If Europe as a whole is more pro-Palestinian than the United States, disapproved of Iraq, and yet is still hated as much, is magnanimity at last exposed as appeasement—earning only contempt from an emboldened enemy?

*Victor Davis Hanson


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Worth repeating.....

[browardchad]

"However, critics said the network did not represent the country's estimated 200 000 Muslims and warned the prime minister could be heightening tensions by not reaching out to radicals."

The "radicals" include Abu Laban, leader of the Islamic Society of Denmark, who started the fracas with a "tour" which included three bogus "cartoons" designed to incite riots. The Danes previously included Laban, who has close ties to the Egyptian terrorist group Gamaa Islamiya, and his group in the "network," but officially refused to talk to him after this fiasco.

A logical move by the Danes -- not that the media will even acknowledge it, or explain that is Laban, the instigator, to whom they refer.

[GermanBusiness]

History shows that every last one of the 1500 Egyptian students needs to be creatively put to death. Zawahiri was one of these kind 20 years ago. I specifically remember him as a young man shouting this kind of nonsense.

Creatively...that means going to the school and trying to recruit all 1500 to get on a plane to go to Denmark for a suicide mission. Those who balk...will then face increased pressure as cowards until they stop balking and agree to go on the suicide mission against Denmark. The mission succeeds in getting them a suicide, but of course fails to hurt anyone here in Denmark.

Where I am right now.

[dasboot]

Egyptian demonstrators called for a boycott on Europe ....

They're LEAVING?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"The way forward is peaceful."

Wish that were true.

It ain't.

[American in Singapore]

Appeasement works every time (/sarcasm)

[Aquinasfan]

the prime minister could be heightening tensions by not reaching out to radicals.

This is a joke, right?

[TalBlack]

"The way forward is peaceful."

If this is true how then does this person explain WWII?

Insisting upon 'peace' gurantees war.

When well meaning tree huggers insist that fire is bad and do all they can to prevent them or put them out quickly they make a DEVASTATING conflagration a CERTAINTY.

Since WWII we have been allowing a massive build up of The Militant--people who a filled with a thirst for power and control who ARE willing to use bombs and bullets to 'persuade'.

Only War drains the world of The Militant. It's what THEY want.

[kokonut]

Worth repeating. People of the world need to be reminded. Here is a cartoon that kind of sums it up that everybody can understand. Well, except maybe for the stuck on stupid types. http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2006/02/cartoon-that-everybody-can-understand.html

[John O]

"Boycott is our duty because they insulted and humiliated our prophet!"

We need to do something that will really upset them. How about a mohammed (piss be upon him) urinal target?

[SES1066]

To expect logic from "the mob" is illogical. Could Antoine Lavoisier have argues with Marat & the French 'Reign of Terror' which convicted and executed him in the space of a day? The 1,500 'students' are there because their leaders needed a good demonstration. These are sheeple of the 'Religion of Peace' that treats cartoons and words as excuses for riot and murder!