Cartoon protests spread in Indonesia
The cartoons of Prophet Mohammed have become more famous than the Mona Lisa. Religious fanatics around the world have seized on this and used it as a lightening rod for their personal tensions. The BBC website reports that protests have spread to Indonesia’s second biggest city, Surabaya, in E. Java.
Protesters attacked the Danish and US consulates. Police fired warning shots. Similar protests are going on, copycat style around the world. I like the comment made by one Afghan protester, it sums up a common mentality. “They want to test our feelings,” protester Mawli Abdul Qahar Abu Israra said. “They want to know whether Muslims are extremists or not. Death to them and to their newspapers.”
Nah, he’s not an extremist.
Here in Bali its all peaceful, and no one has said anything to me about the cartoons. Ika said if you upset 1 Muslim, you upset all of them and must apologise to the whole Muslim world. She said on a personal level looking at a cartoon or picture would not upset her, she would simply say ‘I don’t believe it is the Prophet Mohammed.’
By Nick | Permalink
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like koreans. if you upset one korean, you have upset the whole korean world.
Definately “middle of the road”..I’d say!
Well - I’m Danish, and me and my family is going to Bali next month.
The cartoons are at least three month old and where published because a writer had problems finding anyone to draw a picture of Mohammed - and the newspaper decide to make a competition in the interest of free speech.
Today the whole Muslim world regard Denmark as country consisting entirely of all Muslim hating people.
This is simply not thru !
They are saying that the Koran have been burned publicly, NO ! if anyone should be so stupid (and yes we have those to - doesn’t anyone) they would be arrested by the police.
This whole affair have generated a lot of false rumors that has agitate people - even after the new paper have publically apologies for the drawing - still riots continue.
This is very sad that a small country up north should be the one to light this fire, they (the newspaper) never anticipated this, making sarcastic pictures or movies on religious questions is nothing new - life of Brian comes to mind. What if that film where about Mohammed.
But my question remains - how should we conduct our self’s in Bali ? Do we have to be extra careful ?
I wonder what Mawli Abd Kahar thinks when he sees the show-down around the world and the response from Iran that they said they’re going to counter it with their Holocaust joke. Can he admit now that it’s indeed a sign of extremism?
You know sometimes you can’t expect people to think outside the box, as they don’t even have a box to begin with.
Good point about “life of brian” Not to mention Kanye West on the cover of rolling stone last month with a crown of thorns. Whats more insulting: a cartoon or a plackard reading “Butcher the Danish” They are just looking for a ruckus and any excuse will do until they get everyone on board for the Jihad.
What I find particularly annoying is the media’s constant referal to the “Prophet Muhammed” ascerting that he was sent by God.
I am making some T-shirts up, does anyone know how to write “buy danish bacon” in arabic?
Well, what upsets me is the hypocrisy. I’ve seen some Arab newspapers before, and once in a while you see them make cartoon-jokes about jews wearing german crosses…
Seems to me the pot is calling the cettle black.
Yeah. An adjacent link states that Denmark has listed 14 countries it says Danes should not visit unless strictly necessary.
Good news is that Indo is NOT listed it seems. I suppose there are levels of extremism and Indonesia is respected as an increasingly tolerant and democratic society. Just we have to let the lunatic fringe in on the picture..