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To: FJB who wrote (8836)	7/11/2007 5:32:38 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

'Mohammad cartoon' publisher appalled at reaction to Rushdie's knighting Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com July 9, 2007 onenewsnow.com The man responsible for publishing the controversial cartoons that angered the Islamic world almost two years ago says he's seeing similar reaction to the decision by Queen Elizabeth to knight author Salman Rushdie, who received death threats for writing The Satanic Verses. Hear this Report Flemming Rose is the cultural editor for Jyllands Posten, the Danish newspaper that published the "Mohammad cartoons" that sparked one of the most significant discussions of free speech of this generation. He sees similarities between Muslim reaction to that and reaction to Rushdie's knighthood in mid-June for his 1988 depiction of the Islamic prophet in The Satanic Verses. "I think the reactions in Pakistan, Iran, and among some Muslims in the U.K. to the knighting of Salman Rushdie was very similar to the reactions received when, back in September of 2005, [we] published the so called Danish Mohammad cartoons," observes Rose. The Satanic Verses offended Muslims worldwide and a bounty was placed on his head in 1989. According the Rose, there are many instances where enraged Muslims -- "instead of looking at themselves and being critical of the kind of violence that is being committed in the name of Islam" -- have turned things around and criticized others. He argues they are targeting the wrong people. "Instead of pointing the finger at totalitarian fascist ideology, they point the finger at the queen or the British government honoring a respected writer for his merit to literature throughout the years," says the Danish journalist. It is unfortunate, says Rose, that the United Nations passed a resolution against "defamation of religion" that has tacitly endorsed the killing of Rushdie's colleagues in parts of the world where no one can protect them.

To: FJB who wrote (8836)	7/11/2007 5:42:54 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Islamic Militants In Pakistan Set Afire Offices Of (Earthquake) Aid Agencies The Hindu News ^ \| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 hindu.com Islamic militants in Pak. set afire offices of aid agencies Karachi, July 10 (PTI): Enraged Islamic militants set on fire offices of two international aid agencies working in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province today in retaliation to the military action against militants in the Lal Masjid. Local residents said that around 100 people, some of them armed, had come down from villages in the mountains surrounding Batgram town near Mansehra and attacked the offices of 'Care International' and the 'French Red Cross' and set the big tents on fire. The aid agencies were working in the area for the survivors of the October 2005 earthquake that killed some 75,000 people in the NWFP and Northern areas. "They were some 100 men who first attacked the offices, and chased the people including some foreigners there. They then resorted to large-scale looting there, taking everything from eatables to electronic items. They went back to the mountains without any resistance from a couple of policemen who were standing close by," a local journalist said. He said the militants had come down in the afternoon backed by their supporters high up in the mountains who kept the law enforcement agencies at bay with sniper shooting. "They were chanting slogans against President Musharraf and in favour of Lal Masjid and its occupants including brothers Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Rasheed Ghazi," the journalist said. He said some of the fleeing aid workers were also injured. The government has evoked a high security red alert in the country, particularly, in the NWFP and northern areas where foreign aid and relief agencies are still working to rehabilitate earthquake victims.