are u all agree that the Denmark's newspaper should show the cartoon that make the islamic ppl angry?
112677
Cartoons and caricatures are sometimes intended to make people think. Get over it! All the whining and thumbsucking about something so trivial. Find something better to do. Do you realize the good things that could have been done with the energy expended on this? What a joke on humankind.
139791
i hate it that they did that cartoon. and i m christian. it s not normal. can t believe it actually happened in a civilised country...:(
305846
The Prince is not a Muslim and neither am I. But he, like myself, apparently wishes to learn about the Muslim faith in order to understand the people. It is through learning that misunderstanding and prejudice can be defeated and peace is possible. He wants to promote a positive attitude between Muslims and his own faith, just as I do. Not all Muslims are Godforsaken animals like Osama Bin Ladin. What is wrong with the Prince being a diplomat? He will be King one day and if I were a British citizen, I would want our King to use diplomacy and to promote peace. When our Towers collapsed, it was then that I took an interest in Islam and Muslims because I just wanted to understand the culture. I knew in my heart that Bin Ladin was not a man of God and I did not wish to condemn all Muslims nor Islam. It would be a grave injustice to do so. I remain Christian and I now have many Muslim friends and they are wonderful, caring, peace loving people. I too believe that the cartoon of Muhammed should be condemned and that it was a horrible, disprespectful thing to do. How would the English feel if someone did something like that to the Queen? While I'm sure it's happened, I'm quite sure that it offended people. Even as an American, I would be offended if someone did that to the Royal family as I am of British descent. If you wish to judge the Prince, then look at both sides of the coin. I commend Charles and the people of England for not condemning all Muslims as so many around the world do. Education and positive relations between cultures are the key to peace in my book. To remain open minded is to remain open hearted and God knows we need that now.
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There does indeed seem to be far more than just a few extremists.  The rioting is spreading around the world.  I heard on the news today that even Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, USA is comcerned with the climate of the reactions in their city,\n\nI can understand the Muslims being insulted by the Danish cartoons.  I am very sorry for that. However I am even sorrier for the people who choose to react to that insult with violence.  \n\nI keep hearing that everyone is so upset because they think the cartoons make Muslims look like terrorists. Well, I am sorry, but they come no where as close to doing that as the people who are roiting in violence do.\n\nIf you do not want the world to think of Muslims as terrorists, then you need to stand up and denounce the actions of those who ARE acting in a terroristic way. Burning down embassies over a religious insult IS behaving in a terroristic manner.
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Both, really. It was the Danish press exercising their right (under Danish law) to free press, and it was disrespectful to a certain religion.\n\nBut we don't see Christians burning flags and torching embassies b/c of unusual (and blasphemous) creations as "Piss Christ", or Jews sending death threats to the Muslim state-sponsored newspapers running virulent cartoons equating Nazis and Zionists.\n\nMuslims need to come to the 21st century, or we might have to bomb them to the Stone Age.\n\nAnhar : Let's see, freedom is slavery, where have I heard that before? ;) Let's face it, we're dealing with a group of people who have been conditioned to accept "The Truth" as the only acceptable answer, and if you dare to disbelieve, then you're wrong and it's off with your head :<
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I suspect not ... ask Salman Rushdie !\n\nRight or wrong the fall-out from even a small slight on Islam would be massive ... it appears that the Islamic religion is unable to accept any level of parody.  I am not making a racist point here just reminding folks over the furor over a few cartoons.\n\nPeace Out.
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i am for free speech!! keep it up!! muslims should learn tolerance just like Christians had too. it is unfair for groups to say it is wrong to depict mohammand but it is OK to depict Christ.
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IRONPAF >>>> MY GOD IS JESUS AND I RESPECT HIM WITH ALL MY HEART. BUT IF SOMEONE MAKES AN OFFENSIVE PICTURE OF JESUS THAN I AM NOT GONNA GO OUT ON THE STREETS AND BURN KFC, MCDONALDS, HOLIDAY INN. GOD KNOWS THAT I LOVE HIM AND RESPECT HIM AND ALSO KNOWS THAT I CANT STOP THE WORLD FROM HATING ON HIM. IF SOMEONE DOSENT LIKE GOD OR RESPECT HIM THAN THATS THEIR BUSINESS.... NOT MINE , I CANT CHANGE THE WORLD AND THATS WHAT THESE MUSLIM PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO....... THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD BELIEVE IN THE SAME WAY AS THEY DO..... I AGREE THAT IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO BY DANISH PEOPLE BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT U BURN PUBLIC PROPERTY AND HURT PEOPLE AND PUT BOUNTY ON SOMEBODYS HEAD! NO HOW DOES THAT MAKE THEM BETTER THAN THE DANISH PEOPLE? IS THAT WHAT THEIR GOD TEACHES THEM IN QUARAN?\nTHIS ANSWER IS FOR THE QUESTION U ASKED ME EARLIER......MY QUESTION WAS      They put $1000000 bounty to kill the danish cartoonist!?
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Yes.  That's freedom of speech.  You know, like a bunch of scumballs standing around screaming "Death to America?"  You may not like what people say or publish, but they have the right to do it.  You have the right to ignore it if you wish.  So, if something someone says or publishes offends you, don't watch or read it.  It's so simple, isn't it?  After all, it's not as if they are putting a gun to your head (or threatening to kidnap and behead you) is it?\n\nNo, I would not have published the cartoons, because I do respect others' religious views.  Also, because the peace loving, respectful Muslims of this world choose to commit violence and murder over a silly cartoon.  Ask them how they feel about Jews sometime to get their views of what respect for another's religion is really all about.  It's THEIR religion that all of this respect is limited to.  If they had their way, all Jews would be killed.  In the West, we call this hypocrisy.  In their world, I guess it's called respect.
95067
The extremist people supporting the extremist reaction by the radical islamics sure don't mind when the islamic papers put out hate filled cartoons against Jews, Christians, the image of Jesus, etc... The extremist islamics are reminding me of the kid in school who loves to make fun of someone else, insult them and call them names. And the minute it is returned, they start bawling like a baby as if they had NEVER done it themselves\n\nHello pot... this is kettle calling... something about the color black\n\nSeriously though... freedom of speech allows for the offensive. Those offended have the right to speak out about it, but not this extremist and violent type of reaction like we have been seeing.
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It has not changed my view at all it has only reinforced my belief that thier religious leaders manipulate thier followers in order to gain more power over them by feeding the ignorant followers more BS. It took them 4 months to organize a protest.Suppressing free speech is an atrocity. Burning an embassy of a country because the nation it represents has a free press is a ludicrous, double atrocity. But the apologists for the Arab/Muslim world — those who worry about “cultural sensitivities” above all else — are surely gearing up to excuse the “outrage” expressed because of newspaper cartoons. There has been no similar fury over Iraq’s Muslim terrorists killing approximately 30,000 other Muslims. And yet, we have seething masses because of a cartoon
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Getting back at them over the cartoons aren't we now...\nThe Danish people are peaceful and very intelligent. These cartoons ought to be water under the bridge...\nJust having a little joke there...
130076
Personally, I'm a Christian and an American and I don't think that the Muslims are trying to take over the world. Yes, they are angry at what's been done with the cartoon because those idiots in Denmark (not all the Danish) insulted and degraded their beloved prophet Mohammed. It was wrong of them to do this to the Muslim people. Yes, I do agree that what the ones that are committing the violence are wrong and it must be stopped,  but I do understand their outrage though it does not justify violence and bloodshed. The Muslims have been treated very badly since Osama Bin Ladin did what he did because he claims to follow Islam. He used his religion to promote violence and terror and that is what really started the hatred and fear of the Muslim people. He is not a true Muslim. The situation with the Muslims and the rioting is boiling over and the Muslim leaders need to act now before there is anymore bloodshed. We in America are being blamed because the middle east has issues with us anyway and it's easier to direct their anger toward the US but the Muslims that are attacking America for what Denmark has done, are wrong and on this, they owe us an apology. We had nothing to do with Denmark's blasphemy towards Mohammed and they are wrong in blaming us. I defend the good Muslims but I will certainly speak out against those that are wrong. They, like us, don't know everything there is to know about each other and our customs and religions. Perhaps if we would all take the time to learn about one another, we would find peace. Still, Muslim or Christian, we are all one family under God and it's time to realize that and heal. God bless.
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Nothing at all as I believe everyone has the right to free speech and if we start banning things because it offends some people then where do you draw the line\n\nThe cartoons were just that - cartoons.  Meant to be taken lightheartedly and not even published with the intention of causing offence.  When it's put into context Islam is one of the lesser mocked religions as I believe a lot of people are aware of the sensitivities that may be aroused in Muslims by speaking out against what to them is more than just a religion being as it is, a way of life.\n\nIn any event, there have been far more cartoons about Christ than about Muhammad (PBUH) and often much more hateful and disparaging.\n\nI don't have a religion as such and if I did it would probably be Baha'i which is effectively where the individual takes strands from different religions and lives their life according to them.
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I think I actually killed more brain cells reading their propaganda. They warp it because they need an excuse to be violent, and it undoubtedly gives them a sense of community and struggling against evil that is difficult to describe in words. Its really just a Christianized version of the Muslim Jihadists who fight for the same reasons: to kill, and to be united against a common set of enemies. Hatred is actually quite fun, and both groups capitalize on it. I don't know how to describe this, but its just like Hitler's use of hate to unite Germany only in a religious format instead of ethnic/political.
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There have been hundreds, thousands of caricatures about god, jesus and the pope.  Do you see christians jumping around waving banners about killing people and going to war over it?  Do we go around burning the flag of the nation this drawing originally was printed in?\n\nYou want disgusting, look at the way these people reacted over a DRAWING for goodness sakes.  Not saying it was right to print the drawing but come on get abit of bloody perspective.  Human freedom of belief?  What about the artists human rights?  I would say that the reaction to the cartoon did more to damage my views of the islamic community then the picture would ever of done.
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Yes.  There are a few of them, and you can find them listed here, along with an analysis of the controversy:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons