It´s difficult not to have an opinion on the publishing of these 12 cartoons that have lead to a 
disproportionate outrage to freedom of expression among muslims. In September last year the danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve caricatures of The Prophet Muhammed. But there were no reactions from muslims till January 2006, even though the egyptian newspaper "Al Fager" reprinted the same cartoons on October 17, 2005. Why? In my opinion, the imams Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari did a good job when they organized their plan: "How to upset muslims, profiting from the caricatures?". Apart from the twelve originals, they fabricated three more drawings which were much more offensive. Just to make sure their "sophisticated" plan would work out well. This video explains it quite good.
A couple of days ago I saw an interview with Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan, where she states her opinion in a very confident way. The video can be seen her (#1050) UPDATE: Direct link. In her opinion "it is a clash between a mentality that belongs to the Middle Ages and another mentality that belongs to the 21st century. It is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality. It is a clas
h between freedom and oppression, between democracy and dictatorship. It is a clash between human rights, on the one hand, and the violation of these rights, on other hand. It is a clash between those who treat women like beasts, and those who treat them like human beings. What we see today is not a clash of civilizations. Civilizations do not clash, but compete." And she continues: "Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me. You are free to worship whoever you want, but other people's beliefs are not your concern, whether they believe that the Messiah is God, son of Mary, or that Satan is God, son of Mary. Let people have their beliefs." During the interview she also refers to the Jews and Buddhists: "The Jews have come from the tragedy (of the Holocaust), and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror, with their work, not their crying and yelling. Humanity owes most of the discoveries and science of the 19th and 20th centuries to Jewish scientists. 15 million people, scattered throughout the world, united and won their rights through work and knowledge. We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people. The Muslims have turned three Buddha statues into rubble. We have not seen a single Buddhist burn down a Mosque, kill a Muslim, or burn down an embassy. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people, and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."
I couldn´t agree more, and I admire her guts:
(Furthermore, Jens Rohde, the political spokesman for the ruling Liberal Party in Denmark, says a group of 12 muslim males tried to get hold of the daughter of one of the caricaturist. Fortunately, she wasn´t at school that day. Agora has more.) This story has been updated: "Four weeks ago, 6-8 Moslem girls showed up at the school of the daughter of one of the cartoonists, asking for "the daughter of the cartoonist who had insulted their prophet". They were turned away at the door." From Agora.
disproportionate outrage to freedom of expression among muslims. In September last year the danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve caricatures of The Prophet Muhammed. But there were no reactions from muslims till January 2006, even though the egyptian newspaper "Al Fager" reprinted the same cartoons on October 17, 2005. Why? In my opinion, the imams Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari did a good job when they organized their plan: "How to upset muslims, profiting from the caricatures?". Apart from the twelve originals, they fabricated three more drawings which were much more offensive. Just to make sure their "sophisticated" plan would work out well. This video explains it quite good.A couple of days ago I saw an interview with Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan, where she states her opinion in a very confident way. The video can be seen her (#1050) UPDATE: Direct link. In her opinion "it is a clash between a mentality that belongs to the Middle Ages and another mentality that belongs to the 21st century. It is a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality. It is a clas
h between freedom and oppression, between democracy and dictatorship. It is a clash between human rights, on the one hand, and the violation of these rights, on other hand. It is a clash between those who treat women like beasts, and those who treat them like human beings. What we see today is not a clash of civilizations. Civilizations do not clash, but compete." And she continues: "Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me. You are free to worship whoever you want, but other people's beliefs are not your concern, whether they believe that the Messiah is God, son of Mary, or that Satan is God, son of Mary. Let people have their beliefs." During the interview she also refers to the Jews and Buddhists: "The Jews have come from the tragedy (of the Holocaust), and forced the world to respect them, with their knowledge, not with their terror, with their work, not their crying and yelling. Humanity owes most of the discoveries and science of the 19th and 20th centuries to Jewish scientists. 15 million people, scattered throughout the world, united and won their rights through work and knowledge. We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people. The Muslims have turned three Buddha statues into rubble. We have not seen a single Buddhist burn down a Mosque, kill a Muslim, or burn down an embassy. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people, and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them."I couldn´t agree more, and I admire her guts:
(Furthermore, Jens Rohde, the political spokesman for the ruling Liberal Party in Denmark, says a group of 12 muslim males tried to get hold of the daughter of one of the caricaturist. Fortunately, she wasn´t at school that day. Agora has more.) This story has been updated: "Four weeks ago, 6-8 Moslem girls showed up at the school of the daughter of one of the cartoonists, asking for "the daughter of the cartoonist who had insulted their prophet". They were turned away at the door." From Agora.
Update: Found on PIA CAUSA: Vatican Magazine Urges West to Defend Its Principles
- "It is not acceptable to take a few cartoons as a pretext for triggering a violent dispute against the West," said the magazine, which is under the control of the Vatican Secretariat of State. It added that "the West must also have greater confidence in the well-founded nature of its own principles and show more firmness against all attacks on its principles."It certainly wasn't expected that the West defend Christians as such, but it was its duty to defend the principle of freedom of conscience and of religion." The magazine claimed that a lack of firmness by Europe in the cartoon dispute benefits what it said "radical Islamic extremists" and European anti-Muslims who feel encouraged in opposing the Islamic world."
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