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December 30, 2005

Row deepens over Danish cartoons of Prophet

Protestors Arab foreign ministers have condemned the Danish government for failing to act against a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. At the Arab League conference in Cairo, they said they were "surprised and discontented at the response." Islam forbids any depiction of Muhammad or of Allah.

The Jyllands-Posten newspaper published a series of 12 cartoons showing Muhammad, in one of which he appeared to have a bomb in his turban. The Arab League's ministers council said the cartoons were an insult to Islam. The government's response "was disappointing despite its political, economic and cultural ties with the Muslim world", it added.

Death threats

Danish Muslim community leaders held talks with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in July to complain about press coverage of Islam. At the time, Mr Rasmussen said he could not tell newspapers what to print - or what not to.

Source: [BBC]

Arab ministers also said they were unhappy that European human rights organisations have not taken a clear position on the issue.

There have been street protests both in Denmark and in Muslim countries following the publication of the cartoons. The newspaper insists on freedom of expression and says it has the right to print whatever words and pictures it chooses.

It said both the paper and the cartoonist had received death threats.

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"The paper and cartoonist have received death threats." Why do followers of the "religion of peace" react in a violent way to every slight,real or imagined?

Posted by: Dan | Jan 2, 2006 1:46:27 AM

Why people of Capitalism,Libralism, and Democracy occupy the muslims' lands.

Why Muslims have to take whatever they throw at them.

In last 3 years over 200 thousand muslims killed.

The question here, who is violent? The Muslims who they are under occupation and attack by all means day and nights or the capitalism loyalists?!!!

These questions requires Intellectual honesty and if you don't have it then don't answer them.

Posted by: MD | Jan 12, 2006 2:23:25 PM

No need to get defensive,MD.If you believe democracy and capitalism are evil or inferior to Islamic law,fine,but if the West is so bad,why are so many people from around the world emigrating here?
What muslim lands are the infidels occupying? If you mean Iraq and Afghanistan,it's only temporary...and it's more like a liberation,not an occupation.
Not sure where you got the 200,000 figure,but some of those were killed by fellow muslims,to be intellectually honest about it.And going back further,Saddam eliminated at least 100,000 Kurds by various means,including weapons of mass destruction (gassing thousands in Kurdish villages)
Any so-called muslim lands were captured by means of force,from the days of Muhammed to the present time.And as anyone familiar with Islam knows,the ultimate goal is world domination.Allah has said "make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion shall reign supreme."

Posted by: Dan | Jan 14, 2006 4:31:19 AM

If you use your brain you will know that Prophet Mohamed is the greatest man.He is the man who tought you human rights. You are the killer who come to Iraq,Afganstan an palastine to kill the childeren an destroy the houses. You are just thives com to steel oil and our wealth.
If some muslmes do some bade thinges,that because your crimes to the muslem counteries.But Islam is the pease religion.He is the religion of Prophet Muhamman ,Prophet Jesus Prophet Mousas,Prophet Ibraham and all Prophets.

Posted by: Mahasen | Jan 22, 2006 1:51:59 AM

Mahasen,
I didn't realize we were stealing your oil.I was under the impression we have been paying for it,and btw, the price has nearly doubled in the past year!
I also forgot that Jesus was a muslim prophet and not the Son of God as He claimed,or that Muhammed is above Jesus because he had the last revelation,more than 600 years after the crucifixion.
Mo taught us human rights? History teaches otherwise,but perhaps we should just agree to disagree and drop the subject.

Posted by: Dan | Jan 22, 2006 7:17:06 PM

the ugly cartoonest who had this twisted imagination has recently came to life and not eligible to draw Prophet Mohammed pic. he could simply refer to islamic books that mentioned a full description of prophet's image. moreover, didn't he have any other globaly interesting topic to mention? it's kind of silly thing hurting millions of people feelings this way, but the glow of the money might have been much more worthy, despite of all consequences. now, he is rich and famous and that's exactly what he was looking for. the RAT who became a LION. give him a big hand jews.

Posted by: proudly mohammed nouman | Jan 23, 2006 5:21:27 PM

What can one say?
FACTS, HOWEVER HARD, ARE FACTS-HARD, UNREMMITING..
EVERY PERJORATIVE EXPRESSION OF POST ENLIGHTENMENT LIBERAL THOUGHT SEEMS A TOTAL ANATHEMA TO SO LARGE A % OF THE MUSLIMS THRU'OUT THE WORLD.
ANY SLIGHT. REAL OR IMAGINED SEEEMS A PRETEXT TO SLIGHT, AT BEST, OR KILL AND MAIM.
THE BIGGEST CRIMES AGAINST MUSLIMS IN THE LAST DECADES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY OTHER MUSLIMS.
SADDAM HUSSEIN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED NEARLY A MILLION OF HIS FELLOW MUSLIMS.
IN DHARFUR OVER 150,000HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS DRIVEN INTO REFUGEE STATUS WITH DIRE POVERTY ,-WELL STRARVATION.
THE SILENCE FROM THE REST OF THE MUSLIM WORLD IS THUNDERING.
WHY?????

Posted by: andy | Jan 24, 2006 6:15:37 AM

The silence of Danish government on the cartoon of the prophet Mohamed may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, depicts clearly
the start of collapse of the western civilisation which has no room for moral scruples.In my view,words are too feeble to express the anger of Muslims in all over the world on this matter. I have personally decided to boycott all Danish products and I wish Muslims should follow suit.

Posted by: Abdelhamid Bouziane | Jan 25, 2006 5:30:29 PM

I perceive my words willnot be a comfort to either muslims( my kinsmen ) or christians .
Danish journalist or any other person have no right to judge prophets chosen by God , they are in a mush far higher rank should be respected by all civilized humanity .
The case here , muslims cannot do the same to Moses or Jesus like Danish journalist made to Mohammad because Mohammad tought muslims to believe & respect all messangers of God .
Regarding why muslims live in the Western countries , this is simply because instead of sufferring low life in their home land they work hard to earn their living amoung forgein communities which will never accept them .
So they never blend in western cultures .
Arab muslim dectators leaders have killed indeed more muslims far than any western army did in 200 years .
The only way out , is revolting against our dectators , re building our home land , be wealthy & powerfull , thus respected by East & West .Once in the past Arab muslims were titans , not by swicide bombing but by arms & brain .

Posted by: Mohammed Hussein | Jan 26, 2006 6:55:35 AM

E-demonstrate against the Danish daily newspaper
The Ugly Jyllands-posten

I am going to direct my free speech to the man sorry (the half man) who said that:" if we apologize, we go against the freedom of speech that generations before us have struggled to win"; Hence, I have to remind him that the generations after him will suffer so much to live, as he didn't invoke the sustainability for the future.

In fact, words are too feeble to express the anger of Muslims in all over the world on this matter, especially we, as Muslims cannot insult the other prophets, because we respect the faith and the religious issues of others, and another reason we do believe in other prophets’ missions because they are coming from Allah.
Any way, I have to remind the half man “Carsten Juste”, chief editor of Jyllands-posten, that, he have to wait for the heavenly Punishment, Because Allah sure can decide if the pictures are offensive or not.

Finally, I wish I could manage to do one’s bit towards my beloved Prophet Muhammad.

N.B.: any respectable Danish citizen has to demonstrate protest against the ugly Danish pictures, which will be the main reason for battle between Muslims and others who insulted our prophet that’s because Allah has said "make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion shall reign supreme."

Mustafa Ahmed Mekawy
mekawy@link.net

Posted by: moustafa | Jan 27, 2006 10:37:26 AM

No ONE IS HAVING ANY RIGHT TO INSULT OUR RELIGION BY ANY KIND ESPECIALLY OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMED (PBUH)WE WILL SACRIFICE OUR BLOODS LET IT SOUND A WARNING TO ANY EUROPEAN NATIONS. WHO EVER DID THIS WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH IT THE WAY YOU LIKE TO LEAVE WE LIKE DEING JUST REMEBER APOLOGISING WILL NOT SOLVE THIS

Posted by: Twalib Haytham BADBESS | Jan 27, 2006 11:21:17 AM

WE HAVE NO HATRED TO ANY KIND OF RELIGION U STUPID U HAVE YOUR RELIGION AND WE HAVE OUR YOU STARTED IT AND WE KNOW HOW TO FINISH

Posted by: Twalib Haytham BADBESS | Jan 27, 2006 11:25:09 AM

Freedom of expression has its limits! There is no such thing as freedom of expression when it comes to depicting our Prophet (may peace be upon him) in that way. The cartoon shows how ignorant and narrow-minded the cartoonist and the newspaper are. Holy figures of Islam and any religion should not be mocked at! Where have the concept of religious tolerance and acceptance gone?

Posted by: DSH | Jan 27, 2006 2:35:25 PM

The muslims should not request an apology from any kafir (non muslim) if they on their own apologize then we must accept. The muslim must not go to the EU or the UN asking for any position on the matter. When muslims put their absolute trust in Allah as we were taught to do then Allah help will come and the enemies of Islam would be destroyed. When the muslims bind together they would become strong and would be a force to respect. The plan of the US is to weaken the muslim world one by one. The clever approach by the US was not to destroy the Kabah first...o no, this would have been a great mistake and would have started a world war. If they attempted this Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, lybia and all other muslim countries would have ran to defend Saudi Arabia. But their plan is to dismantle these other countries knowing that Saudi Arabia would not aid their muslims when they are being attacked. When this is done and no other muslim state strong enough to give the US a fight is left standing, then like the lone sheep, they will attack Saudi Arabia from all sides.
The king of Saudi Arabia should invite the US president to Islam because he is his friend and this is what we do with our friends, we invite them to what is good and clean. Invite him to Islam and when he accepts and understand his true purpose in life, then all the terrorism will end.
As for the danish people responsible for these actions, I say to fear Allah, believe me, you do not know what grave wrong you have done.
To my muslim brothers and sisters in denmark I say please place your problems sincerely before Allah. Be sincere in your Duah and cry to Allah in the early hours before salatul fajr and ask Allah to guide those who have done this ugly thing to his way and wait for the help of Allah.

Posted by: naushad abu sarkin | Jan 27, 2006 2:36:21 PM

Can the newspaper make fun of the jewish holocaust in the name of freedom of speech?

can they do that without being accused of being Anti-Semitic? and be punished for that?

can any fair danish writer express his feelings and openion by publishing a request asking to boycott the Israelis?

i don`t think the coward prime minister of denmark can allow that!

Posted by: Zeyad | Jan 27, 2006 7:44:14 PM

Each and every muslim has reason to feel angry over the publishing of cartoons depicting our Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him whom we respect and love more than anything in this world.
I can not believe that it is done because of ignorance but done provokingly to hurt the feelings of muslims.
If you read our Prophets biography and saying which are recorded with minute precision, anyone with little understanding will come to know that he was indeed a chosen messenger from God send not only to muslims but to all world.

Posted by: aburahman | Jan 28, 2006 2:47:44 AM

Mustafa,thanks for this quote from the Qu'ran; "Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion shall reign supreme." That about sums it up,doesn't it?

Naushad,I was not aware of the US plan to attack Mecca,but it seems like a bad move to me because words and ideas are ultimately more powerful than bombs.And instead of Bush converting to Islam,perhaps the Saudi king should convert to Christianity.Oh wait...that would be illegal,and might get him the death penalty!

Posted by: Dan | Jan 28, 2006 6:44:36 PM

Well dear Dan,
you don't seem to be someone who believes in other people's right to freedom of speech (at least not for someone who has been saying what you were saying here). Somewhere in the middle of your "dislike" to muslims, have you gotten into the wrong point here. If the denmarks have the right to say/do whatever they like about muslims, then I don't think that the muslims don't have any right to talk about it in "dislike" aswell. Somehow you have to admit that YOU have taken this discussion too far.
Personally, the way I was brought up, I was taught, that disrespecting someone else is only done in two situations, either I am trying to start a fight OR I myself am too coward and not decent enought to do otherwise. The danish should've been smarter before doing such a dumb act as that. Of all the cartoons someone could do in the world, I don't think that the Prophet's cartoon was the ONLY one available!! (makes you think if someone wants to provoke the muslims, doesn't it?)
I also find your "sarcastic" way of writing showing that you're not someone who should be taken seriously yourself.
Think better of what you say, and try to show your better "upbringing" by being a bit more polite.

Posted by: Jesus | Jan 28, 2006 10:41:13 PM

SALAM
Prophet (PBUH) said: no one can be a beliver untile he love me more than him self, his mother and his father....
and absoulutly more than COW's products...

http://saaid.net/Doat/shaya/15.htm

Posted by: saudi | Jan 28, 2006 11:53:58 PM

To Dan,
After reading all your comments and seeing all the hatred you have toward "Muslims" I feel sorry for you but I don't blame you. I wouldn't call you ignorant but misinformed like millions of people especially in the western world. People like you are misinformed because the image of muslims or let's say Arab world ( I bet Arabs or Muslims means the same to you and I bet tat you didn't now tha only 14% of Muslims in the world are Arabs and the rest are distribiuted around the world) anyway, I was saying that you see our image interepreted by the lens of Hollywood, CNN and other western medias. I'm not saying that all you see is not true but I'm saying that what you see represent a very very small percentage obviously the bad percentage of the reality of the muslim/ Arab world. Let me just mention something regarding your quotation of the Quraan "Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion shall reign supreme." This verse was directed to the Arab who were worshipping God made of clay. At the time of Muhammad (PBUH) the Arabs had about 300 Gods they wre worshipping and that verse is directed to them to fight them. Actually killing people is against Islam unless is to defend yourself. the small percentage of so called Muslims fundamentalist are not considere muslims in the eyes of the true muslims. If you want to talk about making wars let me remind you about the Crusades and the massacres they did in the name of Christianity. To go back to the subject of free speech. I'm with free speech and I think people have the right to free speech hoping that they don't abuse this right. I believe free speech should not be interepreted as it's ok to offend and make fun of religion, any religion. Having said that, the thing that I don't like is that why when it comes to muslims it's free speech but when it comes to others then it's taboo. Somebody mentioned it and I will mention it gain, why if somebody talks about the Holocust everybody condemn and they make a big fuss out of it. I heard that it's even considered a crime in Germany if somebody does not believe in the existing of the Holocoust. Shouldn't it be that everybody is free to belive whatever he likes? What do you think?
Another thing, I noticed that some of my muslims brother were pretty emotional in their writing and maybe they couldn't express themeselves and maybe their English is modest like mine. However I have to say that at least we are communcating with your language and I dare you be as artculate in our language as we are in yours. Some of my brother muslims mentioned something about jesus (PBUH) and that he is a muslim which is true and let me explain why. Anybody who believes in God is muslim and that is the real meaning of it. If you believe in one God then you are a muslim. Al Christian were called after Jesus Christ Christians but they are muslims because they believe in God. Moses, Abraham and all other prophets were muslims even before Islam came because they all believe in one God and all had the same message to Humanity. That's why we call them muslims in the meaning of believing in one God.
As to muslims killig muslims, I defend that by saying that fundamentalist killing muslims and that's different. Not anybody who was born muslim and they become fundamentalist it means they are real muslims. they mmight think they are muslims but they are not n the eyes of God nor in the eyes of the true muslims tat are peaceful. therefore those fundamentalist which you hate and I hate them more than you do are not muslims but they use islam and misrepresent it and that's unfortuanetlly what western people are getting the message that islam means violence and terrorism and that's not true.
We Arabas feel that our wealth and oil are stolen from us by westerns because that's the case. I agree with you that you are paying for it and maybe a high price but who is getting the money? Not us but our dictators and that's why we feel oppressed and the more you buy our oil the more our dictators will have power and the more we will be oppressed. I don't want to go into politics but I'm just explaining how we feel.
Finally, I'm inviting you to be more objective and to try to explore more Islam but this time with different eye glasses. May God give you the strength, the knowledge and guide you the right path.
Peace be with you.

Posted by: NR | Jan 29, 2006 3:42:27 AM


Allah ma ye'6reb eb 3e9a!

Posted by: Someone | Jan 29, 2006 4:28:31 AM

good question....
why talking about the Holocoust is a crime....???

"civilized freedom" which is the REAL FREEDOM must have red lines that nobody can cross theme...

May Allah Guide You to the Right Path...

Amen
Allah Knows Best

Posted by: P.B.U.H. | Jan 29, 2006 4:50:24 AM

prophet Mohammad is the greatest man in the human history . Although he was illiterate he tells us in the holy Qoraan about things which happened nowadays.for example he said that the earth is oval and then this was proved to be true centuries later. The holy Qoraan is full with things like that as it is the prophet Mohammad's greatest miracle .

Posted by: mahmoudelkadey | Jan 29, 2006 6:05:31 AM

whats wrong with u idiots would u like it if i made fun of ur religion haa stupidity thats what i calll it, this is our prophet this is our imam or r u too stupid to get that in ur head when u go to hell for this u will say im sorry im sorry and that wont help it will be to late and allah sob7ana wata3ala will not accept ur apoligy this is prophet mohammed this is not a game and im not joking k im seriouse f u and all the people who done this so shut up and stop drawing these pictures ur causing trouble and im alays ready for trouble if u want trouble here i am , u better be sorry and when ur in hell u will remember me , i am ready to make fun of ur religion and i know u will get angry but ur religion is wrong very very wrong so beter shut that big ugly moth of urs and be quit and stop drawing pictures that look like you izactly just like uve copied urself and paisted it there stupid idiots this prophet mohammed is the great and he is the crown on top ur heads!!! look how i think of him look how old i am compared to u and i know more than u know and im not stupid like u and im not a BABY to draw pictures of myself k ugly stinky hairy person whoever u are STOP IT OR ELSE I WILL MAKE YOU

Posted by: sarah | Jan 29, 2006 8:00:17 AM

look here, u r annoying all the muslims muslims have the right to be mad ,prophet mohammed is the greatest of them all this is not a game we are all seriouse look at the people from around the world they are all with prophet mohammed and they are all against u and ur stupid country i am ready to make u angry just like they are i can make fun of ur religion any time i want but were being kind here, PROPHET MOHAMMED IS A CROWN ON YOUR HEAD!! AND IS GONNA STAY THERE FOREVER IF U KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IT MEANS THAT U R SAND UNDER HIS SHOES THATS HOW GREAT HE IS AND EVEN GREATER

Posted by: Sarah | Jan 29, 2006 8:06:21 AM

To Dan and to all the percentage of Danish people that don’t support an apology:

I say to you, you are living your life; everything in your communities is available, from human rights and justice to government care, from freedom of expression to scientific research, from alcohol to adultery. However some of those things are good, they give you the chance of peace stability time to look into the true meaning of your life and existence. Some of those things are bad; they blind fold you and destroy your culture and communities bit by bit. My simple advice, use your gifts wisely, take what is good and leave what is bad. Search for the true reason you were created and search for the true religion. Because on judgment day, if you believe there is a judgment day, God will ask you what religion have you chosen? And why have you chosen it?

To all the frustrated Muslims out there:

I say be patient with those that don’t understand our ways. Boycott those who have not shown our prophet and religion any respect. Because that is the least way we can defend our religion. We must defend our religion because we must have honor, if we don’t have honor we don’t deserve to live. If you want to win this war with all our enemies, you must first study and practice your Islamic faith, so that you can defend it. Then after you have done that, be good to your parents, family and neighbors. For Allah will not support us until we love for our neighbor what we love for our selves.

Islam is the true religion; I have no doubt in my heart. But as a new European revert to Islam once said: Thank God I saw Islam and became a Muslim before seeing the Muslims.

Don’t judge what is right by the people. But judge the people by what is right!

Posted by: Mohammed Abulhuda | Jan 29, 2006 8:53:59 AM

look whoever drew these pictures and put the title as prophet mohammed is very very very wrong firstly prophet mohammed (9ala allah 3leih) is greater than any thing in this world secondly the whole world is against u christians muslims nonmuslims all of them or should i say most of them are against u cause they know how it feels maybe they havnt been there but they know how it feels an lucky last U DONT HAVE RESPECT TO MUSLIMS

Posted by: Sarah | Jan 29, 2006 9:42:59 AM

To Dan el haywan,
i havent much to say to u but from the comments u wrote seems like ure the kind of person who really believes in nothing, cos from the MUSLIMS' point of view all prophets are as well respected as Mohammad (PBUH), and they all had the message of worshiping one GOD... and like Muslims, Christian & Jewish teachings are all the same coming from the same god, and they tell us to respect others feelings, beliefs, traditions regardless of any differences....and as for the Prophit "Mo" Peace Be Upon Him, its true that he had spread the word of Islam by conquests, yet being such a professor in the Islamic history, you'd know that no CHILD,WOMAN OR OLD PERSON WAS NEARLY HURT!!! and they all lived in peace and no one was ever forced to switch to Islam as opposed to the BUSH's WARS... Oh pardon me "Liberation"...yet i got one question.. have u seen the pic of the Iraqi women who've been assulted and viciously raped by the SOLDIERS OF LIBIRTY... so cut the crap and dont be so defensive to wat u dont even believe in ure just talking for the sake of it!!

Posted by: Dima | Jan 29, 2006 10:34:22 AM

This is a simple answer of what can we say at least to danish people:
First, I know that we cannot generalise of all danish people... but let me say that your gouvernment dosn’t respect itself...and doesn’t respect the muslim’s pophet: Mohammed , peace be upon him (PBUH)...which is the messenger of ALLAH not just to arabic people but to all this humanity...
It comes as totally strange that the Government of Denmark, while claiming respect for human rights and freedoms, does permit the publication of such lies and distortions about Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
The insistence of your government to violate the rights of all Moslems will prompt us to boycott all Danish products in our countries and we will call every Moslem to take similar action
All in all, samihni ya habibi yarassoulaLLAH in konto 9ad 9assarna fi ha99ik


Posted by: soufiane | Jan 29, 2006 11:38:01 AM

these cartoons are a insult to every muslim in the world. if want to credecise prophet mohammed then do it seriously and don't make fun of him.

Posted by: hab | Jan 29, 2006 12:00:33 PM

Salam.

Why are you all taking Denmark so seriously? It is a tiny unimportant country, and that (independent and privately owned) newspaper is not speaking for all Danes, whether they are Danish Muslims or Danish Christians. But some seem to think it is, please do not punish an entire nation for the crimes of a few non-believing fools.

Wassalam

Posted by: Behrooz | Jan 29, 2006 12:17:09 PM

Muhammad the Greatest Creature (among all)

Our nation prophet, Muhammad (PBUH), have been insulted despite his long sacrificing manners to free people from revenge, disgrace, slavery, pain and lead them to respect with all means and meanings to themselves and to others. The Greatest man on earth have been spending his life time to free people from discrimination and he was get out his city just because he asked people to be kind to each other and that there is no difference between people except by their says and deeds.

I believe that those who had drawn about the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) know nothing about him (Physically or his manners). The drawings I have seen reflect illiteracy of knowledge and sense towards themselves and others.

When a Jewish man funeral passed by the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) he stood up with a very great effect to the scene and the fact of death and its pain and greatness even if he didn’t know the man but he respects. He taught us to respect every idea and every man.
And we are still acting with this and will continue if Allah is willing.

To those who don’t know about that great man Muhammad (PBUH) you can have a shadow of his Biography, Character and Relations at the following link:

http://www.pbuh.us

And for those who don’t know how great is Islam and wants to see an idea about the most modern science theories stated in more details in Quran (Word of Allah), kindly, visit:

http://www.islam-guide.com/

And for who wants to listen to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Story read by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), he can listen to it in the following link:

http://islam.org/audio/lprophet.ram


Please, read the following carefully (Meanings from the Quran)

Muhammad (PBUH) taught us to make our respect higher to the level of believe to all Prophets and so we acted and we will act what ever any one injure or hurt us.

285. The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

286. Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

Thank you for your time. My personal advise is to reveal the facts to your self and don’t be blind lead about any thing and respect others before and after you know about them even they do a lot of mistakes.

Tariq El-tobshy

Posted by: Tariq El-tobshy | Jan 29, 2006 1:00:33 PM

"Can the newspaper make fun of the jewish holocaust in the name of freedom of speech?"

Yes

"can they do that without being accused of being Anti-Semitic?"

No, the accusations would themselves be protected by free speech laws. These pictures aren't exactly escaping criticism either are they?

"and be punished for that?"

There would be no government intervention.

"can any fair danish writer express his feelings and openion by publishing a request asking to boycott the Israelis?"

Heh, you havent read any danish newspapers lately have you? This happens regularly in all european countries. Here's a story on a faction of my own government in Norway calling for a consumer boycott. http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=19491 They don't have a majority in parlament supporting a boycott, and so a consumer boycott is all they can muster.

" don`t think the coward prime minister of denmark can allow that!"

The prince of denmark doesn't get a say. The laws are written by parlament, which supports free speech. Calls to boycott anyone for any reason are certainly protected. This is not contested by any party.

Posted by: some Norwegian | Jan 29, 2006 2:12:25 PM

I understand that the government has no right to intervene. That is a given. However they can comment on this case. I understand the right to have freedom of speech, although when it infringes on the dignity of a person (or people, in this case a religion), and is at the expense of others it is more controversial. As an example, especially nowadays with all the focus on terrorism, new laws have been passed that enforce harsh penalties and punishments on those that incite terrorism or hatred.
All they are doing is talking right?
So why is it an exception to the freedom of speech?
Because words, although they are just words, can have an effect on people and can manifest itself into actions.

So where do we draw the line and say these words are "not right"? We draw the line when it has a detrimental effect on a person, be it to his honour, reputation, psyche, religion etc...
Is that enough to warrant the law to come into play?
Not necessarily. Consider this. A politician is involved in a scandal that victimizes citizens. A reporter should have the right to publish news regarding this scandal even though it will destroy the politician's reputation and maybe his life. So what makes this case different? It seems to be more "just" doesnt it? It benefits society as a whole (the victimized citizens) than it does to hurt it (the politician, regardless of his actions). So, we can say that what ultimately benefits a society should be protected by law and what ultimately damages society should be abolished by law. That should be the bases of every law.

This is where differnces arise. Different countries, shaped by their predominant ideology, religion and mindset, have different views regarding this matter. Taking adultery as an example, some countries take it to be detrimental to society such as muslim countries, while other countries in the west see it as relatively harmless to society.

Now given the previous deductions let us look at the current case. Did what the cartoonist depict have any effect on any person. Indeed, it had far-reaching effects, echoing in muslim communities all around the world. Was it detrimental to society. Well we can at least say without a doubt that it was a low blow towards the dignity of Islam as a religion, and a mockery of muslims. So, we can deduce that the welfare of religion (In this case Islam) and all its aspects (dignity etc...) is not important for Danish society. I am not versed in Danish law, so I am not sure if they have laws against racism. If they don't, then there is nothing more to say except that Danish law is severely lacking. However, if they do, then there can only be one conclusion. If this case can not be classified as racism, then clearly respecting other religions, namely Islam, is not a matter to them. All I can say is that the 3% muslim population that is in Denmark does not seem to be welcome there.
Again, I acknowledge, that the government wouldnt have to intervene but all they have to do is rebuke it.

That is my analysis.

Posted by: Ryad | Jan 29, 2006 5:48:18 PM

This just strengthens my veiws that I've had all along, this is conformation on the west's hate for the one true religion and dont be fooled fellow muslims it wont stop here this is only the start of it.As for the silly,ignorant single minded twat Allah the almighty has got something in store for you when you meet him, we'l see how creative you feel like then.
May the almighty have mercy on our souls (not yours)and grant peace and blessings on our much loved prophet and grant us a place with him.
Ameen!

Posted by: um I | Jan 29, 2006 6:36:41 PM

Hey People Don't blame the guy who drew these Cartoons, we all Know that Denmark has a large popultation of Cows ,,, that guy must have lived with cows for too long ,,, it affected his way of thinking ,,, Hey might have pictures of cows in his family album :))))))))

Posted by: Freedom | Jan 29, 2006 7:34:57 PM

Jesus,thanks for the constructive criticism.I do tend to be a bit too sarcastic and cynical at times,but I'm actually a nice guy in real life.I don't hate Muslims,btw,although I may not agree with their religion.
NR,you bring up some good points.Yes I was aware that most muslims are not Arabs.I believe Indonesia has the greatest percentage.And I also know the context of that verse from the koran,and that Mohammed was upset about the Meccans worshipping Idols.But it's a stretch to say that Abraham,Moses,Jesus and myself are muslims because we believe in (and submit to) the one true God.Judaism,Christanity and Islam are monotheistic religions that share many of the same prophets,yet there are major differences between the three.
The fact that many of you speak and write at least two languages puts me to shame.Like most Americans,I only speak English and am not motivated enough to learn another language,especially Arabic,Hebrew or Chinese because they are so different from the Romance tongues.So please don't think that I look down on anyone if they are not perfectly fluent in English.However,when commentors like Sarah use harsh language and call people names,it doesn't exactly help the image of Islam or themselves,you know? Perhaps she is just saying it to get a reaction,so we should overlook it and not be offended.
Ok,I believe you.The vast majority are peaceful followers of Allah and you hate the radical fundies as much as we do.Is there anything you can do to stop them?
Should there be laws against claiming the holocaust never happened?Probably not,since anyone foolish enough to believe that is not worth taking seriously.Still,I don't think a few derisive cartoons can be compared with the murder of millions of Jews,Gypsies,Christians,etc.
CNN and Hollywood do not shape my worldview or have much of an impact on my thinking.Believe it or not,I frequent Islamic/Arab informational and news sites to try and see things from a different perspective.But I fear much of the world has a shallow or incorrect impression of Americans and Westerners from unrealistic Hollywood movies,and also liberal media news. Blessings...Dan

Posted by: Dan | Jan 29, 2006 10:22:08 PM

Hey.. Here's an idea...

What if every Liberal newspaper made "blasphemous" caricatures of Mohammed? Would the muslims then boycott us all.. and FINALLY leave us alone.. I don't think I would mind that at all =)

Posted by: Me | Jan 29, 2006 11:10:37 PM

as agood Muslim we do not have to talk bad thing against anybody ,and this as i belive should the same way to other religon.
the matter is not quarrel but based on respect for everybody to resprct feeling of each other

Posted by: Murkad M.M. | Jan 30, 2006 12:02:48 AM

Man, I am getting scared of Muslims now.

Really, who cares if someone draws Mohammed in a funny way?

If that's all it takes to make a whole people angry, I am worried.

Posted by: Mal | Jan 30, 2006 12:03:13 AM

now my mission is to kill that man who designed...this ugly picture...i will kill u r u listening to me?? I WILL KILL U .......ur death will be from my hands.... i know who are you and iam very close to you.. u know that?

Posted by: Atif | Jan 30, 2006 12:30:23 AM

I am a Muslim from Egypt who has been truly hurt because of your insult to our Prophet Mohamed, you can never imagine how all of us here in Egypt are angry and disappointed from your situation, We want an apologies from you otherwise Denmark will be on our Black list; the least which we can do is to make sure that no product from Denmark is sold all around Egypt.
If you consider yourselves civilized, then apologies for what you have done towards our Prophet who is much more precious than our souls.

Posted by: Khaled | Jan 30, 2006 3:39:47 AM

It's strange that the west calls this nonsence " Freedom of speech" while they don't allow anybody to critisize the israeli policy (not even judism) and they put them in jail on claims of Antisemitism,, "" Where is the freedom of speech then ??????? "" ,,, and what shocked me is that most of the christians supported these cartoons and didn't even respect the peaceful muslim act of boycotting the Danish products ,, although that is a liberal act " Passive Resistance " ,,,

I live in Egypt,, the press Here is free,, they are allowed to critisize the president, the ministers and every body ,,, But they do that politley (( you can't call someone names and say that is freedom of speech )) FREEDOM IS A RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE BEING A RIGHT ,,,,,,

Why do the westerns intend to insult us ,,

First: invading iraq against the international law ,, toturing iraqi and afghan prisoners


Second: Forcing the muslim women to take hijab off AGAINST THIER WILL (( WHERE IS THE FREEDOM ))


Third : Mistreatment of the Holy Quran


Fourth: Killing innocent civillians in Pakistan ,, without even apologizing or admitting the mistake.

And finally: Drawing these ridiculous Cartoons that makes fun Of Profit MOHAMMED (PBUH)

and this is only what I can remmember,,,,, Don't think That this is WAY TOOOOO MUCH

THIS BOYCOTT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO !!!

Posted by: Freedom | Jan 30, 2006 3:55:45 AM

I’m really angery due to the unacceptable caricatures published at you newspaper and ridiculed from our greatest Prophet Mohamed (PBH), or any other Prophets,. These caricatures represented a great offense for our Prophet Mohamed (PBH) hurt me deeply as one of millions of Muslims all over the world. This is not a freedom to ridicule from the religious concepts and Prophets.

the condemnation should be our first step to express my anger but we have to Boycott immediatly any Danish goods and services such as Nido milk, Dano milk, Puck dairy products, Movenpick products, KDD dairy products, Lurpack butter, The three cow butter, and Denmark feta cheese, in addition to all the products that their barcode starts with 57.

Posted by: Mahmoud Adel | Jan 30, 2006 4:11:07 AM

I’m really angery due to the unacceptable caricatures published the Danish newspaper and ridiculed from our greatest Prophet Mohamed (PBH), or any other Prophets,. These caricatures represented a great offense for our Prophet Mohamed (PBH) hurt me deeply as one of millions of Muslims all over the world. This is not a freedom to ridicule from the religious concepts and Prophets.

The condemnation should be our first step to express my anger but we have to Boycott immediatly any Danish goods and services such as Nido milk, Dano milk, Puck dairy products, Movenpick products, KDD dairy products, Lurpack butter, The three cow butter, and Denmark feta cheese, in addition to all the products that their barcode starts with 57.

Posted by: Mahmoud Adel | Jan 30, 2006 4:16:04 AM

Western thought today is in the midst of a raging battle between religion and science. It is almost impossible for a western thinker today to accept the fact that there may be a meeting ground between religion and science. The Bible, in which the Christians believe, states that the tree from which the Prophet Adam (‘alaihi salaam) was forbidden to eat was the tree of knowledge. Thus, after he ate from it, he gained certain knowledge that he had not had before. For this reason, Europe spent two centuries arguing whether or not to accept scientific knowledge coming from Muslims.

The Church ruled that the pursuit of such scientific knowledge was the cause for the original sin. The bishops drew their evidence from the Old Testament, where it is mentioned that when Adam ate of the tree and gained some knowledge, Allah was displeased with him and denied him mercy. Scientific knowledge was therefore rejected entirely by the Church as a taboo.

Finally, when the free thinkers and scientists of the West were able to overcome the power of the Church, they took revenge by going in the opposite direction and suppressing any power of the religion. They went to all possible extremes in order to overcome the power of the Church and reduce its influence into a narrow and a confined corner.

Therefore, if you discuss the issue of religion and science with a westerner, he readily goes into sheer wonderment. They do not know Islam. They do not know that Islam accords a very high status to knowledge and men of knowledge, regarding them as witnesses, after the angels, to the fact that there is no god worthy of worship in truth but Allah, as Allah Himself has told us in the Qur'aan:

There is no Allah but He: That is the witness of Allah, His angels and those endued with knowledge. (Qur'aan 3:18)

And Allah, may He be exalted and Glorified has also told us:

Know, therefore, that there is no true deity but Allah. (Qur'aan 47:19)

It is known from the Qur'aan that Adam (‘alaihi salaam) was favored over the angels by virtue of the knowledge given to him by Allah. The Qur'aanic story contradicts that of the Bible which Muslims hold to have been distorted. According to the Qur'aan, the fact that Adam was given knowledge is a mark of honor, and not the cause of his expulsion from Paradise. Hence, if one discusses Islam and science with Western thinkers, they tend to expect an argument similar to what they have in their own religious and cultural context. That is why they react with surprise when they are presented with the crystal clear facts of the Qur'aan and Sunnah.

Among those who were taken by surprise is Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. When we first met him, Professor Simpson insisted on verifying the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. We were able, however, to remove his suspicion. We presented to him the text outlining the development of the embryo. We proved to him that the Qur'aan informs us that the hereditary and the chromosomal make-up of the new being take place only after a successful union between the sperm and the ovum. As we know, these chromosomes contain all the characteristics which the new human being will have such as the color of the eyes, skin, hair, etc.

Hence, many of the details in the human being’s make-up are determined in his chromosomes. These chromosomes begin to form during the early nutfah stage of embryonic development. In other words, the distinguishing features of the new human being are determined from the very beginning at the nutfah stage. Allah, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorified, has stated this fact in the Qur'aan:

Woe to man! What has made him reject Allah? From what stuff has He created him? From a sperm-drop: He has created him, and then molded him in due proportion. (Qur'aan 80:17-19)

During the first 40 days of gestation, all the body parts and organs are completely, though consecutively formed. We can notice in Figure 2.1 that the organs begin to be formed, assembled, and the fetus appears twisted. The Prophet Muhammad, (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), has informed us in a hadeeth that: In every one of you, all components of your creation are gathered together in your mothers’ womb by 40 days. (Narrated in Saheeh Muslim and Al-Bukhaari).


Fig. 2.1

In another Hadeeth, Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: When forty-two nights have passed over the drop (nutfah), Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and makes its ears, eyes, skin, flesh and bones. Then he says, “O Lord, is it male or female?” and your Lord decides what he wishes. (Muslim).

Professor Simpson studied these two hadeeths extensively, noting that the first 40 days constitute a clearly distinguishable stage of embryo genesis. He was particularly impressed by the absolute precision and accuracy of those hadeeths. Then during one of the conferences which he attended he gave the following opinion: "So that the two hadeeths that have been noted can provide us with a specific time table for the main embryological development before 40 days. Again, the point had been made repeatedly by other speakers this morning that these hadeeths could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific knowledge that was available at the time of their recording."

Professor Simpson says that religion can successfully guide the pursuit of knowledge. The West, as we said, has rejected this. Here is an American scientist who says that religion, namely Islam, can achieve this with success. By analogy, if you go to a factory and have with you the operation manual of the factory, then you will be able to easily understand the kind of operation that goes on in that factory, thanks to that manual by the factory designer and builder. If you do not have this manual with you, chances are much less that you will have good understanding of the various processes there.

Professor Simpson said: "It follows, I think, that not only is there no conflict between genetics and religion, but in fact religion can guide science by adding revelation to some traditional scientific approaches. That there exist statements in the Qur'aan shown by science to be valid, which supports knowledge in the Qur'aan having been derived from Allah."

This is true. Certainly, the Muslims can lead the way in the pursuit of knowledge and that they can accord knowledge in its proper status. Moreover, Muslims know how to use knowledge as a proof of the existence of Allah, May Allah be Exalted and Glorified, and to affirm the Messenger ship of Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam).

Allah said in the Qur'aan:

Soon will we show them our signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord does witness all things? (Qur'aan 41:53).

After having realized through examples of scientific miracles in the Qur'aan as well as knowing the related comments of the objective scientists on them, let us ask ourselves these questions:

Could it be a coincidence that all this recently discovered scientific information from different fields was mentioned in the Qur'aan which was revealed 14 centuries ago?

Could this Qur'aan have been authored by Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) or by any other human being?

The only possible answer to that is that the Qur'aan must be the literal word of God (Allah) revealed by Him. The Qur'aan is the literal word of Allah which He revealed to His Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) through the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel). It was memorized by Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) who then dictated it to his companions. They in turn memorized it, wrote it down, and reviewed it with the Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam).

Moreover, the Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) reviewed the Qur'aan with the Angel Jibreel once every Ramadhan (the month of fasting) and twice in the last year of his life in the same Islamic calendar. Since the Qur'aan was revealed, up until today, there has always been a huge number of Muslims who have memorized all of the Qur'aan, letter by letter. Some of them have been able to memorize all of the Qur'aan by the age of ten. Thus, it is not surprising to note that not one letter of the Qur'aan has been changed for centuries up to now.

The Qur'aan which was revealed 14 centuries ago mentioned facts that are only recently discovered by proven scientists. This proves without doubt that the Qur'aan must be the literal word of Allah, revealed by Him to the Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and it also proves that Muhammad (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) is truly a Messenger and Prophet sent by Allah. It is beyond reason that anyone fourteen hundred years ago would have known these facts discovered or proven very recently with advanced equipment and sophisticated methods.

Posted by: Ali | Jan 30, 2006 4:35:48 AM

The Appalling desecration of the Holy Quran and the Holiest Prophet Muhammed Salallahu alaihi wa Sallam(Peace and blessings be upon him)
is indeed a cowardly act of vandalism committed by the immoral people who are all the time envious of the ever increasing popularity and charisma of Islam.

Muslims all over are traumatized and grieved at the ghastly abuse and despoliation of the Holy Quran by the iniquitous US militia at the Guantanamo bay and the pictures of Prophet Muhammed Salallahu alaihi wa Sallam(Peace and blessings be upon him). The factual report about these repeated and intended desecrations has left the entire Muslim community shaken with grief and is sickening enough to enrage Muslims to the utmost. These horrid abuses by the gutless and sinful people evidently speaks of their spitefulness and hatred towards Islam and Muslims. Earlier, the nauseating ill treatment of the prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison and at the Guantanamo bay exasperated every sane individual living on this planet. Yet, such extreme acts of intimidation and oppression committed by the “impudent” US military were disgracefully ignored by the dignified countries and world organizations. Such blatant disregard towards the plight of Muslims unmistakably demonstrates the impertinence and chauvinism of the developed nations.
The Unforgivable abuse of islams holiest Prophet Muhammed Salallahu alaihi wa Sallam(Peace and blessings be upon him)is a part of the terror campaign against Islam and its followers. the publishers and creators of such outrageous acts should be ashamed for carrying out such cheap and despicable measures to terrorize and humiliate the followers of Islam.

Such instances of the unimpeded human rights violation can only cause more disturbances to the world peace. Yet, amid all this the western world expects us Muslims to remain calm and insensitive to the harsh treatment meted out towards fellow Muslims and towards Glorious Holy Quran and Holy Prophet Muhammed Salallahu alaihi wa Sallam(Peace and blessings be upon him). These incidents have inflicted a grave injury into the hearts and minds of Muslims which will not heal until the western world learns to respect people of all faith.
Islam preaches us to revere the dignity of all individuals regardless of their religion, race or social status. Such virtues and principles of Islam are the sole reason for its escalating popularity; such is the magnetism of Islam.

We strongly protest the abuse of the Holy Quran and the Disrespetful pictures of Prophet Muhammed Salallahu alaihi wa Sallam(Peace and blessings be upon him)
We demand a transparency into investigation of these horrible incidents and want all those responsible to be tried for their unpardonable & extreme acts of vindictiveness against a religion ands its followers.

An apology on mere papers is not what we want
An apology from within their soul is what we demand

Posted by: sadia masroor | Jan 30, 2006 4:51:21 AM

Just one message to the people who are behind all this

"WE DIDN`T START THIS FIRE".

Posted by: Junaid | Jan 30, 2006 7:17:39 AM

please send the 12 pictures of cartoon wich was prophet Mohummed

Posted by: Ali | Jan 30, 2006 10:12:57 AM

The caricatures in question can be viewed here:

http://www.di2.nu/files/Muhammed_Cartoons_Jyllands_Posten.html

Posted by: The informer | Jan 30, 2006 10:30:21 AM

To the sill girl that said this quot:
"Hey.. Here's an idea... What if every Liberal newspaper made "blasphemous" caricatures of Mohammed? Would the muslims then boycott us all.. and FINALLY leave us alone.. I don't think I would mind that at all =)"

Trust me this is the wish of every true MUSLIM. But sadly our governments aren;t supporting us. However keep pushing us sweety and I bet you all your economies will come crashing down.
I for one will never buy danish products even after they apologies

Posted by: Mohammed Abulhuda | Jan 30, 2006 10:32:30 AM

Dear NR.
I was very impressed about your words and I condemn Dan also for his ignorance and his overacting. I'm a Cristian from Syria, we were very sad when we heard about this caricature about the prophet because it is very silly and destructive, but we should be aware of its consequences. This caricature maybe supported by other parties (maybe Israel) and it will reach its mean goal if we act with anger like "Dan" or like "naushad abu sarkin" who called all the people who are not Muslime "kafir".

I disagree about calling all the people who believes in one god "Muslims"; I don't call them neither Muslims nor Christians. I call them humans and humans should help each others despite their religion or their thoughts. If you are convinced about your religion, so it is good for you but respect other's believes and don't make classifications for people.

Finally, neither the Crusades nor the George Bush's policies should be representative of us the Cristians, nor AL Kaida and other fundamentalist groups should represent Muslims because we are all peaceful people. I'm sad about how the religion these days is the main reason for conflicts and I hope that the world will come out of this ignorant stereotype.

Posted by: Iyad | Jan 30, 2006 11:39:53 AM

Assalamu alaikum brothers n sisters in Islam. This is indeed blasphemous and we should not take it lightly. We should be more united to confront this Satanic animals.

Posted by: Aminu Mukhtar | Jan 30, 2006 11:49:58 AM

Why is every one getting excited over the cartoon? Just tells the Danish that it is not acceptable and move on. Most likely, they did not know that it was offensive.

If every little incident caused us to get angry, we will never find peace within ourselves.

Posted by: Max Power | Jan 30, 2006 1:53:56 PM

Dear readers,

I'm danish! I have followed the story about the drawings. I will tell you one thing - dear muslims - the journalist of the danish newspaper had no idea what so ever, that he would offend the muslims with those drawings. He looked in a danish book for children, a book that would tell the danish children about Islam and the muslims. In the book there were a few pictures of the prophet, but the creator was anonymous - afraid of the consequenses. The danish journalist saw this and wondered why someone could be scared about drawing a person in a book for children - and decided to have artists give their opinion about how the prophet Mohammed looks like. This journalist had no idea, that it would offend anyone. Not at all. He wanted to demonstrate in his own way to limitations to freedom of speech and this Islam religion, which he didnt know much about and probably therefore felt distracted or a little bit irritated. In Denmark we believe we can do what we want - and noone should tell us not to make a drawing of a person - but unfortunately - sometimes we are ignorant - cause we also respect other people and religions. Per inhabitant Denmark gives the highest contribution to the third world and general aid - in the world! Please accept my apologies for offending your religion - it was not the intention. He didnt know!

Posted by: Peter Hansen | Jan 30, 2006 2:34:32 PM

Doesn't Denmark have anything better to do than drawing cartoons and eating pigs? This shows the level of education you have gone through...you should be ashamed of yourself and this only leads to one reason why they are doing this: out of jealousy because that is the only thing that gets a muslim mad is if you talk about their religion because other than that, Muslims are strong they dont care about anything else except their religion unlike other people who live like animals eat sleep and work: which means no life and you know who iam talking about.

Posted by: dana | Jan 30, 2006 3:11:54 PM

well i guess the difference between the way both sides' replies is very clear..

A message to all Christians (or should I say to all believers in COWS): If u consider us terrorists or killers then I should say that yes we r proud we r if this will be compared to what u did..ur way of talking shows who's respectful and who's not..and we should not make arguments with u all coz we will be waiting for the only one who can punish u and make u regret every word u said about Muslims and about the greatest prophet Mohammed...God..and here i'm talking about the REAL God and not the one u think is God..a son, and a father, oh yeah.....

And one more thing..the danish cartoons and specially those that talks about (virgins, sex,...etc) r just a reflection of mirror of ur picture and ur disgusting life...what comes out of one's mouth reflects what he is and by that cartoons u Christians and nonmuslims prooved that u r what these cartoons said..

Posted by: a muslim | Jan 30, 2006 3:54:32 PM

I think people in denmark are animals, coz they dont even want to apologies, just like they are happy for what they did, shameful, even the jwish people (enemy of arabs) they repected prophet mohamed, coz they still have mind, but really dunish people have to eat pigs and do sex and live their life just like any animal, no difference.

chao

Posted by: Zak Moshel | Jan 30, 2006 4:00:32 PM

what do u expect from a full stop (I don't even consider it as a country) where cows r more than ppl? LOL..cartoons were something u did coz u felt bored by living in gardens.. I bet u felt gealous from America and other "well-known" countries and u wanted us to pay u some attention so that ppl can get to know u more and discover that there r ppl in this point of the world hehehe..poor Denmark..

I just wanna know something..what r u gonna do when Saudi and other RICH countries stop buying ur stuff? Huh? plz tell me how can u buy food without money? I really feel sorry for u ..Oh :(
But u can manage it I know u r heros and u will manage to get milk, butter, cheese and many many things to survive from the cow living next door..see I got u a solution for the problem, I'm a good guy :)

Go to hell Christians, go to hell all non Muslims

Posted by: a muslim | Jan 30, 2006 4:14:11 PM

There is no such thing as a Prophet of God, just a life form called human:

This is all very interesting and I think we should all show some respect to a religion-sect as long as it does not threaten the others humans who are not part of the same group, which is not a proven fact yet (if ever) in the case of Islam unfortunately.

However, Islam rules ONLY apply to Muslims, Christian rules ONLY apply to Christians, same for Buddhists, Jewish etc, while governments (democracy or not) rules apply to all living under such governments. No one from any “religious” group can demand someone who is not part of the same group to respect the rules of that “religious” group. In the Bible, “God” forbids humans to represent it (God), Mohammed was probably inspired here as he was largely inspired by the Bible in general. Thus, if Mohammed did not like his image represented or laugh at, that ONLY applies to Muslims and not to others, not to non-Muslim Danish journalists, not to non-enrolled infidel regular people like me who do not believe Mohammed was a prophet of God, and do not believe there is such thing as a god at all.

If I was a Muslim, I would feel offended as well by these drawings, I completely understand that. But it does NOT justify bashing on a whole country and growing hate against the childishly so called “capitalist west”. And for that, I completely agree with the Danish government, which was backed today by the EU.

I agree these journalists/cartoonists were disrespectful and their parents should not be very proud of them; but this story is another demonstration that any kind of religion, sect or whatever you want to call it, is a grave danger for humanity, a vehicle of hate within human species and therefore must not be let taking any power over democracy, which is the only way humans have found to get organized so everyone benefits from the same rights and duties. People, get rid of your gods, the world will be safer and you will live free, or at least your minds will be.

Posted by: GG | Jan 30, 2006 4:17:30 PM

I'm a dane. And I can't in any way see why JP should apologize (They have, infact, apologized now) to Muslims or anyone else. I believe in the freedom of speech, and previously ugly depictings of christian icons and various other religions, have been printed. I am not a christian, I'm an atheist. And I don't see why Islamic people seem to make this a "Christiantiy vs. Islam" debate -- it is *not*. JP is not a christian newsletter, it's a religiously neutral newsletter.

I simply don't get why Palestinians now are burning danish flags -- what the ****? Why can't you people resolve a conflict peacefully? And especially when this conflict has arisen from (to me) such a small thing as some paintings. I don't believe there's any reason I can demand an apology from an entity, solely based on a cartoon that offends something that I believe in.

Please, be intelligent and stop the violence/boycot -- it's childish and silly. Like all the other problems in the middle east.

Posted by: Michael | Jan 30, 2006 4:19:21 PM

Well i don't think this happened because of the ignorance of the man who draw the cartoons Peter! Simply because he wasn't the only one who draw that stupid cartoons! Well if u want to tell me that all of the men who draw the cartoons r ignorant..then okay here u go u admit u r ignorant ppl, so we don't even have to reply and discuss anything with the Danish ppl since they r "ignorant"!!
I can't believe u give excuses..I really don't believe this!

But I believe u might be a respectful Danish person compared to ur colleagues Dan and others, at least u gave us an apology, even though u said weired stuff about ur ppl's ignorant, but i would like to thank u not for anything but to show u that if only the danish apology was appropriate we wouldn't attack u by our words, but we r Muslims and a muslim should not look at others say shameful things about his great prophet and stands still! If Christians don't mind do the same thing with Jesus, we r not like Christians and we respect other relegions just like islam and u'll never ever meet a muslim who do something like this to Jesus..we r respectful and we'll stay respectful till God take our souls....

Posted by: a muslim | Jan 30, 2006 4:29:34 PM

How come cartoonists can make as much fun as they want of the Pope, Christ, Virgin Mary, and books like the DaVinci Code are allowed to be published, without any repercussions? But when, and if, somebody does the same thing regarding Islam or Mohammed, then all hell breaks loose and Fatwas get written!!!
When would the Muslims learn that they can only defend Islam by proving the others wrong instead of killing them? If Islam was really a religion of peace and an addition to Christianity, then maybe Muslims should learn to forgive and "turn the other cheek" which is a strategy that has proven much more effective than violence.
Also, Muslims blame the west of suppression, well isn't punishing an entire nation (or nations) because of the work of a couple of cartoonists similar to what Muslims proclaim the West is doing to them!!! And still, in many instances, the West is capable of differentiating extremists from true good Muslims.
At the end, only love and goodness will prevail (whether coming from Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Buddhism).

Posted by: Chad | Jan 30, 2006 4:34:46 PM

Some postings are going out of the way with offendings both parties ( Wetern including Christians and jews and Arabs including Muslims). It seems to me that there is a third party here that it's talkiing advantage of the situation by putting more hatred and showing even a worse image to muslims and Islam in general. Those people are even using Arab name and some are calling themeselves muslims. Some pretending to be muslims are even calling Jewish people by ennemy of Arabs and I think the message here is clear and it's that some people are trying to do a propaganda and trying to ruin even more the name and the image of muslims. To my muslim real brothers who are angry and upset of the offense it's been made I tell you. It's ok to be upset but you can be upset and polite at the same time. If somebody or a fraction of people are attacking Islam and muslims because they are ignorant or for any other reasons they might have, you don't have to be ignorant like them by just retaliating and offending everybody. You can diffend your point view and be effective while being polite at the same time.
Don't forget one of the stories of Mohammad ( PBUH) when he used to have a Jewish neighbor who used to throw his garbage every day at the prophet's door step and one day day Mohammad (PBUH) noticed that there was no garbage at his door step so he got worried and thought that may be the jewish neighbor was ill so he went to check on him and saw him in good health. When the prophet (PBUH) saw his jewish neighbor well and sound he said to him I came to check on you. I got out of my house and saw no garbage on my door step and thought you may be ill so the Jewish man who in reality did not throw any garabage because he was tired of doing so since he saw no reaction taken from Mohammad (PBUH) so when he saw the prophet (PBUH) comeing to visit him worried about him and yet he was the one throwing garbage at his door step to disrespect him, he realized that only a prophet sent from God can be so patient, humble and graceful and admitted that Mohammad is indeed God's prophet sent to humanity. This is an anecdote that many muslims know tat tells us who is Mohammad ( PBUH) and is personality and we muslim should learn from it and follow his foot steps by being tollerant and respectful even to whom who can be ennemy at times so please brother muslims try to be more assertive and you feel you are angry from what's goig on in the world and you feel misrepresented and misunderstood don't go crazy shouting and threatening since this will only make matters worse.Treats and violence are not the solution, dialogue is the solution, tollerance is the solution. There is God and he is the only one who has the right to punish and judge not you.
To whom who read my previous comments and tried to contact me directly I say, thank you for comments but please don't try to contact me. This is an open discussion and I'm joining in just to say my opinion, that's all.

Posted by: NR | Jan 30, 2006 4:37:28 PM

Don't get angry, just get even......how bout' muslims make some blasphemous cartoons of that guy on the cross....you can have 12 cartoons depicting that dude on a cross getting beaten by a bunch of dirty old guys and then you can have barbed wire wrapped around his head....then you can shit on him and instead of nails get driven through his hands you can have a crack pipe going through his hands or you can have some prostitutes and a gay priest there....no no ...how bout' instead of repenting on his knees, he'll be makin' oral to some young priest boy asking for forgiveness, how bout'you draw a picture of muslims shitting and pissing on some holocaust graves .....doesn't sound fair does it.??.........maybe if the danes thought about what would be the consequences of releasing blasphemous and deplorable images, they would of avoided a boycott and an abrupt stop to their economy................Think, before you do.

Posted by: sumdude | Jan 30, 2006 4:50:33 PM

STOP IT PLZ STOP SAYING THINGS THAT REFLECTS UR IGNORANCE STOP IT DANISH PPL STOOOOOOP

Stop mentioning the only word u have learned about islam "killing"..if u r comparing us with Christians who don't mind to draw Jesus in the same way then let me tell u something: We r not Christians and we respect our relegion more than Christians..I don't get it why do u consider defending our religion a crime! It's not our problem that Christians and other non Muslims do not LOVE their prophets and do not LOVE their religion and do not follow what is mentined in the Qura'an to defend Islam in the correct way (and here I don't talk about killing ppl)..It's our religion and we'll defend it as strong as we can, not by killing like u say, but by our strong belief in GOD...

And plz stop talking about intellegence and stupid stuff coz u thought all Muslim r terrorists just because u "heard" about some one called Bin Ladin, isn't it a stereotype? plz stop giving us advices about how can we grow up, u need to grow up and u need to find something else to do other than having public sex in streets just like the animals u raise and making fun of relegions..GROW UP! u r ignorant and the biggest proof is that u know NOTHING about islam and u think that killing ppl is our goal..U know what we should not discuss this with u all, when someone who learned Islam very well and study the "real" rules in our peaceful relegion then we should talk..coz this is silly and I'll never reply here again..U were right Peter, they r ignorant and we shouldn't blame them...

Posted by: a muslim | Jan 30, 2006 4:50:45 PM

ugah,..are all this getting under the Press Liberity?,..
a man said somthing here,..Can the newspaper make fun of the jewish holocaust in the name of freedom of speech?

ha?? will that gonna be fine for them?
i dunnt think so,..i just want to say,..that the human rights which u call doesnt include in the Sacarism on our prophet!!!
and then u call ureself a human rights follower!
this great Prophet is the Nation world Teacher who teach u the human rights,..and who order we muslims not to make fun of people as they make fun of us,.. thats our great prophet commands,..and which the human rights came from!,..
thats will be fine then for Denmark products to be abanned here in our countries,..!

Posted by: islam way | Jan 30, 2006 4:58:40 PM

Well let me admit it, Good job NR

We tried to be polite but their replies drived us crazy, and we just hate the idea that they still attacking us..

what u said was completely correct and as I said in my previous reply, we should not talk about it..they don't even know what is Islam

Posted by: a muslim | Jan 30, 2006 4:59:09 PM

Moustafa said it best:

"Because Allah sure can decide if the pictures are offensive or not."

Then leave it to Allah. And get over it.

Posted by: PEL | Jan 30, 2006 5:01:03 PM

Hey, how about someone posts a link to the drawings. I want to see what started this kerfuffle.

Posted by: an athiest | Jan 30, 2006 5:03:03 PM

plz muslims if u have a good reply that reflects our belief in God and his Prophet mohammed post it, if not just ignore the whole thing, our prophet would not be happy if we defended him in a bad way, we should not make fun of others just like they do, we should be real followers of the Great Prophet Mohammed

Posted by: Muslima | Jan 30, 2006 5:04:15 PM

Why do you care what Danish people publish in their own country? If you don't like it, GTFO (get the f*ck out) because you're foreigners who don't assimilate anyways. They can do what they want in their own country. Furthermore, you're all burning their flags. I argue that our nationalism is just as important if not MORE important to us, than your religion is to you.

I don't agree with infiltration of the Middle-East, but white man found a purpose for oil, LONG before you folks did. Hence why we're still buying it from your dictators who don't seem to want to share the wealth. (incidently, not Bush's fault for YOUR COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS--even if he's contributing to it)
My policy would be to kick all Middle-Easterners/Muslims who weren't on our side out of Europe and North America. Then we'd cut off aid so that you'd have to feed yourselves in the deserts.

Go praise your god. We don't really care either way.

Posted by: The Pagan Lord | Jan 30, 2006 5:08:37 PM

To all Muslims regarding this issue. GET OVER IT! Muhammed would be ashamed of your behavior.

Posted by: nick | Jan 30, 2006 5:18:59 PM


"a man said somthing here,..Can the newspaper make fun of the jewish holocaust in the name of freedom of speech?"

No you're correct, those are our sensitive issues. However, it's also OUR countries who were involved in WW2. Your press issues anti-white, anti-Christian, anti-Jewish stuff all the time.
It's relative, we don't complain about what your country publishes. Likewise, don't complain about our stuff, even if you find it insulting.

A white man has trouble setting foot in many places of the world, for fear he will be kidnapped because he is rich or because he is hated. You're very fortunate you can step foot safely in our lands and the worst you will ever face is a small interrogation. (assuming you have not commited any crimes)

Posted by: The Pagan Lord | Jan 30, 2006 5:19:39 PM

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/698

Posted by: whatever | Jan 30, 2006 5:22:26 PM

Here are the cartoons in question.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/535/mohammeddrawingsnewspaper15km.jpg

Posted by: Frederik André Henrik Christian | Jan 30, 2006 5:27:01 PM

Wow, for the most part those are hardly offensive...not even in bad taste really.
You could draw similar ones in N.A about gays/lesbians, jews, blacks...etc
and you wouldn't get death threats...although minority activists might complain a bit.

I'll stick to my main point. If you find it offensive? It's their country, their laws. Don't like them? Then by all means leave. You still burn our flags, and I personally find that more threatening than a satirizing comic strip.

Posted by: The Pagan Lord | Jan 30, 2006 5:51:15 PM

As Salaamu Aleikum. Many of my Muslim family seem shocked and appalled at the situation in Denmark. I find it strange that people are demanding apologies from the cartoonist and the newspaper. To the Ummah, these people have long transgressed the lines of things that can be apologised for. A great number of Europeans live in overwhelmingly atheist society, and their governments reflect this. They won't feel remorse for making fun of a religious figure like our great prophet Muhammad (saw), because it is not in their protocol. These people are the forerunners of the Dajjal, their goals are to eliminate morality, and propogate materialsm, greed, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. These are not the kind of people that you can have constructive arguments with, therefore there is no point in begging for apologies that fall on deaf ears. We need to play our position and go ahead with the boycott of all Danish goods. Forget about apologies, who wants apologies thair are calculate and insincere anyway? Yellah, As Salaamu-Alaykum.

Posted by: Roc | Jan 30, 2006 7:21:08 PM

Well, Roc, our goal is not to eliminate morality. In fact, our moral is very strong. But we are always joking about serious issues becuase this lets us more easily discuss them. Not discussing them is counterproductive as the subject would be unexplored (we are explorers, all human beings are, more or less). But you however see us in a different light and I take it most muslims have the same light. Reality however is that wrong on every subject (as you already know as you wouldn't have written it otherwise). Also, please know that Denmark generally has the most happy population in the world. How come? I don't have an exact answer, but I bet freedom of speech is among it as is a strong moral and general honest behaviour.

I still haven't seen any posting anywhere detailing what is so offensive about each of the 12 drawings. If it is only 1 painting, then point to which painting and why you personally find it offensive. Lets have a discussion instead of namecalling, flagburning, violence and terrorist threats.

Please also note that for a population that seeks to eliminate morality (your own words), we Danes usually (there is always someone) are very well behaved when visiting foreign countries. We don't make terrorist threats. We don't burn flags. We don't put money on peoples heads. We do however listen to reason. And we are able to think for our selfes.

Posted by: some Dane | Jan 30, 2006 8:03:03 PM

Well, I must say a revealing, interesting and somewhat depressing discussion in this forum. I commend the operators of this venue. I, for one, will try to be relatively brief.

The furor over the cartoons shows how sensitive (in western eyes incredibly sensitive) muslims are to any perceived insult to their religion. Whether this is due to their insecurity or the depth of their faith is not for me to say. We in the west are rarely surprised or offended by jokes or even attacks against our beliefs. We believe that the right of free expression overrules all but the most extreme provocations. That does not necessarily make us more sophisticated, but it widens the gulf between us so that we/you have a hard time seeing things from the others' point of view. I personally believe Roc has something of a point in that the West has become somewhat amoral and there are few, perhaps too few, limits on acceptable behavior.

Also, as someone, many hundreds of lines ago, referred to, the Muslim world was once a center of scientific discovery and civilization - while Christian Europe was in a dark age and North America was populated by a stone age people. At that time Islam was also known for its tolerance of other religions. I think it's fair to say that times have changed...

But let's be serious, as offensive as they may be to some, these are just cartoons. They do not compare to crimes against humanity such as the deliberate killing of innocents. We in the West are amazed that cartoons can elict a far greater response from islamists than protests against, say, Saddam Hussein, who killed tens (hundreds?) of thousands of innocent Muslims. Something is wrong in this.

Perhaps the saddest and most revealing reactions are those who are offended by Muslims being portrayed as terrorists and then say they will soon take their vengence!

As far as an economic boycott of Denmark is concerned, I suppose it is more constructive than violence, but, again, let's be realistic. Little Denmark has a bigger economy (GDP) than most Muslim countries. (For example, it's about 3x as big as Syria, which has over 3x as many people!) Also, due to the poor economies of most Muslim countries, Denmark is unlikely to suffer much from lack of their demand. It seems that free enterprise has its advantages! In fact, it is to take part in those advantages that many Muslims have come to the West.

We have to find a way to live together, for we certainly know how to kill each other. I suspect that many will be wrong in what actually happens when we die, so let's not push our luck and try to make the one world we all truly know exists as peaceful, reasonable and civilized as possible. The next one will come soon enough...

Peace be upon us all.

Posted by: Moderate | Jan 30, 2006 11:59:14 PM

To the the webmaster, close this subject it will never be solved.. Danish people think it is okay to make some silly paintings about our prophet, and We Muslims don't think it is funny and it is serious.I don't want to fight I just want to say something and buzz, I don't want to give you some moral listens. Just to let you that in the Arabic world, or Islam to be specific, YOU are not allowed to draw pics of the Prophet or his fellow friends, so no it is not funny.. and now some silly person will say hey man go out of our country if you don't like it, well guess what ? i'm not in your country and i dont want to.. and to the pegan lord, save your policy man, no one wants to hear it, and what about the Our land thing, you have issues really.

Posted by: censored | Jan 31, 2006 12:15:03 AM

I think not even an iota of tolerance is there in Islam. Ok, it is wrong to depict a respectable prophet with caricature, but so what, if somebody feels happy by doing it, let him do so. If the religion or the prophet is really so great, such flimsy cartoons should not mar or degrade them. People who cry over the issue, please ignore them as stupid, if you feel like saying so, or if you really feel Islam is a tolerant religion, accept that it is their freedom of expression. Feel that my religion is very strong and great, such silly events will not mar the greatness of the religion.

In India, Hinduism has faced much more humiliation than these in history. There were events when some fanatics garlanded Hindu gods and goddesses with footwear – imagine how much it would have pained the believers. But what happens to Hinduism, it has survived and thrived over thousands of years, that too with more strength.

What did these Islamic rulers did in India few hundred years ago when they invaded the great country and robbed of the wealth of grand temples, killed thousands of innocent women and children and destroyed lot of artistic sculptures. They may be nonbelievers of idol worships but who gave them the right to destroy the sculptures. Why go to the old days, what happened in the recent past in Afganistan, they destroyed great Buddha sculptures in spite of requests from all over the world.

Hypocrisy is the name of Islam.

Posted by: Raja Ramalingam | Jan 31, 2006 12:18:14 AM

There are tons of artists in EVERY free nation who are NOT Muslim who would DRAW the prophet Muhammad IN A HEARTBEAT. They DO draw Jesus. They DO draw God. They DO draw Moses. They express themselves. Sometimes they get death threats.

Every free nation. It's called, "freedom of expression."

Boycott EVERY free nation. Please. Be consistent...

Posted by: Freeman | Jan 31, 2006 1:35:53 AM

What a bunch of losers! Makes me want to go ahead and start a website dedicated to caricatures of Mohammad.

Posted by: Arash | Jan 31, 2006 2:04:57 AM

I am a Muslim myself, but I must admit that I was not in the least bothered by these cartoons, ‎simply because I am sure prophet Mohammed himself would not care about something ‎trivial like that! He was insulted and mistreated during his lifetime so often and still he ‎never acted aggressively or offended. You know what he did to anyone insulting him or ‎Islam? He prayed for them, he prayed that God may show them the right path. He was a ‎forgiving man with a beautiful soul. And he definitely would not support boycotting ‎Danish products or mistreating Danish people simply because he would never support ‎harming anyone, neither innocent nor evil. Therefore, I am urging my fellow Muslims to ‎try to imitate his beautiful, compassionate, peace loving behavior. Try to show the rest of ‎the world that our Prophet and all of us Muslims are too noble and too pure to care about ‎some silly cartoon in some unknown newspaper! ‎

Posted by: amira | Jan 31, 2006 2:30:00 AM

i person who says bad stuff about the prophet must die, because the prophet(saw)is die, therefor the prophet(saw)can't for give him.
but who so ever says bad stuff about allah can be forgivin, because allah lives for ever

Posted by: daud | Jan 31, 2006 3:14:24 AM

It is sad to see the Muslim reaction.

Getting angry over a cartoon? You should be ashamed of yourself!

If an Arabian newspaper published a cartoon of Jesus, should Christians burn your flags, threat to kill innocent people of your country, and close their embassies?

I am certain Arab newspaper publish material that could be insulting to a Westerner. And the west ignored it and allowed you to say whatever you like.


By getting angry of trivial things, you are ridiculing yourself. You make Islam seem like a childish, violent culture.

If you had ignored it, the drawings would be forgotten in a week. Instead, the drawings was spread on the Internet and viewed by billions of people.


Amira, I agree with you. I am not a believer, but I am certain Mohammed would be sad to see how violently many muslims are reacting.

Ironically, one of the drawings summed up very neatly:
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/4527/muhammedfranzfuchseljyllandspo.jpg

"Easy my friends. When it comes to the point, it is only a drawing made by a non-believing dane..."

Posted by: Malaclypse the Younger | Jan 31, 2006 3:17:19 AM

Dear muslims, I am a new muslim myself. One of the greatest things that had driven me towards this genuine religion is speaking only if we have good things to add and keeping silence if there isn't any. Thats what our beloved prophet (PBUH) had taught us. I know that all of u know that hadeeth so plz just keep it in mind. ESCHEW BEING QURRELSOME. U r ryt, it is an impudent and audacious behaviour. But aggressiveness and using bad language don't solve anything. In fact, they open more doos for calumny and denigrates our religion, belief, and prophet (PBUH). "Bism Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheem: Walaw kunta fathan galeeth alqalbi lanfaddo min hawlik. Sadaq Allahu Al Atheem"

Dear NR, I am truly proud of ur msgs. Keep up the good work.. May Allah bless you.

Dear Mr. Hansen, ur meg is the only serious msg I read. It handeled everything in such a positive way not to mention the sincereness. Thank u on behalf of everyone that passed through ur msg without getting to understand beneath the lines. May Allah bless u.

Dear "The Pegan", aren't u a bit away the limits? May Allah be with u and guide u to the ryt path.

Dear Dan, when I started reading ur replys I thought to myself "what a sarcastic attitde!". But after ur last cognet reply, I kinda think u r a good person that is trying to be frank by all means but never giving up the sense of humor.
Maybe there are some deprecations and camor here and there, but then again, u could't have been expecting that muslims will acclaim this action. Plz don't give up replying in a polite and decent way just so that u can reflect ur own true soul.

Finally, racisim was and apparently still is the biggest issue in the human nation. PPL: what are u doing discussing political crap! No matter who is giving the oil, who is paying, who is trying to get a better life, who is going siteseeing. Don't u get it? Everyone needs everyone. Don't go through the path of racisim, it causes nothing but animosity and baneful enmity, these in turn aggravates the worst in us.

Wal salamu alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuhu.

Posted by: Linda | Jan 31, 2006 5:32:54 AM

this is the solution to all your problems.
kill the infidel vickings, take over europe and make it a moslim state. after that take over the world.
if your not able to do it alone, give the yanks a hand and do it together.

Posted by: Draco | Jan 31, 2006 6:04:18 AM

Let me remind you muslims that Yahuud (Jews) cannot be friends they r foes and will be till the day of Qiyamah....O Muslims wake up, otherwise those bastards will take advantage of us...may Allah help us to come out from dreams nad help us to fights these miscreants..

Posted by: Malik Yasir | Jan 31, 2006 7:04:43 AM

The religion of Islam respects freedoms far more than any laws and other religions. Prophet Mohammed , peace be upon him (PBUH), has taught us respect of others' freedoms and rights, principles of sound negotiation, exchange of views, and using the right evidence and proof. One of the essential basics of freedom is respecting human rights. Therefore, it comes as totally strange that the Government of Denmark, while claiming respect for human rights and freedoms, does permit the publication of such lies and distortions about Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

How could respect for human rights allow aggression by one person against another, their parents and relatives by means of swearing and insult? Even greater would be attacking and insulting someone's prophet and religious beliefs. Islam totally rejects attacking the Prophets. Muslims deeply genuinely keep away from any sort of insult or attack mounted against the Prophets of all heavenly religions whom they believe in and revere. However, it is very humiliating to see such claims falsely made around the character of the most honorable of human beings; the one that was sent as a mercy to the world and final messenger to humanity: Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). Blocking ears and closing eyes to such claims and insult to the Prophet of Islam is the gravest aggression against human rights. Moreover, it is a catalyst to sectarian conflicts and hatred among peoples of the world; besides sowing seeds of terrorism. If the Denmark government rejects these things, it should prohibit and fight such acts of insult and aggression against the Prophet of Islam rather than consider them part of the freedom of expression. Freedom never means breaching the rights of others. Planting hatred and enmity with Islam and Muslims is far from sound thinking and behaving on the part of any government that claims to uphold justice.

The insistence of your government to violate the rights of all Moslems will prompt us to boycott all Danish products in our countries and we will call every Moslem to take similar action.

Posted by: amrou momtez | Jan 31, 2006 7:55:18 AM

Well.... There is one things that's for sure.. since the Islamic countries dosen't want to close this issue but insists on demanding things that are not going to happen such as the government the Queen appolygizing and legal actions against the new papper Jyllands Posten. By continuing to draw attension to this issue more pictures of Mohammed will appear on the net and else where. This one can not blame the danes for but only those who tries to make a profit out of all this. It has allready begun..sadly enough a German website is as the first trying to gain financially from this. You can see it here:

http://www.spreadshops.de/584.html?search%5Bterm%5D=muslim&search%5Bobject_type%5D=article&x=31&y=2

Posted by: Rex Mundi | Jan 31, 2006 8:42:37 AM

To Naushad.
First of all, "Kafir" is the one who don't believe in god. Anyway as I see that you are, as most of you community I guess, sure 100% that Islam is the right religion and every other religion is not worthy. Ok, if you ask any Jewish person, he would tell you that he is 100% that they are the people that god had chosen, even though we find that ridicules …
As Christians, when our priest is giving his word in the church, he always says to us to help and love all our human brothers, but when I heard once on the radio the KHETEBE of Friday, your SHEIKH invites you to help and support your Muslim brothers, and it didn't sound very right for me.
In Damascus, I'm working in a charity institute to offer help for poor children. I give them free lessons to help them succeed in schools, and all the children that I taught are Muslims.
N.B: in our Bible there is no mention for Islam, but in our Kuraan there is a mention for ISSA (Jesus) as a prophet. And it is normal because Islam came after Christianity, and don't understand this note as to tell you that we are right and you are wrong, because I don't ever use this logic.
Finally, I understand your anger against America's policies, but don't transform it to a battle against Islam because all of Arabs suffers from it and not just Muslims.
I don't invite you to Christianity because you have faith in your religion and that is good for you. But I'm asking you to respect other's believes so that they can respect yours. And hope God will guide us to the right way.
Best regards.

Posted by: iyad | Jan 31, 2006 10:21:29 AM

This is the link you want:

http://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?sid=120266

"The famous danish cartoon depicting Muhammed available as various products. All profits are donated to the cartoonist in the support of free speech across the world. Products ship across Europe, US shop is currently in development."

Posted by: Malaclypse | Jan 31, 2006 10:22:16 AM

to a muslim.
We are very sorry about these ugly cartoons that some Danish newspapers published them.
I read all your responses with one of my Muslim friends, and we didn't know if we should laugh or cry. We were much shucked about how anyone can be so ignorant and so impolite as you are.
You called Christians Cows believer, and that really reflects your wide knowledge and your good logic.

Finally, I think that people like you has driven us, the Arabs world, to the bottom of the world.

I wish I can talk to you about this event and who we should gather to defend our religion against these attacks that is most probably supported by Israel and America to disturb the region but you don't have any sense of logic.

Posted by: iyad | Jan 31, 2006 10:55:55 AM

I am danish and have the following to say to this debate:

First I want to say that when the newspaper made those cartoons i found it stupid and no need to offend muslims. on the oteher hand there have been made plenty of cartoons before of Mohammed so it was not a new thing. and I could not see the big problem.

In Denmark we have free speach and because of this neither the government or any other can or will punish the newspaper... its the newspapers problem no one else can be held responsible for this !

Muslims remember with all those threats against Denmark and Danes...that there also lives many muslims here and they will definetely suffer the most from this !!!

Also please remember that we have helped arab people and muslims all over the world for many years and I guess that have ended now!

Because muslims seems to forget so easily... I also have to remind them that when churches where blown up in Pakistan and Indonesia by muslims... I dont recall that christians where demonstrating in the streets... calling for death to muslims !
See there is a difference....

To " Malaclypse the Younger " who have converted to islam.... what do muslims do to other muslims that wants to convert ????

Im christian and wont live by the unholy laws of islam !

Posted by: lnn | Jan 31, 2006 11:13:45 AM

If you let a cartoon be so insulting to you and your religion as some people have expressed, you have much larger issues with you