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March 03, 2006
My last word on the cartoon wars
One final thought on the Cartoon wars that we have covered here:
As a Catholic I only know Islam from the copy of the Koran I've read but it seems odd to me that this is still generating international violence and protest (and counter protest) but this is not.
Update: Bad link above fixed now, although I must point out that the old wrong link does generate international protest from time to time.
Update 2: Apparently the story about the daughter of one of the cartoonists being stalked is a hoax.
That is good news however this report from the AP is not:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri criticized the West for its insult to Islam's prophet, complaining in a video broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera that the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus "are not sacred anymore."Referring to the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have been printed in a number of European newspapers, al-Zawahri said: "They did it on purpose and they continue to do it without apologizing,
The Mosque bombing in Iraq linked above is widely believed to be the work of his group Al Qaida. Apparently cartoons are a bigger insult to this person then the Mosque bombing or mass murder. And we are hearing this straight from the horse's mouth. Myself I believe we are hearing it from a different part of the horse.
Posted by Peter at March 3, 2006 10:32 PM