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Lebanese demonstrators have set the Danish embassy in Beirut on fire in protest at the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Thousands of people attended a rally and clashes broke out with security forces sent to protect the building.
Lebanese leaders condemned the attack and Interior Minister Hassan Sabeh announced his resignation.
The violence came a day after mobs in neighbouring Syria torched the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus.
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller has called for a calming of tensions.
"It is a critical situation and it is very serious," he told Danish public radio.
Denmark urged its citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.
The cartoons first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September and caused outrage among Muslims, who consider any images of Muhammad offensive.
One of the cartoons shows Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban.
Newspapers across Europe have republished the pictures in recent days, saying they are defending freedom of expression.
'Respect our religion'
Huge crowds attended Sunday's protest in the Christian neighbourhood where the Danish embassy is located.
The protest started out peacefully, but turned violent after Islamic extremists tried to break though security barriers protecting the building.
"We have a right to defend our prophet," one protester told the BBC.
CARTOON ROW
30 Sept: Danish paper publishes cartoons
20 Oct: Muslim ambassadors complain to Danish PM
10 Jan: Norwegian publication reprints cartoons
26 Jan: Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador
30 Jan: Gunmen raid EU's Gaza office demanding apology
31 Jan: Danish paper apologises
1 Feb: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint cartoons
4 Feb: Syrians attack Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus
Residents express shock
In pictures: Protests
Cartoon row: Your views
BBC search for right balance
"They should have respected our religion," said another.
Some 2,000 riot police and army troops fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and fired their weapons into the air.
But smoke was later seen rising from the building, which also houses commercial offices, after demonstrators broke into it.
The building was believed to be unoccupied at the time.
Some protesters threw stones at the security forces and burned Danish flags. A nearby church and other property in the neighbourhood were also attacked.
Security officials said at least 18 people were injured, AP news agency reported.
'Inexcusable' actions
Some Muslim clerics helped to persuade the crowd to disperse as the violence died down, the BBC's Jim Muir reports from the scene.
Lebanon's most prominent Sunni leader, Saad al-Hariri, vowed to track down and prosecute those involved in the attacks.
"We tell our Christian brothers that any stone thrown against a house or a car was an insult to Muslims," he said from Paris
Source: BBC.co.uk
Its absolutely dispicable, who the hell allowed them to be published?
Its absolutely dispicable, who the hell allowed them to be published?
Its not dispicable. It's called satire. It's a joke that these people can't seem to take. Every other race and religion has been mocked in some way or another and no one's bitching. In fact, I have a feeling that 99% of the Muslims in the world were fine with the cartoon, I bet some laughed. Its the 1% that's really pissed, and the people who are really pissed need to grow the fuck up.
Its not dispicable. It's called satire. It's a joke that these people can't seem to take. Every other race and religion has been mocked in some way or another and no one's bitching. In fact, I have a feeling that 99% of the Muslims in the world were fine with the cartoon, I bet some laughed. Its the 1% that's really pissed, and the people who are really pissed need to grow the fuck up.
Valid point however there are riots going on all over Europe because of this...
The fact is that if a country like Iraq or Afgahnistan or Saudi Arabia published a cartoon making a mockery of christianity there would be an equaly big uproar in the western world.
rosanna
02-05-2006, 08:58 PM
The fact is that if a country like Iraq or Afgahnistan or Saudi Arabia published a cartoon making a mockery of christianity there would be an equaly big uproar in the western world.
the leaders of those countries don't make cartoons. they start holy wars. i think that's worse. i would rather have a cartoon making fun of every single person in the united states than have the world trade center blown up.
i have no doubt that people would get angry, but they need to put things in perspective. just because some people made fun of your religion doesn't mean that you need to go riot and try to wreck havoc on everything. (when i say you i mean anyone rioting, not you as in you.)
Valid point however there are riots going on all over Europe because of this...
The fact is that if a country like Iraq or Afgahnistan or Saudi Arabia published a cartoon making a mockery of christianity there would be an equaly big uproar in the western world.
Yeah, there would be, and I would say the same thing to the bitchy christians.
Yeah, there would be, and I would say the same thing to the bitchy christians.
:lol:
To be honest I exagerated when I said I thought it was dispicable, after all fuck loads of people are always taking the piss out of Jesus etc.
Dr. Octogonapus
02-05-2006, 09:07 PM
Non-Muslim people shouldn't have to conform to Muslim principles.
:lol:
To be honest I exagerated when I said I thought it was dispicable, after all fuck loads of people are always taking the piss out of Jesus etc.
Yep :lol:
http://loljesus.com/submissions/jesus_brb.jpg
God will smite you Todd :lol:
Burningsoul
02-05-2006, 09:24 PM
Yes the cartoons were insultin to a minority of muslims (like you said many would jus laugh it off) but is it really a reason to set fire to buildings, brag about terrorism and hold signs such as ''europe your 9/11 is comin''..... didnt think so
Here in england where they havnt published the cartoons muslims are riotin on the street. Hurling abuse, burnin flags, promotin terrorism (a family made their young child wear a hat sayin i love al queda). Whats worse is that one man was wearin a fake suicide bombers jacket and the police ignored him to arrest a citizen with a paper, they feared he would show the cartoon, though he didnt have a paper with the cartoon on it.
Its rediculous, muslims are allowed into the country and are allowed to continue with their religion, and rightfully so, free speech and expression are what makes a country so welcomin and most Muslims who come into the country are law abiding friendly decent people, its just a shame that a few react in such a sickenin way to CARTOONS that this country didnt publish.
IMO that minority have jus been lookin for a reason to start all of this..... and reopen the wounds left by the attrocities of 9/11 and 7/7
Yes the cartoons were insultin to a minority of muslims (like you said many would jus laugh it off) but is it really a reason to set fire to buildings, brag about terrorism and hold signs such as ''europe your 9/11 is comin''..... didnt think so
Here in england where they havnt published the cartoons muslims are riotin on the street. Hurling abuse, burnin flags, promotin terrorism (a family made their young child wear a hat sayin i love al queda). Whats worse is that one man was wearin a fake suicide bombers jacket and the police ignored him to arrest a citizen with a paper, they feared he would show the cartoon, though he didnt have a paper with the cartoon on it.
Its rediculous, muslims are allowed into the country and are allowed to continue with their religion, and rightfully so, free speech and expression are what makes a country so welcomin and most Muslims who come into the country are law abiding friendly decent people, its just a shame that a few react in such a sickenin way to CARTOONS that this country didnt publish.
IMO that minority have jus been lookin for a reason to start all of this..... and reopen the wounds left by the attrocities of 9/11 and 7/7
I can tell you right now there have been no reports of riots in England.
Burningsoul
02-05-2006, 09:35 PM
srry dint mean riots, shoud have said, uproars, people on the streets shoutin abuse, holdin cards, guess demo would be a beter term :P
Chris(tmas)
02-05-2006, 10:08 PM
I think that the picture is really funny :lol: They're allowed to publish the cartoon, because its freedom of speech and writing.
Any image of Mohammed (whether complimentary or satirical) is considered one of the utmost offenses in the Muslim religion. Mohammed is not meant to be idolized, from what I've read, thus why even no positive depictions of him are allowed.
This isn't a matter of freedom of expression, it's a matter of respecting others' religions.
I'm not condoning the violent riots and protests (and don't call it terrorism, because it isn't), but those magazines had no business reprinting the cartoons. Furthermore, the original paper shouldn't have published the cartoons in the first place, but these papers did it for "freedom of expression"?! Give me a fucking break, it was to sell papers, and that's it. Any bloodshed that occurs during this outrage is just as much on the hands of the European companies that reprinted the cartoons as it is for the Danish paper.
Dr. Octogonapus
02-06-2006, 05:09 AM
Any image of Mohammed (whether complimentary or satirical) is considered one of the utmost offenses in the Muslim religion. Mohammed is not meant to be idolized, from what I've read, thus why even no positive depictions of him are allowed.
This isn't a matter of freedom of expression, it's a matter of respecting others' religions.
I'm not condoning the violent riots and protests (and don't call it terrorism, because it isn't), but those magazines had no business reprinting the cartoons. Furthermore, the original paper shouldn't have published the cartoons in the first place, but these papers did it for "freedom of expression"?! Give me a fucking break, it was to sell papers, and that's it. Any bloodshed that occurs during this outrage is just as much on the hands of the European companies that reprinted the cartoons as it is for the Danish paper.
If they can't make a Mohammed cartoon then Kanye shouldn't pose as Jesus and South Park shouldn't be allowed to have a Jesus character in it...etc.
If they can't make a Mohammed cartoon then Kanye shouldn't pose as Jesus and South Park shouldn't be allowed to have a Jesus character in it...etc.
But that's where the two religions are so different. The situations are different. Why are the two alike, in your opinion? Here's how I see it.
Many of us in western civilization have been so desensitized to things like this that it doesn't offend us nearly as much as it would Muslims. This isn't something where you can compare the two religions, both of them have very seperate boundaries as to what is considered sacrelgious and offensive. They don't hold the same boundaries.
In the Muslim religion, any depiction whatsoever of Mohammed is prohibited. It's their belief, and you shouldn't tie it to anything Christian-related because there's nothing like that. I've also found that Muslims have a much stronger connection with their religion and respective God than Christianity, especially spiritually. Completely disreguarding any respect for Muslims by making these cartoons is a travesty. It would be one thing if it was done by another Muslim, but this wasn't done by one (obviously, for the above reasons).
Besides, the way people deal with things in the Middle East is very different from the way we do things in Western civilization. One can say we're more "civilized" in the way we protest things that offend us because we've been desensitized.
Even as an atheist, if I was to take a Christian standpoint on this, I wouldn't see Kanye posing as Jesus as offensive, and probably alot of other Christians wouldn't either. Do you? The fact that Kanye is also Christian supports the "freedom of expression" argument. But these cartoons, made by a non-Muslim in complete contravention to the beliefs and rules of the Muslim religion are completely disrespectful and despicable. It doesn't mean the violence started after these cartoons were republished was justified, but the outrage is.
Christopher
02-06-2006, 05:20 PM
Well that's all true but I still think they're a bit overreacting cause the cartoonist apolagised and there was an interview on the Belgian television with two Muslims.
One of them was in a wheelchair he could walk and he said Muslims can laugh with jokes and cartoons but they just laugh about cartoons where the profet is draw because in their believe the profet is never shown there are no pictures of him.
Then the guy in the wheelchair said as an example they he can laugh about jokes made about him. He said "Someone once said to me Islam ... Is-lam"
(i'll translate cause it isn't a joke in english: Is = Is and Lam = Numb) so actaully the person who said that laughed about the guy being in paralized from the waist down and the guy in the wheelchair thought that was funny :S
i've got nothing against them but that's just crazy
you can't joke about the profeth but you can joke about disabled people ??
Its not dispicable. It's called satire. It's a joke that these people can't seem to take. Every other race and religion has been mocked in some way or another and no one's bitching. In fact, I have a feeling that 99% of the Muslims in the world were fine with the cartoon, I bet some laughed. Its the 1% that's really pissed, and the people who are really pissed need to grow the fuck up.
amen to that
Dr. Octogonapus
02-06-2006, 07:49 PM
But that's where the two religions are so different. The situations are different. Why are the two alike, in your opinion? Here's how I see it.
Many of us in western civilization have been so desensitized to things like this that it doesn't offend us nearly as much as it would Muslims. This isn't something where you can compare the two religions, both of them have very seperate boundaries as to what is considered sacrelgious and offensive. They don't hold the same boundaries.
In the Muslim religion, any depiction whatsoever of Mohammed is prohibited. It's their belief, and you shouldn't tie it to anything Christian-related because there's nothing like that. I've also found that Muslims have a much stronger connection with their religion and respective God than Christianity, especially spiritually. Completely disreguarding any respect for Muslims by making these cartoons is a travesty. It would be one thing if it was done by another Muslim, but this wasn't done by one (obviously, for the above reasons).
Besides, the way people deal with things in the Middle East is very different from the way we do things in Western civilization. One can say we're more "civilized" in the way we protest things that offend us because we've been desensitized.
Even as an atheist, if I was to take a Christian standpoint on this, I wouldn't see Kanye posing as Jesus as offensive, and probably alot of other Christians wouldn't either. Do you? The fact that Kanye is also Christian supports the "freedom of expression" argument. But these cartoons, made by a non-Muslim in complete contravention to the beliefs and rules of the Muslim religion are completely disrespectful and despicable. It doesn't mean the violence started after these cartoons were republished was justified, but the outrage is.
The point to this is, they set an embassy on fire because of a cartoon. Regardless of how religious they are, that is really blowing things out of proportion.
rosanna
02-06-2006, 07:57 PM
people need to stop being so uptight. it's making the world worse. if it was a direct attack toward one person (not a political figure but a normal person) i could see why that would be wrong. but millions of people are islamic and it is ridiculous to be this angry about it. i seriously doubt the entire islamic community is trying to riot, only the people that are closeminded. they need to get over themselves.
(now that i think about it, this post makes no sense. i had like 8 different thoughts and i smushed them all together. sorry. :/ )
The point to this is, they set an embassy on fire because of a cartoon. Regardless of how religious they are, that is really blowing things out of proportion.
No, their actions aren't justified, but their outrage is. That's what I've been saying.
I'm in no way condoning violence, but it's about more than just the cartoon, it's the principle of the disrespect of their beliefs.
The whole Kanye as Jesus liason had nothing to do with this in any way.
No, their actions aren't justified, but their outrage is. That's what I've been saying.
I'm in no way condoning violence, but it's about more than just the cartoon, it's the principle of the disrespect of their beliefs.
The whole Kanye as Jesus liason had nothing to do with this in any way.
There's a difference between disrespect and satire. Unless the cartoonist truly did this because he has something against Islam and it's beliefs, then IMO, this cartoon was just satire and should be viewed as a joke, not a sign of disrespect. It's no different than Kanye as Jesus, or South Park poking fun at Jews, both of which haven't resuled in violence.
There's a difference between disrespect and satire. Unless the cartoonist truly did this because he has something against Islam and it's beliefs, then IMO, this cartoon was just satire and should be viewed as a joke, not a sign of disrespect. It's no different than Kanye as Jesus, or South Park poking fun at Jews, both of which haven't resuled in violence.
Sure it's different. Pictures of Jesus are allowed to be shown. Images of Prophet Mohammed are not. They're completely banned from view because they don't want him to be idolized. That's one of the highest insults one can possibly use in the face of the Islamic religion. Even if it had been a positive image, people would have been angry. I can't even think of anything that could possibly be as offensive to Christians or Jews.
Not to mention it was a picture of their God with a turban shaped like a bomb. What kind of racist crap is that? Suddenly Mohammed is a terrorist? Of course he isn't. It's the fanatics and extremists who become suicide bombers. This is stereotypical garbage that should never have been published in the first place. That's not funny, or satirical at all, it's just downright disrespectful. What kind of response did they think they were going to get with that? It's sickening.
Louis
02-07-2006, 01:57 AM
You know what this reminds me of? Farenheit 451. The minorities found this offensive, and want it removed. Ray Bradbury must be able to predict the future somehow...
Well, I don't know what to say. People make fun of Christianity all of the time, and people make fun of Judiasm all of the time. I haven't seen any major reactions to that. As Todd said, it's satire. And these people are taking it too seriously.
well the cartoons didnt make any comotion where i live and thats coldwater michigan(the second most muslam and arabic city in michigan) my schools bout 60 % of them and they didnt even seem to think about it or mention it so that was good for me at least
You know what this reminds me of? Farenheit 451. The minorities found this offensive, and want it removed. Ray Bradbury must be able to predict the future somehow...
Well, I don't know what to say. People make fun of Christianity all of the time, and people make fun of Judiasm all of the time. I haven't seen any major reactions to that. As Todd said, it's satire. And these people are taking it too seriously.
I think you guys are seeing it from the wrong perspective. You guys are seeing it as "christians wouldn't act out like this over something like that" (and the same goes for jews). But we have to stop drawing the parallels between how people of different religions would react to something similar because we're talking about two entirely different religions. We're talking about incredibly spiritually connected people over in the Middle East (and a few overzealous people in Europe) who have different customs and ways of going about showing protest. They've been incredibly offended because there was no respect for their utmost law that there's to be no depiction of Prophet Mohammed anywhere. This is how they show their anger. Do I agree with it? No. But I understand their anger.
Anthony.
02-08-2006, 01:50 PM
And now it's down to the US and Zionism? (see news today...)
I'm not extremely pro-US but they're not to blame for what's going on, nor is Israel. This just shows again how brainwashed and stubborn these people are.
J-Flex
02-08-2006, 07:18 PM
The main question is :
"Would you think Freedom is more important than Respect to eachother?"
Middeleast people are Plato oriented Believe in god soul.
Western people are Socrates oriented believe in facts.
It's all about communication.. when you see someones ugly dressed up you have to choices:
1) be honest and tell the fact that it's ugly.(hurts the person if it's not your best friend)
2) respect the others taste and say that it's ok.without saying beautifull.
Disrespecting other people in the name of freedom is abusing freedom.
Fighting in the name of god is abusing religion.
Thats my opinion..
And now it's down to the US and Zionism? (see news today...)
I'm not extremely pro-US but they're not to blame for what's going on, nor is Israel. This just shows again how brainwashed and stubborn these people are.
Can't you see that european countries are now just another western "hurting" country beside all what USA and Israel did to them? do you think they will forget their pain and suffer and take this case diffrently?
Looking at this case only from western vieuw wouldn't make you understand the situation.
Anthony.
02-09-2006, 01:01 PM
J-Flex, what I mean is that the protesters are chanting, according to CNN, "Death to America, Death to Israel" while 3 days ago no word was ever said about these 2 countries? That's clearly opportunism, they don't really care about the cartoons, they just wish death upon Western civilization. Even worst, Iran launched a contest for the most... violent, politicaly incorrect Holocaust cartoon. What the fuck! When you start killing some of your countrymen, burning foreign countries' embassies and mocking a mega-mass murder that happened 60 years ago and that is in no way related to the cartoons, there's something wrong!
Maybe they were politically incorrect, yes, but you can't decide what a newspaper in a country that is not yours can or cannot publish. Many Middle Easterners despise the control their gov'ts has on them and their media but look at their reaction over this situation, it's like saying "We want more!".
When you start killing some of your countrymen, burning foreign countries' embassies and mocking a mega-mass murder that happened 60 years ago and that is in no way related to the cartoons, there's something wrong!
It's not necessarily the cartoons themselves, but the principle of respect that the messages behind these cartoons violated. Again, not condoning all the over-reaction and violence, but there's a deeper meaning to this than just "cartoons".
Anthony.
02-11-2006, 10:41 AM
If all the protests were peaceful and would carry a message of peace true to Muslim principles, I wouldn't complain. However, by acting like this, they show they are opportunists because they don't even respect values associated to their religion - everything seems to be an excuse to blame "zionism, Western culture, America, Israel" and to burn stuff...
tremulant
02-11-2006, 12:04 PM
Yep :lol:
http://loljesus.com/submissions/jesus_brb.jpg
oh my god.. i literally had to go throw up i was laughing so much.. and thats only happened a few times in my life
that was so funny
obiwanws2
02-14-2006, 09:23 PM
well....now an iran newspaper is running a contest for holocaust cartoons.....now that is really uncalled for
edit:just noticed someone already mentioned this....didn't read that post....but either way same opinion
Shiraz
02-16-2006, 10:39 PM
OK guys, as a muslim myself, I'm going to give you my two cents on this whole issue.
These cartoons have been extremely disrespectful to our prophet MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him), and that's why there is anger, not because of the anti-islamic message (that happens all the time nowadays, so there wouldn't be riots because of that). Mark, you have understood completely why there is so much negative reaction, and thank you very much for your constant attempt to emphasize on the fact that they were OFFENSIVE and RUDE, but the only thing you've said wrong is that Muhammad is god. He is not. He is in our religion the messenger of God who spread islam. As you all mayknow, any pictures of him are completely forbidden and looked down upon, let alone ones used to poke fun at him. The illustrator of these comments has apologized and should, in a perfect world, be forgiven for his wrong actions.
The thing you people have to realize is that in the middle east, and in asia, there is this thing called MOB PSYCHOLOGY, which causes unnecessary overreaction to the littlest thing. The main rason behind these riots is the fact that the PEOPLE can't use their own judgement, and blindly follow into these riots, and obviously are too fired up to realize their actions. It is a huge problem in islamic society that people do these things and call it "jihad". I assure you, if Muhammad was alive today and saw what was happening, he would be much, much angrier at the muslim people than at the cartoonist.
OK guys, as a muslim myself, I'm going to give you my two cents on this whole issue.
These cartoons have been extremely disrespectful to our prophet MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him), and that's why there is anger, not because of the anti-islamic message (that happens all the time nowadays, so there wouldn't be riots because of that). Mark, you have understood completely why there is so much negative reaction, and thank you very much for your constant attempt to emphasize on the fact that they were OFFENSIVE and RUDE, but the only thing you've said wrong is that Muhammad is god. He is not. He is in our religion the messenger of God who spread islam. As you all mayknow, any pictures of him are completely forbidden and looked down upon, let alone ones used to poke fun at him. The illustrator of these comments has apologized and should, in a perfect world, be forgiven for his wrong actions.
Understood. But what religion hasn't had something offensive and rude published about them? As I said before, its called a joke, and the Muslims seem to be the only ones who don't get it. Even the religious christains are able to take jokes about them.
Shiraz
02-17-2006, 02:14 AM
I don't know, I guess us muslims are overly sensitive to religious mockery. Remember, these cartoons didn't target a terrrorist, like bin Laden, but the Prophet himself. That is a huge insult to us. And of course, because of the extremists (who, by the way, set horrible examples for islam, because they emphasize the punishment over the forgiveness and end up counterring what islam actually teaches), people in the middle east are doing crazy things without thinking. Let me tell you right now, any comics about the holocaust or christianity is extremely unislamic. As I've said before, it's the values of that society and how the people are brought up there that causes such crazy reactions to things like these. But that is not islamically right.
And incidentally, Denmark is the leading contributor in funds and support for Palestine. I wonder how many illiterate Paliestinians knew or thought about that when burning down Danish embassy buildings.
I don't know, I guess us muslims are overly sensitive to religious mockery. Remember, these cartoons didn't target a terrrorist, like bin Laden, but the Prophet himself. That is a huge insult to us.
If I had a dime for everytime Jesus was mocked, I'd be rich. If I had a dime for each time Muhammed was mocked, I'd have 10 cents.
obiwanws2
02-17-2006, 04:58 AM
If I had a dime for everytime Jesus was mocked, I'd be rich. If I had a dime for each time Muhammed was mocked, I'd have 10 cents.
lol....neway....i think i heard today that again in outrage of the cartoons protestors burned an american flag and destroyed a KFC...........that musta really hurt the danish
Shiraz
02-17-2006, 05:11 AM
If I had a dime for everytime Jesus was mocked, I'd be rich. If I had a dime for each time Muhammed was mocked, I'd have 10 cents.
Christianity and Islam are different in that way. We respect him so much, that even as a joke, no muslim thinks to mock him.
I dont think true Christians ever think to mock Jesus, either.
Those people really need to grow the fuck up, many religions are bashed everyday like if someone goes oh, God damnit!, you don't see loads of christians rioting in the streets.
as for Todd and the dime, well u could share it out to all of the people on LPA and each one of use would be richer than bill gates.
obiwanws2
02-21-2006, 11:58 PM
Here is a question tho.....If GOD/Allah is greater then Mohhammed(srry bout the spelling) then how come there r no riots whenever someone represents God?
Nikki
02-22-2006, 12:11 AM
It's because Christians and the others have become accustomed to it. They've been exposed to it so many times that they couldn't really give that much of a toss anymore (read up on the desensitization theory).
Also, it's the fact that Muslims feel like they are being targeted by the Media. Just look at how almost every form of media points right at them and brands them all as raging terrorists. They're probably feeling like everyone is out to get them.
But dont get me wrong, I'm not condoning this at all - I think they all need swift kicks to the faces - but I can ever so slightly understand their reasons. Fire and beheadings aren't quite the recommended actions though.
Here is a question tho.....If GOD/Allah is greater then Mohhammed(srry bout the spelling) then how come there r no riots whenever someone represents God?
Which God, in this instance? You mean Allah?
It's just a rule in their religion. The fact that one rule exists doesn't mean the same rule must exist for other situations. It's like Christians' idea not to eat meat on Good Friday, it's not like there's a rule not to eat mean on Christmas eve as well.
By the way Shiraz, I'm sorry for the inaccuracy in saying Mohammed was God for Muslims. I know I knew that beforehand, I just don't know why it didn't pop into my head when I was discussing this. Crossed wires, heh.
Shiraz
02-22-2006, 03:25 PM
Eh? Don't worry about it....
tyeremap
03-06-2006, 03:56 AM
The fact that someone made a joke like that, and it's seen all over the world now is really horrible. Like there isn't enough bad publicity on muslim at this point. Who the hell takes the time out to do this, seroiusly though. Sure everyday someone gets thier religion bashed, but that doesn't make it okay for them to do it. When things like this happen, the media is bond to get to it and it's going to get out and of course they are going to get mad and theres going to be an outrage. Did they or anyone else expect for them to laugh it off like it was nothing...hell no. When that paper was printed it not only offened the muslims in Iraq, Afanistan (however way you spell it lol) and ect. , but it also offended muslims is worldwide and it shouldn't have happened. It's like they are all portiated as terriost and bombers. However the roits and violence was over reacted, I still understand their actions in a sense.
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