Ed > under no circumstances do I see anything here that justifies violence in the name of religion.
I'm completely irreligious so I'm in no position to give a personal opinion on that. Furthermore, although I argue in their defence, I'm no Muslim-lover. Nevertheless, I do believe the whole show has been orchestrated and I doubt whether 5% of those people rioting have actually seen the "cartoons".
> I've seen some pretty sarcastic and nasty attacks on people and groups, but these toons seem rather tame to me.
I think the depiction with the virgins is a bit rough. But all the same, I don't see the point of them all? There isn't a story and there are no explanations so it's understandable that serious Muslims take them as an insult. In no sense can they be considered as complimentary or respectful.
> I'm certain there are a majority of moderate Muslims that must be appalled by the violence associated with these images, and quite frankly, it says something very negative about those who are engaging in violence and arson; and particularly those who attempt to justify it. They should be ashamed of themselves.
This is where the story gets interesting, especially to a conspiracy-nut like myself.
prisonplanet.com
>>The riots that are currently sweeping across Europe and the Middle East in response to caricatures of Mohammed that were originally printed in Danish newspapers are staged managed and are helping the Neo-Cons advance the "clash of civilizations" that they need to impose world order and imperial hegemony.
Images of Muslims with signs that read "freedom go to hell" and "Europe, take some lessons from from 9/11" are playing right into the hands of the Globalists by enabling them to hold up examples of how the Muslims are dangerous barbarians who wish to take away our liberties and need to be dealt with.
Violent Muslim demonstrators should be aware that they are sowing the seeds of their own destruction by allowing the media to portray them as freedom hating, brutal and out of control. This ensures increased support for future wars that primarily target Muslim and Persian majority countries.
During collection of material that is posted on this website, we regularly scan political cartoon and artwork archives such as Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index. This is an archive for cartoons that appear in US newspapers nationwide on a daily basis. On numerous occasions over the past five years we have seen cartoons and caricatures that depict Mohammed. Why the sudden outrage now?
As Kurt Nimmo points out, the three most offensive cartoons that caused the outrage were not even printed in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper but were added in and handed out by Danish imams who “circulated the images to brethren in Muslim countries,” according to the London Telegraph.
It also appears highly suspicious that Muslims in Gaza City and other places had gained access to a plentiful supply of Danish flags to burn in front of the waiting world media as soon as the controversy broke out.
We have tirelessly documented previous cases where Muslim clerics and leaders were proven to be acting on behalf of Western intelligence agencies. Early indications strongly suggest that the original riots that led to worldwide demonstrations were staged managed.
Last November's French riots were used to advance a similar agenda that we see unraveling today.<<
> I don't recall Jews all over the world burning down British embassies, rioting, or demanding boycotts.
There are different methods of dealing with the issues. Jews resort to the law courts and see to it that allegedly insulting or defamatory material is criminalized.
> There were Jewish people who rightfully believed it was bad taste and said so. They didn't resort to violence.
This isn't a comparison between Islam and other religions. IMO, this is an event which must be seen in its own right and for what it is -- a series of allegedly trivial but nonetheless provocative and insulting cartoons in a "a tiny insignificant and irreverent newspaper in one very small corner of the world" which was followed four months later by the most extreme outburst of anger in many countries, countries which, in fact, were not even involved in the matter. No-one can seriously believe this was a spontaneous display of emotion and therefore the questions which must be asked are who organized it and why?
The opinion of a Muslim:
malakandsky.blogspot.com
>>Was this whole anti-Islamic cartoon exercise actually nothing more than an innocent attempt at promoting the much cherished cause of freedom of expression on sensitive topics---anti-Semitism being disallowed, by word or action, by law in most of the western world?
Or, given the ominous times we are in, the Muslims are deliberately being provoked, exploiting their emotionality, into presenting one seething, throbbing mass of foaming-at-the-mouths herd of rabid cavemen image for their eventual annihilation? No one, after all, cries over the mushroom clouds blotting the horizons over beastlands.<< |
