C L O S E R

C L O S E R – Cartoonesque Part 1001

Posted on February 2nd, 2006 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News, Public Islam.

Muhammad and Abu Bakr visit poor Bedouins who have no sustenance to share until the Prophet makes their ewe give milk

The row is spreading. On the one hand European media is more and more inclined to show the Danish cartoons. Such as the French newspaper France le Soir.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | France enters Muslim cartoon row

France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that “religious dogma” had no place in a secular society.

Their publication in Denmark has led to protests in several Arab nations.

And also the BBC wants to broadcast the cartoons, following other media: Cartoon Controversy: Bomb Shaped Turban Upsets Muslims

The role of the media here, gets more interesting by the day. See for example also the website of Almedina.com where you can send a protestemail:

Dear Minster of Cultural affairs (Norway) Dear Minster of Cultural affairs (Denmark) (Norway) and Magazinet newspaper (Denmark) in Jyllands Posten newspaper (PBUH) The Muslim world has been following with anger and sorrow the humiliating cartoons. That were published for the Nobel Prophet Muhammad harassment!thin a negative attitude and picturing him as a person representing evil force does firmly form a sever compound and complicated act of aggression conducted against our believes, hearts, minds and souls.

Muslims can hardly think of any worse cultural In Islam, embodying Prophet Mohammad PBUH in a picture, drawing or a statue is completely prohibited; even within a context of showing respect, admiration or recognition. As a result, and as you may have found out already, drawing Prophet Mohammed wi slims who consider Prophet Muhammad as the messenger of mercy. We strongly believe in freedom of expression and freedom of press. However, what was published in those two newspapers is inappropriate and goes beyond freedom of expression. It humiliates, without any reason or purpose, approximately one billion Muslims in because publishing them again will cause more tensions between nations, will harm Muslims’ feelings and their beliefs.We forward you this letter to express our strong condemnation for what was published and we hope your respect to others’ beliefs and religious symbols will motivate you to condemn these drawings and make sure that they will not be published once again.

www.almadinapress.com
reporters@al-madina.com

At the same pace the outrage among Muslims seems to spread: Cartoon Controversy: Bomb Shaped Turban Upsets Muslims

And at the same pace call for solidarity with the Danes among non-Muslims spread (France Soir is an example already mentioned) on e.g. Brusselsjournal.com (We are all Danes now!) and Dutch newspapers such as Trouw by Ephimenco It looks like one monolithic bloc against the other. No wonder Ephimenco concludes this time that the Islam does exist: this row is the ultimate proof. Sadly he is wrong and he is wrong because he neglects the voices among Muslims who condemn the actions of for example Saudi Arabia. Among them Radikale Venstre member Naser Khader who wrote an open letter in which he states that it is Saudi Arabia who should apologize for their open contempt for human rights. Also the one of the islamic organizations seems to be out for peace and quiet now.

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