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Online Magazine Hints at Attacks on Papers that Ran Muhammad Caricatures
Spiegel Online ^ | 5/5/06 | Yassin Musharbash

Posted on 05/05/2006 9:46:06 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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The publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper in September eventually sparked violent demonstration in the Islamic world, where millions were offended by the caricatures. . . Then things quieted down again and the crisis seemed to have passed. But has it?

A special issue of the online journal of Ansar al-Sunna, which means "Supporters of Sunni Islam," could respark the flames. The online journal has taken the unprecedented step of listing dozens of European newspapers that reprinted the Muhammad cartoons. . .

Terrorism experts who follow the site believe the journal's authors are trying to motivate potential assasins to engage in acts of retaliation.

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(Excerpt) Read more at service.spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ansaralsunna; attacks; caricatures; cartoons; hints; islam; magazine; mohammedanism; muhammad; muslims; online; papers; trop

1 posted on 05/05/2006 9:46:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Wikipedia has a page of all the newspapers that printed the cartoons, so it's not exactly a secret...


2 posted on 05/05/2006 10:44:08 AM PDT by Koblenz (Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
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