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"Just because the Koran bans images of Mohammed doesn't mean non-Muslims have to submit to this."
"There is no right to be shielded from satire in the West," it said. "Christianity has been the object of ruthless criticism ... being able to make fun of the holiest things is a non-negotiable core tradition in our culture."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060201/ts_
Apparently all the commotion is about "Newspapers in France and Germany reprinted Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed....one of which shows the Prophet Mohammed wearing a turban shaped like a bomb."
Ambassadors have been withdrawn, nations/companies products boycotted, bomb threats... As mentioned, I guess western christianity has gotten used to this sort of abuse and will tolerate it even though not liking it. The South Park episode of the bleeding Madonna comes to mind, which was of course verbally denounced, but nothing beyond that I'm aware of. Maybe the show will grab ahold of this incident too, and spark world war three ;-)
February 2 2006, 12:48:49 UTC 6 years ago
Lakah said in a statement Lefranc was sacked "in a strong sign of respect for the beliefs and intimate convictions of every individual."
But Thursday's edition of the tabloid, which is in financial difficulty, defended its decision to print the cartoons first published in September by the Danish daily.
"Imagine a society that added up all the prohibitions of different religions. What would remain of the freedom to think, to speak and even to come and go?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060202/ts_
February 2 2006, 21:14:16 UTC 6 years ago
"Any insult to the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is an insult to more than 1 billion Muslims and an act like this must never be allowed to be repeated," Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement. - emphasis mine
From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060202/ts_
So what exactly DOES that mean, must never be allowed to be repeated ? Sounds like a thinly veiled threat to me. Hmm, speaking of veils...