- 15 Feb 2010 19:54
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As for the other things not being relative, they most certainly are. They have been the previous 'protests' against things that the Muslim world doesn't like. They've resulted in riots, deaths, death threats, etc. all because Muslims didn't like something written or a cartoon. The protest itself might have been peaceful, but it's the spark for Muslim violence.
It was Aamir Sheikh who took the initiative to arrange the meeting. The goal was to find solution to the Muslim problem that arouse after the newspaper printed the Muhammed as a pig cartoon as an illustration for a story. On Friday, 1000 Muslim taxi drivers parked their cars and blocked the traffic in Oslo protesting the printing of the cartoons. They continued their strike on Monday.
Now the imam suggest that he fears the Muslim reaction could, be stronger than when the Muhammed cartoon were printed the first time in 2006 and hundreds of building, embassies and people, were burned and killed over a freeking cartoon.
Yes, this time the might be bigger problems with rioting Muslims. Last time there were organizations and mosques inciting to riots, now there are individual Muslim ready to kill for Allah.
"The situation could get out of Allah's hands, hints the imam.
Sheik said, "anything can happen." Seems like the worst is to come.
GandalfTheGrey wrote:Funny how an article about a peaceful protest that should be a celebration of democracy in action, turns into a anti-muslim bash fest.A peaceful protest that sparked crimes as far away as Turkey, against a newspaper? How is that peaceful? Like Cartertonian said, "Someone blashpemes Mohammed - and the majority of the Muslim world takes offence.". This is true and the reason why violence, etc. gets sparked from a 'peaceful protest'. You now just need the Ayatollah to issue a fatwa against the artist, to make the protest complete.
As for the other things not being relative, they most certainly are. They have been the previous 'protests' against things that the Muslim world doesn't like. They've resulted in riots, deaths, death threats, etc. all because Muslims didn't like something written or a cartoon. The protest itself might have been peaceful, but it's the spark for Muslim violence.
Aftenposten first published copies of the cartoons in 2005 but did not join newspapers in many other countries when they reprinted in 2006 some or all of them, citing freedom of expression.That's from the previous cartoon that offended Muslims. It's very relevant.
Angry crowds demonstrated across the Muslim world, leaving dozens of people dead in riots and causing damage to Danish embassies and the country's export trade due to boycotts.
It was Aamir Sheikh who took the initiative to arrange the meeting. The goal was to find solution to the Muslim problem that arouse after the newspaper printed the Muhammed as a pig cartoon as an illustration for a story. On Friday, 1000 Muslim taxi drivers parked their cars and blocked the traffic in Oslo protesting the printing of the cartoons. They continued their strike on Monday.
Now the imam suggest that he fears the Muslim reaction could, be stronger than when the Muhammed cartoon were printed the first time in 2006 and hundreds of building, embassies and people, were burned and killed over a freeking cartoon.
Yes, this time the might be bigger problems with rioting Muslims. Last time there were organizations and mosques inciting to riots, now there are individual Muslim ready to kill for Allah.
"The situation could get out of Allah's hands, hints the imam.
Sheik said, "anything can happen." Seems like the worst is to come.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson