Posted on 12/26/2002 7:31:21 AM PST by 1bigdictator
MWL seeks apology By a Staff Writer
MAKKAH, 26 December 2002 The Muslim World League yesterday condemned a media campaign in the United States against Islam, particularly against the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and expressed the strong displeasure of the entire Muslim community at such vilification and insinuations.
League Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Turki was reacting to the publication of a caricature by Doug Marlette in the Tallahassee Democrat, showing an Arab driving a lorry resembling the truck used by the Oklahoma bomber Thomas McVeigh in his attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Building. The cartoon showed the truck carrying a nuclear warhead under the title: "What would Mohammed drive?"
Commenting on the extremely objectionable cartoon, Turki said: "Some enemies of Islam have been trying to tarnish the image of Muhammad (pbuh) just as they publish misleading information about and wrong interpretation of the Holy Quran."
Turki demanded that the Tallahassee Democrat apologize to the 1.5 billion Muslims and give an undertaking that it will not publish such disparaging material again.
If they hadn't started what would jesus drive debate, wouldn't have to put up with this disrepectful cartoon for the religion of peace.
Those evil and insenstive greenies, maybe they should apologize to the feligion of peace for starting this whole mess.
Other than that it is a great cartoon.
But where is Clyde?
I don't see it that way at all. I see it as a compliment to Mohammed. The driver of the Ryder truck is clearly not Mohammed himself. I see the cartoon as suggesting that Mohammed would probably make a different choice of method for spreading the word of Islam.
Just as the "What would Jesus drive?" issue was implying that Jesus wouldn't drive an SUV.
But it seems that any mention of the prophet (small '"p") Mohammed by any non-Muslim is offensive and gets their dander up.
Well, tough t!tt!e$.
Any Muslim who is offended by this cartoon is tacitly implying that they believe that dealing with 'the infidels' by use of nuclear weapons is ok.
The followers of the Religion of Peace will prove how peaceful they are by killing you.
You know, the things we post on FR about Islam would have us killed in any Islamic country. Zero dissent, it seems to shake them up. We Christians and Jews can handle questions and dissent, in fact, we get it all the time. But we are strong in our faiths and that's the difference.
If they hadn't started what would jesus drive debate, wouldn't have to put up with this disrepectful cartoon for the religion of peace.
Those evil and insenstive greenies, maybe they should apologize to the feligion of peace for starting this whole mess
Maybe a Fatwa against the Green Party?
We can dream can't we?
So9
But apparently, peace shall not be upon us, as murder is committed in his name by his followers daily. If Muhammad really wants peace, he should have a frank discussion with his followers.
Ok, I agree 100%
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