Latest developments
By now, things are developing so fast that its hard to keep track:
- Hungary sides with Denmark. Says the Hungarian foreign minister: "To us, freedom of speech is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy". The arab reaction is "unfitting".
- In the arab parts of Palestine, the Danish representative office in Ramallah was fired on yesterday, and today demonstrations burned pictures of, among others, prime minister Fogh, US president Bush and Israeli prime minister Olmert.
- In Iraq, a terrorist has issued a fatwa against the Danish battalion stationed there.
- In Sudan, the foreign minister has urged "all sudanese companies and institutions to stop the omport of Danish products".
- In Bahrain, the parliament has passed a resolution calling for boycott of Danish goods, and demanding apologies from the Danish government and the Danish queen.
- A like resolution from the Egyptian parliament has brought EU trade commisioner Peter Mandelson to threaten opening an investigation into it, since government-sponsored boycotts are a breach of WTO-rules.
- At the same time the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior representing 17 arab ministers has demanded the Danish government punish those responsible for the 12 drawings.
- Suicide bombers are threatening attacks on Denmark.
In Denmark, things are heating up, too:
- Tuesday afternoon saw the web versions of papers Politiken and Ekstrabladet crash again after another hacker attack.
- Likewise tuesday afternoon, the editorial offices of Jyllands-Posten in Århus and Copenhagen were evacuated after an english-speaking person telephoned in a bomb threat. About 300 employees were evacuated.
- Prime minister Fogh urges against any counter-boycot of moslems in Denmark, as text messages are circulating calling for one such.
- At the same time, Danish internal intelligence is urging against following any of the calls for demonstrations against the islamic aggression
posted by Henrik at 9:13 AM
12 Comments:
Well, it looks like I'll have to start buying all the Danish products I can find.
Serkeftin (Victory), Denmark!
Drawing the pictures of Mohammed is taboo in Islam, not in any other religion.
Next thing, you´ll be telling us we should apologise for calling the stoning to death of unfaithful women a medieval practice.
Henrik
For all it's worth, Denmark has my support. Gonna go buy some Danish cheese now.
This whole scandal reminds me of South Park's "Blame Canada"-song:
Don't blame me for my Ahmad
He saw that darn cartoon and now he's off to join Jihad!
And my Muhammed once used to read the hadith all day
But now he became a Shiite and ran away!
Well, blame Denmark now, blame Denmark now,
It seems that everything's gone wrong
Since Denmark came along
Blame Denmark now, blame Norway too,
And let's blame also Sweden, just in case.
Bravo !
Denmark is leading the way, and holding aloft the light of western civilization. Jyllands Posten has become the global benchmark of integrity, courage and standards in journalism. Keep it up.
Jyllands Posten didn't mean to insult? Good for them, the Posten journos are polite chaps obviously, but hey, freedom of expression means among other things, that one can insult ANYBODY, ANYTHING, ANYTIME. And particularly the sacred cows of evil and wicked foreign cults with backward, barbaric and unenlightened followers.
Fatwa on the Danish battalion? I've been on mission with those guys and they rock. Stand tall Vikings, and let the ragheads bring it on.
And is that a French paper that has decided to follow? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4669360.stm
It's heartening to see other European countries jumping on the free speech bandwagon.
I hope our papers in the US join in soon.
Denmark has a lot of friends over here.
Have you ever thought of trying to de-escalate the situation? I think the actual situation could have been avoided if the editors of jp had considered the fact that depicting their prophets (including Jesus) is a taboo.
Nixxon, I am offended by your calling on the editors to back down. I demand you stop speaking such drivel immediately!
Point being: where does it stop???
Anyone can demand that anyone shut up because they are offended.
Shall I threaten the lives of people who tell blond jokes, because of my oh so senstive blond feelings?
Soon, no speech will be permitted, on the grounds it might be "offensive to someone".
Maybe you would like to live in such a country, I would not.
Vigorous, and often heated debate WITHOUT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE is one of western civilization's greatest triumphs.
Thanks Ahmad for an excellent post. Please encourage everyone who thinks like you to start making their views known everywhere--very loudly and very clearly.
Great page. All people who believe in freedom MUST stand up and defend our rights. I think that Muslim countries are attempting to impose dhimmitude on the West. We cannot let that happen. Either we believe in the faith and values of Western civilization and defend them or we die. I have nothing against Muslims, but I will fight against Islam to the death. To Ahmad, since you know there is no freedom in Islam, since you do not believe in it, convert to Christianity for that is the true source of Western freedoms.
Henrik, I expected some good links to Danish exports, but I can't find them. Doggone it. Ahmad, hang in there, this too will change.
Fed up:
Thank you so much for having the courage to speak out about the insanit y of Islam! Thank you! And thank you again!
If only more Muslims had the courage to speak out as you have. We Westeners - dare I say infidels! :-) - appreciate it very, very much.
Yes, I have been wanting to do a post on this for a long time, but the "lying imam"-routine just keeps on developing.
One example: The most prominent of the imams - Abu Laban - has been caught redhanded supporting the boycot on al Jazeera, then later the same day saying in Danish television that he opposes it.
Takkiya in action.
Henrik
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