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Posted: 2/1/2006 11:05:06 PM EDT
Well many papers throughout Europe have reprinted the Cartoons of the Propheyt Mohammed that caused so much trouble in Denmark as a sign of suppport.
Well the Editor of Phrench newspaper who did it has been scacked 'for offending muslims'... ANdy French editor fired over cartoons Some of the cartoons depict the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist The editor of a French newspaper that printed a cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad on its front page has been sacked for offending Muslims. Jacques Lefranc was dismissed by the owner of France Soir, as his paper became embroiled in a developing row between Muslims and European press. Muslim countries have imposed sanctions against Denmark after a Danish paper first printed Muhammad cartoons. Other European journals reprinted the images to show support for free speech. France Soir printed a newly created cartoon on its front page showing Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy figures sitting on a cloud, with the caption "Don't worry Muhammad, we've all been caricatures here". CARTOON ROW 30 Sept: Danish paper Jyllands-Posten publishes cartoons 20 Oct: Muslim ambassadors in Denmark complain to Danish PM 10 Jan: Norwegian publication reprints cartoons 26 Jan: Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador 30 Jan: Gunmen raid EU's Gaza office 31 Jan: Danish paper apologises 1 Feb: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint cartoons In pictures: Cartoon outrage Outrage bemuses Denmark Publications in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain re-ran the Danish cartoons. However France Soir owner Raymond Lakah said in a statement to AFP he "decided to remove Jacques Lefranc as managing director of the publication as a powerful sign of respect for the intimate beliefs and convictions of every individual". "We express our regrets to the Muslim community and all people who were shocked by the publication." Islamic tradition bans depictions of the Prophet or Allah. The caricatures from Denmark's Jyllands-Posten included drawings of Muhammad wearing a headdress shaped like a bomb, while another shows him saying that paradise was running short of virgins for suicide bombers. Syria and Saudi Arabia have recalled their ambassadors to Denmark, while the Danish-Swedish dairy giant Arla Foods says its sales in the Middle East have plummeted to zero because of a boycott of Danish products. There have also been demonstrations and death threats in some Arab nations. The offices of Jyllands-Posten had to be evacuated on Tuesday because of a bomb threat. The paper had apologised a day earlier for causing offence to Muslims, although it maintained it was legal under Danish law to print them. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the paper's apology, but has rejected calls to punish the paper, saying the government cannot censor the press. Reporters Without Borders said the reaction in the Arab world "betrays a lack of understanding" of press freedom as "an essential accomplishment of democracy." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4672642.stm |
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On the other hand, didn't Chirac promise to nuke any state involved with a terrorist attack in France?
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The frogs get off on submission.
ETA: I was going to order a Danish Ham for the Superbowl- no luck. Unless Publix has 'em in the Deli I'll have to settle for some Havarti cheese and Tuborg. Not a bad compromise. |
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I didn't hear about the French nuking anyone for the rioting last summer... |
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The owner is Egyptian, I believe. Not surprising he might take it all a little more personally.
I don't think it is unreasonable for the guy to be fired, especially if the publisshing of the cartoon was purely gratuitous. We get pissed when pictures of dead soldiers and the like are published purely to stir up trouble. Just a thought. ETA: Found where i read that: news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2631&ncid=2631&e=34&u=/ap/20060202/ap_on_bi_ge/prophet_drawings_6 |
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French Riots Subside As Chirac Converts To Islam
PARIS, FRANCE - In response to the thousands of impoverished Muslim rioters who have been ravishing France for the last month, French President Jacques Chirac announced his complete and total conversion to Islam yesterday. “Allah Akhbar!” said Chirac in a special TV address to his nation. “God is great, for I have been reborn as Kareem Mohammed Al-Chirac.” In his second major speech since rioting began, Al-Chirac said that the passion and faith of the Muslim protesters stirred a spiritual awakening in him, and that he now worships Allah, whom the Prophet Mohammed spoke of in His Blessed Text the Qur’an. “Honestly, I’ve been truly impressed by the faith all of you have shown by burning cars and throwing rocks at police,” said Al-Chirac. “It has enlightened me and rescued me from darkness, and as a result, I have come to know and been saved by the Creator, the One-and-Only-Lord-of-the-Universe, Allah. For this I am eternally thankful.” Al-Chirac continued to say that companies, unions and the media must immediately stop discriminating against the Muslim population of France, of which he is now a proud member. “As the first Muslim President of France, I must insist that the discrimination and the tyranny perpetrated against my Muslim brethren come to an end. Under my leadership, no longer shall we, the Muslim people of France, be oppressed. And as the proudest new member of the one true faith of Islam, I would also like to take this time to implore my fellow Islamic countrymen: For the love of Allah, please! Stop rioting!" Appearing on French TV wearing a traditional Muslim Kufi cap, Al-Chirac’s announcement came as quite a surprise to many observers. It was only a mere year and a half ago that Al-Chirac authored legislation banning the ‘Burka,’ a female form of Muslim headdress. Along with widespread poverty, this discriminating legislation has been directly linked to the ferocious riots which have swept France. “It’s quite a flip-flop,” said political analyst Bill Kristol. “But it doesn’t surprise. It’s just the French surrendering again. And every true-blooded American knows that’s what the French do best.” “Mohammed Al-Chirac looks like he farts a lot,” ingeniously commented comedy legend Adam Corrola. “He should get a fart fan, or else it’s gonna stink in his office.” Although seemingly a ploy, Al-Chirac’s convert-to-Islam strategy seems to have worked. Since his announcement almost 27 hours ago, the riots which have gripped France have begun to subside. President Bush responded to Al-Chirac’s maneuver with praise today. “I think this shows that we’ve all mis-underestimated Mr. Al-Chiraqi,” said Bush to reporters. “I think he’s figured out a good way to beat the terrorists at their own game. If we all just pretend to convert to Islam, what are the terrorists gonna do? Blow up their own kind? Ha! Not even they could be that stupid.” |
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Not exactly, another newspaper and not the least important one has joined the band wagon.
PARIS, Feb 2, 2006 (AFP) - France's respected daily newspaper Le Monde joined a European press campaign for freedom of expression Thursday with a front-page cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed and an editorial defending the right to ridicule religions. The drawing by the paper's long-time cartoonist Plantu featured a head of the prophet made up of the words "I must not draw Mohammed" written repeatedly in long-hand. "Religions are systems of thought, constructions of the spirit, beliefs which are to be respected certainly, but also freely analysed, criticised and even turned to ridicule," Le Monde said. "A Muslim may well be shocked by a picture of Mohammed, especially an ill-intentioned one. But a democracy cannot start policing people's opinions, except by trampling the rights of man underfoot," it said. Plantu told the newspaper that cartoonists and other humourists find it increasingly hard to touch on religion in their work. "People do not understand to what point -- outside the Catholic Church which we can attack and which is, one has to say, very lenient -- it has become impossible to criticise religious things," he said. |
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Sad that the ROP could escalate this to killing people, even all-out rioting and destruction, over a fu**ing cartoon. Meanwhile no government or media outlet really points out how stupid that is. None of them, basically, tell the ROPers to calm the fu** down. Everyone's too busy tap-dancing around the issue.
LIGHTEN UP, FRANCIS! |
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France Soir owner Raymond Lakah is an Egyptian.
Just thought I would add that bit. Eric The(WesternWorldRules)Hun |
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chirac probably started beating off when he read that article. |
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For once I beat Eric with some obscure piece of information. HA!!! Calendar marked. |
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Personally, I think religion is perhaps the STUPIDEST thing to get worked up about (even stupider than spelling nazis!)
I'm all for free exercize of religion (and the right to NOT practice a religion). Whatever YOU want to believe in go for it, as long as it does not harm others. People who try to force their religion on others are absolute scum. You're not going to "save" anyone by changing their beliefs, so if they tell you "no" stop pushing it. And as for using religion as a call to arms- without a doubt, the most ignorant, wasteful, hateful misuse of human energy. The greatest crimes against humanity have all been committed in the name of religion. This goes for ALL religions. I can point to people from ANY religion who are guilty of forcing their beliefs on others, and using their beliefs as a call to arms. If people would stop getting so wrapped up in their religions, I'd venture to bet that 90% of world conflict can be avoided. |
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I think we should all print this out on our computer and send a copy to CAIR or HAMAS or our local Iranian Embassy with a little note that exclaims the virtues of freedom of the press and freedom of speech and the lack of a freedom to be offended. AVATAR?, I think we should commission a stamp with this picture and put it on every letter of protest we send. |
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Damn. My wife packed a grilled cheese sandwich in my lunch. You're not gonna BELIEVE whose face it looks like on one side! Guess I better get rid of it before someone gets pissed off.
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hmmm.... not a bad idea |
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isn't this the definition of PC? |
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Bring on the bombers! SBG |
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it's coming to bite them in the ass.. huh |
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I wonder what country will have the first killings done because of this? Like the massacre in asscrackistan that followed the fake story put out by Newsweek that us troops were flushing the koran down the toilet? Seriously, I'm willing to bet that infidel heads will roll because of this. |
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Hmmmmm....... A Phrench Newspaper owned by the RoP®...... ..... that may explain a few things about Phrench views on the RoP® ANdy |
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Raymon Lakahn is an Egyptian but as far as i know he is Copt not muslim.
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His actions today make him an honory member of the RoP® |
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Agree. It's gonna get ugly PARIS, Feb 2, 2006 (AFP) - Several French newspapers rallied Thursday in support of France Soir after it became the first publication outside Denmark and Norway to print all 12 controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The authoritative daily Le Monde published its own front-page depiction of Mohammed -- a drawing by cartoonist Plantu showing a bearded prophet made up of the words "I must not draw Mohammed" written repeatedly in long-hand. "A Muslim may well be shocked by a picture of Mohammed, especially an ill-intentioned one. But a democracy cannot start policing people's opinions, except by trampling the rights of man underfoot," it said in an editorial. The left-wing newspaper Liberation said it would publish two of the 12 cartoons in its Friday edition, along with six pages of comment on the affair which burst forth this week after smouldering for several months. The satirical weekly Charlie-Hebdo said next week's paper would feature all 12 pictures, which include one of Mohammed with a bomb-shaped turban and another of him at the gate of heaven telling Muslim suicide-bombers to stop because "We ran out of virgins". "We are going to do it as a matter of principle and to express solidarity with France Soir and our Danish colleagues," said editor Philippe Val. "This is an inviolable question of principle here in the land of Voltaire and Zola. We are willing to appear before the courts if some think the drawings go too far, but we are certainly not willing to give way to the desires of religious extremists," he said. The French government has kept its distance from the row, with ministers defending the principle of free expression but saying it should be exercised "with tolerance." Meanwhile the editor of France Soir Jacques Lefranc challenged his sacking overnight by the paper's owner. "This decision seems to me questionable in both reasoning and method," he said in a statement. "I reserve the option to contest it." Lefranc was removed from his job as French-Egyptian owner Raymond Lakah apologised to Muslims for offence caused by the cartoons which appeared in Wednesday's edition. The dismissal was meant as a "powerful sign of respect for the intimate beliefs and convictions of every individual," Lakah -- a Roman Catholic who has joint French-Egyptian citzenship -- said. Once the country's biggest daily, France-Soir today sells fewer than 45,000 copies a day and has been in receivership since October. Seventy percent of the stock is owned by Lakah's company Montaigne Press. Journalists on France-Soir said that Lefranc had been made a scapegoat in order to "make a symbolic gesture to the Muslim countries." Insiders said the editor had actually been opposed to publishing the cartoons, but was talked into it by colleagues. Le Monde's cartoonist Plantu told his newspaper that cartoonists and other humourists find it increasingly hard to touch on religion in their work. "People do not understand to what point -- outside the Catholic Church which we can attack and which is, one has to say, very lenient -- it has become impossible to criticise religious things," he said. |
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