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South African cartoonist gets death threats for drawing in which Muhammad tells shrink, "Other prophets have followers with a sense of humor!"
Another worthy item for our Thank You For Proving Our Point Department. "Cartoon gets Zapiro death threats," by Bianca Capazorio for the South African Press Agency and Reuters, May 22 (thanks to Rick):
Days after an alleged al-Qaeda operative detailed sketchy plans to attack World Cup teams over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, the Mail & Guardian newspaper has made waves locally and internationally by also publishing a cartoon of the Prophet.
A cartoon by award-winning satirist Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, in the M&G yesterday depicts the Prophet grumbling to a psychiatrist about the furore in the Muslim world created by a Facebook page called Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.
"Other prophets have followers with a sense of humour!" complains the turbanned, bearded figure, stretched out on the psychiatrist's couch. [...]
Yesterday, the paper reported it was receiving a flood of calls about the cartoon, and had even received death threats against the cartoonist.
"Phone ringing off the hook. Making the point that I have faith in Muslim South Africans' tolerance and openness to debate," [Mail & Guardian editor] Dawes tweeted yesterday.
The debate raged online too, with hundreds of comments appearing on stories about the cartoon, either defending freedom of speech or expressing disgust.
Several blogs also had the cartoon as a topic. International news media such as Reuters, the BBC and the Guardian were also reporting the story widely yesterday.
Blogger Khadija Pattel wrote: "Waking up to news that an interdict against the Mail & Guardian publishing a Zapiro cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had failed left me a little unsettled.
"I only believed it once I saw it. And when I did see it, it was disappointment I felt most acutely."
City Press editor and former Mail & Guardian editor Ferial Haffajee tweeted: "Draw Muhammad Day is as much about free expression as the Youth League is about advancing young people."
She however defended Zapiro's right to freedom of expression and was quoted: "His right to draw must be supported unequivocally."...
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Anyway here is more from this despicable jewish, jew hating cartoonist Zapiro
- La Times: Where's Muhammad? Not On Many Comics Pages
The LA Times notices the threat to Freedom of Speech, and the fact that Molly Norris has been forced into hiding, though it seems the writer might need a couple hits of male hormone. From the LA Times: Cartoonist Wiley Miller gets credit for offering...
- Spencer On Molly Norris: A Fugitive From Jihad
In Front Page this morning Robert Spencer discusses the sad case of Molly Norris, the "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" cartoonist, who has gone into hiding: [...] This is the sort of case that the President of the United States should be talking...
- The Case Of Molly Norris Simply Proves Islam Is A Criminal Organization
From Winds of Jihad: Molly Norris apologized for “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” and clerics calls for her death anyway (Yakima Conservative Examiner)Death sentences for cartoonists? Good golly, Ms. MollyDeath Threats for Molly Norris (Reality bites,...
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OIC's "Islamophobia Observatory" Condemns Swedish Newspapers For Reprinting Mohammed Cartoon...Fails to Condemn Islamist Plot to Kill Cartoonist Lars Vilks(OIC.org)- A spokesman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s Islamophobia Observatory...
- Muslims Find Yet Another Excuse For Outrage
Just when the Cartoon Jihad was getting a bit stale, wouldn't you know it... so Muslims have managed to manufacture yet another pretext for Muslim Outrage™. Actually, the Cartoon Jihad itself has conveniently provided the jumping off point for this...
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South African cartoonist gets death threats for drawing in which Muhammad tells shrink, "Other prophets have followers with a sense of humor!"
Another worthy item for our Thank You For Proving Our Point Department. "Cartoon gets Zapiro death threats," by Bianca Capazorio for the South African Press Agency and Reuters, May 22 (thanks to Rick):
Days after an alleged al-Qaeda operative detailed sketchy plans to attack World Cup teams over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, the Mail & Guardian newspaper has made waves locally and internationally by also publishing a cartoon of the Prophet.
A cartoon by award-winning satirist Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, in the M&G yesterday depicts the Prophet grumbling to a psychiatrist about the furore in the Muslim world created by a Facebook page called Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.
"Other prophets have followers with a sense of humour!" complains the turbanned, bearded figure, stretched out on the psychiatrist's couch. [...]
Yesterday, the paper reported it was receiving a flood of calls about the cartoon, and had even received death threats against the cartoonist.
"Phone ringing off the hook. Making the point that I have faith in Muslim South Africans' tolerance and openness to debate," [Mail & Guardian editor] Dawes tweeted yesterday.
The debate raged online too, with hundreds of comments appearing on stories about the cartoon, either defending freedom of speech or expressing disgust.
Several blogs also had the cartoon as a topic. International news media such as Reuters, the BBC and the Guardian were also reporting the story widely yesterday.
Blogger Khadija Pattel wrote: "Waking up to news that an interdict against the Mail & Guardian publishing a Zapiro cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had failed left me a little unsettled.
"I only believed it once I saw it. And when I did see it, it was disappointment I felt most acutely."
City Press editor and former Mail & Guardian editor Ferial Haffajee tweeted: "Draw Muhammad Day is as much about free expression as the Youth League is about advancing young people."
She however defended Zapiro's right to freedom of expression and was quoted: "His right to draw must be supported unequivocally."...
SO
Anyway here is more from this despicable jewish, jew hating cartoonist Zapiro
- La Times: Where's Muhammad? Not On Many Comics Pages
The LA Times notices the threat to Freedom of Speech, and the fact that Molly Norris has been forced into hiding, though it seems the writer might need a couple hits of male hormone. From the LA Times: Cartoonist Wiley Miller gets credit for offering...
- Spencer On Molly Norris: A Fugitive From Jihad
In Front Page this morning Robert Spencer discusses the sad case of Molly Norris, the "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" cartoonist, who has gone into hiding: [...] This is the sort of case that the President of the United States should be talking...
- The Case Of Molly Norris Simply Proves Islam Is A Criminal Organization
From Winds of Jihad: Molly Norris apologized for “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” and clerics calls for her death anyway (Yakima Conservative Examiner)Death sentences for cartoonists? Good golly, Ms. MollyDeath Threats for Molly Norris (Reality bites,...
-
OIC's "Islamophobia Observatory" Condemns Swedish Newspapers For Reprinting Mohammed Cartoon...Fails to Condemn Islamist Plot to Kill Cartoonist Lars Vilks(OIC.org)- A spokesman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s Islamophobia Observatory...
- Muslims Find Yet Another Excuse For Outrage
Just when the Cartoon Jihad was getting a bit stale, wouldn't you know it... so Muslims have managed to manufacture yet another pretext for Muslim Outrage™. Actually, the Cartoon Jihad itself has conveniently provided the jumping off point for this...