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Clinton urges EU to convict publishers of caricatures
Daily Times Pakistan ^ | 2/17/06 | Daily Times

Posted on 02/17/2006 3:18:19 PM PST by voletti

ISLAMABAD: Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday condemned the publication of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) caricatures by European newspapers and urged countries concerned to convict the publishers.

Talking to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in Islamabad, Clinton said he disagreed with the caricatures and that the publication was against religious and ethical norms. Clinton said he had no objection to peaceful demonstrations being held worldwide, but this was not the time for violence. He said it was the time to promote inter-faith harmony and stand together on the issue.

He said the people’s religious convictions should be respected at all costs and the media should be disallowed to play with the religious sentiments of other faiths. He said the media could criticise any issue including governments and people, but nobody had the right to play with the sentiments of other faiths.

Clinton said people in the US had also condemned the publication and were deeply concerned over it. He said they respected Islam, as it was the fastest growing religion in the US. Clinton also called on President Pervez Musharraf and both men discussed the India-Pakistan peace process and Afghanistan’s peace and stabilisation process.

Musharraf underlined the centrality of the Kashmir issue in the Indo-Pak peace process and the importance of moving towards the conflict resolution stage. Clinton praised Musharraf’s efforts to promote peace and stability in the region. Musharraf thanked Clinton for the support extended to the Pakistani government by the Clinton Foundation for the HIV/AIDS programme. He also expressed the gratitude of Pakistanis to the relief and reconstruction assistance provided for the earthquake victims by the US.

Earlier, Aziz told Clinton that Pakistan was working towards peace and stability in the region through a strong economy, effective diplomacy, credible defence and promotion of inter-faith harmony. He said Pakistan was also making efforts to ensure peace in the region by settling disputes in an amicable way. He said Islam was a religion of peace and Muslims had been hurt by the publication of the caricatures, which reflected the ignorance and insensitivity of the western media. Clinton praised the role played by Musharraf and Aziz in achieving a high degree economic growth and wide-ranging structural reforms besides pursuing peace in the region and across the globe.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: billclinton; cartoonjihad; clinton; convictclinton; freedomofspeech; fudgepakistan; jihad; pigsblooduponhim; unholyalliance
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To: voletti

Caricatures are their livelyhood, Bill, you sh*t for brains yahoo. That would be like convicting you for making asinine coments.


21 posted on 02/17/2006 3:32:07 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Let's make government a liberal free zone.)
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To: Jeremiah2911

Right. Our punk anti Christ isn't happy with the work he did to proliferate nuclear weapons. He has his eye on Kofi's job, wants to make the UN more of a menace. Anything can happen. Kofi Annan could keel over next week from a heart attack or get hit by a subway train


22 posted on 02/17/2006 3:37:01 PM PST by dennisw ("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
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To: voletti

I've read it 4 times, but I still don't see where the pandering POS called for anyone to be convicted.


23 posted on 02/17/2006 3:37:06 PM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: voletti

Good old Bill. Still saying whatever his audience wants to hear. And not an honest bone in his body.


24 posted on 02/17/2006 3:37:44 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: voletti

There have been fascists running this country for almost 40 years, both Republican and Democrat. I pray the American people will have their eyes opened and fight to regain their freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution.


25 posted on 02/17/2006 3:38:22 PM PST by Mark Felton ("Your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.")
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To: voletti

>>urged countries concerned to convict the publishers.

Is that for real?!??!!! Astounding if it is!


26 posted on 02/17/2006 3:39:35 PM PST by MarineBrat (Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.)
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To: voletti

Clinton said people in the US had condemned the publication of the cartoons and were deeply concerned over it. He's still peddling bullshit, I see......


27 posted on 02/17/2006 3:39:51 PM PST by clintonh8r (If you don't support the mission you don't support the troops. Period.)
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To: MarineBrat

I actually doubt he said that. I think this is Islamic spin.


28 posted on 02/17/2006 3:42:19 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: raybbr; DTogo; AZ_Cowboy; Itzlzha; Stellar Dendrite; NRA2BFree; Happy2BMe; Spiff; Pelham; ...

ping


29 posted on 02/17/2006 3:42:44 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: voletti

took him awhile to jump on the bandwagon, didn't it?


30 posted on 02/17/2006 3:43:54 PM PST by SAMS (Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
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To: voletti

Off With Their Heads...Off With Their Heads

31 posted on 02/17/2006 3:44:59 PM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
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To: muawiyah
Not to be believed.

The fact that they don't quote Clinton is a dead giveaway. Oh, and also that it's Pakistan.
32 posted on 02/17/2006 3:45:56 PM PST by Das Outsider (The chief end of man is not civil freedom.)
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To: voletti
Muhammad (((:~{>

Muhammad playing Little Orphan Annie
(((8~{>

Muhammad as a pirate
(((P~{>

Muhammad on a bad turban day
))):~{>

Muhammad with sand in his eye
(((;~{>

Muhammad wearing sunglasses
(((B~{>

Muhammad giving the raspberry.
(((:~{P>

Giving Muhammad the raspberry.
;-P


Muhammad with a bomb in his turban
*-O(:~{>

33 posted on 02/17/2006 3:46:17 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: voletti

What a da*ned liar he is!


34 posted on 02/17/2006 3:46:18 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: B Knotts
I agree. I am no fan of Clinton but would be shocked if he urged the EU to convict publishers. That is un American and unconstitutional. Maybe that's why he's not pushing for conviction of the few who published them in the US>
35 posted on 02/17/2006 3:46:43 PM PST by Patriot from Philly
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To: voletti

>He (Clinton) said the people's religious connecctions should be respected at all times<

AS LONG AS THE RELIGION IS NOT CHRISTIAN.

Maybe it's time Christians begin to react to their grandual extermination by the press and the jurists. But no, Christians do not riot, and so the ... beat ... goes ... on.


36 posted on 02/17/2006 3:46:46 PM PST by Paperdoll (On the cutting edge)
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To: dennisw

Kofi's term ends this years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_re_us/un_next_secretary_general_1


37 posted on 02/17/2006 3:48:10 PM PST by Jeremiah2911
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To: MarineBrat; All
... urged countries concerned to convict the publishers. Is that for real?!??!!! Astounding if it is!

You have uttered the magic word, IF.

Scoundrel though Slick Willie is, I’ll bet he didn’t day that.

38 posted on 02/17/2006 3:48:47 PM PST by dighton
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To: voletti
"He said the media could criticise any issue including governments and people, but nobody had the right to play with the sentiments of other faiths."

But, Oh Bent One, the muzzies don't play. The just murder those of other faiths outright.

"Clinton said people in the US had also condemned the publication and were deeply concerned over it. He said they respected Islam, as it was the fastest growing religion in the US.

Speaking for himself, I'm sure. Whoever 'they' are, I don't think a handful of fearful and appeasing liberal/socialists democrats are representative of the opinion of millions of Americans who are in a state of controlled rage against the murderous cult masquerading as a 'religion' and invading our country.

tick....tick....tick

39 posted on 02/17/2006 3:49:20 PM PST by Eastbound
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To: MurryMom

Separation of Bubba and reality...


40 posted on 02/17/2006 3:49:54 PM PST by Libloather (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes...)
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