Green Energy
From this source in Canada:
(Crossposted yesterday to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)
- Islamic Group In Jordan Objects...
(All emphases by Always On Watch) ...to the Danish Motoons. From Velvet Hammer, citing the Associated Press: AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A group of Islamic activists in Jordan says it plans to file lawsuits against nearly 20 Danish newspapers and magazines...
- 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...
- How The "cartoon Jihad" Was Planned
There have been many things about the "Cartoon riots" that indicated that they might be more than just spontaneous outbursts of anger. Some of these ideas are discussed in a previous article (and the articles it links to): The facts behind the cartoon...
- Cartoon Conspiracy?
At this point we must agree that something stinks about this cartoon issue. First off, the cartoons were first published back in October, 2005, during Ramadan, and there were no protests! We didn't even here about it. Actually, JMJ posted the cartoon...
- Footprint Muhammad
I posted my last cartoon of the evening: Footprint Muhammad. I particularly like this one. It's a cartoon and an easy way to remember the first four caliphs....
Green Energy
The Muslim Obsession With Cartoons
From this source in Canada:
Police in Halifax are investigating a complaint about a political cartoon that some members of a local Islamic group claim is a hate crime.What would Muslims have thought of Thomas Nast?
The cartoon, published April 18 in the Chronicle Herald newspaper, depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, "I want millions," and she says, "I can put it towards my husband's next training camp."
The cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon is a reference to Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, a woman from Nova Scotia whose husband was arrested in 2006 in an anti-terrorism raid. Qayyum Abdul Jamal was released from jail after charges against him were stayed on April 15.
Zia Khan, director of the Centre for Islamic Development in Halifax, said the cartoon goes beyond what can be considered free speech.
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Dan Leger, the Herald's director of news content, said the cartoon does not take aim at all Muslims.
"The whole purpose of that cartoon was to comment on the outrageous demands of this individual for compensation long before any hearing into her case had ever been held," he said.
In an interview with the Herald before the cartoon ran, Jamal said she wanted to sue the federal government for what her family has gone through and told the reporter, "I want millions," Leger noted.
"[MacKinnon] depicted her exactly the way she looks and used her own words, and that's the genius of cartooning that you're able to do that," he said.
Leger said he first heard of the Islamic group's concerns when the newspaper was contacted by police.
His engravings chronicled the American scene from the Civil War period to the turn of the century. They highlighted every major national event and issue, the political process, elections, and scandal in the government. The American scene was ripe in subject matter for Nast. The country was fast becoming an industrial nation; railroads were spreading, factories were being built, and cities were fast becoming crowded with immigrants that supplied cheap labor. Scandal was everywhere. Elections were being rigged. One of his most famous political cartoon attacks was aimed at Boss Tweed.If Nast had turned his attention to caricaturizing and satirizing Muslims, they'd have started another cartoonifada.
(Crossposted yesterday to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)
- Islamic Group In Jordan Objects...
(All emphases by Always On Watch) ...to the Danish Motoons. From Velvet Hammer, citing the Associated Press: AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A group of Islamic activists in Jordan says it plans to file lawsuits against nearly 20 Danish newspapers and magazines...
- 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...
- How The "cartoon Jihad" Was Planned
There have been many things about the "Cartoon riots" that indicated that they might be more than just spontaneous outbursts of anger. Some of these ideas are discussed in a previous article (and the articles it links to): The facts behind the cartoon...
- Cartoon Conspiracy?
At this point we must agree that something stinks about this cartoon issue. First off, the cartoons were first published back in October, 2005, during Ramadan, and there were no protests! We didn't even here about it. Actually, JMJ posted the cartoon...
- Footprint Muhammad
I posted my last cartoon of the evening: Footprint Muhammad. I particularly like this one. It's a cartoon and an easy way to remember the first four caliphs....