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French Muslims sue magazine over cartoons (Here we go again!!!)
Herald Sun ^ | 7 February 2007 | Tom Heneghan

Posted on 02/07/2007 12:20:36 AM PST by Aussie Dasher

A FRENCH court will debate the extent of free speech versus religious sensitivities today as Muslim groups sue a satirical magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.

The Grand Mosque and the Union of French Islamic Organisations accuse Charlie Hebdo of inciting racial hatred by reprinting the Danish caricatures that sparked violence in the Muslim world last year.

Politicians, intellectuals, secular Muslims and left-wing pressure groups have lined up behind Charlie Hebdo, arguing that Muslim groups have no right to call for limits on free speech.

"I just cannot imagine the consequences not only for France but for Denmark and Europe if they lose the case," Fleming Rose, the Danish editor who first published the cartoons said.

"It would turn back the clock decades, ages."

However, an opinion poll on Tuesday showed 79 per cent thought it unacceptable to ridicule a religion publicly and 78 per cent ruled out parodies of Jesus Christ, Mohammad or Buddha.

"Are the French rediscovering the sacred?" asked the Catholic weekly Pelerin which published the poll. "Are they renouncing the critical spirit that has inspired a French tradition since Voltaire and the Enlightenment?"

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: cartoons; france; madmoozies; moohomad
NOOOO, not this shiite again!!!!!!!!
1 posted on 02/07/2007 12:20:40 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher
Of course this was bound to happen, especially after the Muslumps raised such stink over this season's "bad guys" on "24" were portrayed as Muslims. One fella on O'Reilly made all kinds of mealy mouth statements. Never once did he admit that other religions have had their "day in the barrel".

These folks just have no concept of religious freedom--comming or going!
2 posted on 02/07/2007 12:35:54 AM PST by singfreedom ("Victory at all costs,.......for without victory there is no survival."--Churchill--that's "Winston")
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To: Aussie Dasher

Islam is a religion of hate, racism, bigotry and death...
3 posted on 02/07/2007 12:47:29 AM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
We could solve the world's energy requirements overnight if we could learn to harness 'muslim rage'.
4 posted on 02/07/2007 1:28:56 AM PST by kinoxi
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To: Dallas59

No wonder the 9/11 hijackers never even thought about taking out the New York Times building, why would they want to harm their ALLIES?!?


5 posted on 02/07/2007 1:28:58 AM PST by mkjessup
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To: Aussie Dasher

When there's nothing to seethe and fume about at the moment, when the racist infidel sons of pigs and monkeys forget who the real victims are, there's always the Danish cartoon atrocity to remind everyone who the real barbarians are.


6 posted on 02/07/2007 1:45:17 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Aussie Dasher

Dammit, I can't find my Mooooooohaamed bobble head either. But got my spitcan, ball cap, rolled up tee shirt, beat up pickup truck and 12 ga in rear winder though. Just a waitin so i can giterdone with these ragheads.


7 posted on 02/07/2007 2:53:58 AM PST by biff
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To: Aussie Dasher

Fox showed the mo cartoons on it's special "in their own words", I thought it was very courageous. Why aren't the crybaby CAIRs whining over this?


8 posted on 02/07/2007 3:05:20 AM PST by tkathy (Sectarian violence? Or genocidal racists? Which is a better description of islamists?)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Why do Muslim terrorists commit suicide

Let's see now. . . .

No Jesus
No Christmas
No baseball
No football
No hockey
No golf
No Wal-Mart
No Home Depot
No pork BBQ
No hot dogs
No burgers
No chocolate chip cookies!
No lobster
No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks
No gumbo
No jambalaya
Rags for clothes and towels for hats.
Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he's sick and there are no doctors.
Constant wailing from the guy in the tower.
More than one wife.
You can't shave.
Your wives can't shave.
You can't shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung.
Your bride is picked by someone else.
She smells just like your donkey.
But your donkey has a better disposition.
Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better!
I mean, really, is there a mystery here?

9 posted on 02/07/2007 3:10:03 AM PST by Gone_Postal (There's plenty of room for all God's creatures..right next to the mashed potatoes)
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To: Gone_Postal

One thing's for sure, it couldn't get any bloody worse!


10 posted on 02/07/2007 3:13:43 AM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Gone_Postal

Gone, you left out BEER!


11 posted on 02/07/2007 3:22:40 AM PST by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: Beckwith
Gone, you left out BEER!

Damn and I had one in my hand when I typed this....yea I know it's early for some but it's late for me

12 posted on 02/07/2007 3:33:34 AM PST by Gone_Postal (There's plenty of room for all God's creatures..right next to the mashed potatoes)
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To: Aussie Dasher
""Are the French rediscovering the sacred?" asked the Catholic weekly Pelerin which published the poll. "Are they renouncing the critical spirit that has inspired a French tradition since Voltaire and the Enlightenment?""

Bahahahahaha!!

13 posted on 02/07/2007 4:35:00 AM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Dallas59

"Islam is a religion of hate, racism, bigotry and death..."
You forgot intolerance, ignorance and degenerates.


14 posted on 02/07/2007 4:40:21 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Gone_Postal

Nothing wrong with the Breakfast of Champions -- BEER!


15 posted on 02/07/2007 4:57:36 AM PST by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: tkathy
I saw that and agree. What's even better is E.D. did a great subtle job of making a joke out of the show's original disclaimer that it only depicted the activities of a few radicals who don't represent "the large majority of hardworking, law-abiding Muslims" when she interviewed a "moderate" imam who would never denounce the Islamofascists and was generally as slippery as an electric eel. It looked to me like E.D. was told she had to mouth the disclaimer, did it, and then did that interview to show what a pure pantload the disclaimer is. Three cheers and two thumbs up for E.D.
16 posted on 02/07/2007 5:53:48 AM PST by libstripper
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To: Aussie Dasher
Sue me! (Sooie?)


17 posted on 02/07/2007 6:29:56 AM PST by Niteranger68 (Point your toilets towards Mecca!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
"Are the French rediscovering the sacred?"

I can see the headline now:
MUSLIMS RAISE HELL - FRENCH REACH FOR SACRAMENTAL WINE

18 posted on 02/07/2007 7:15:58 AM PST by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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To: Aussie Dasher

It's difficult to understand how one can be a 'french muslim' - you would think it would be impossible, what with one half of you wanting to cower in a corner waving a white flag while the other half wants to declare world jihad while lopping off your head.


19 posted on 02/07/2007 7:23:21 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Thank you.


20 posted on 02/07/2007 7:37:32 AM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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