Ironic Surrealism II

Dangerously deep.
As the publication of ‘Kurt Westergaard’s’ Muhammad cartoon was on September 30 2005!

Once again insane outrage concerning the Danish cartoon controversy has reared it’s ugly Islamic head! Which could of ended with deadly consequences. Had the suspects plotting to murder Danish cartoonist ‘Kurt Westergaard ‘ not been stopped in their tracks.

In future I may tag articles such as this under ‘mental illness’. Heh

Muslim protests

Muslims in London demonstrated against the publication of the cartoons of Muhammad. The messages that they delivered say everything.

Muslims are delivering their message loud and clear. Are you listening?

Murder plot against Danish cartoonist

Jyllands-Posten
Published 12.02.08 08:21
Early Tuesday morning, Danish police arrested several people with a Muslim background suspected of conspiring to kill Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist with Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten.

A formal statement by the police setting out details of the action is expected within the next few hours.

Kurt Westergaard is one of the 12 cartoonists who on 30 September 2005 published cartoons of Muslim prophet Mohammed.

_{All cartoons as originally published in Jyllands-Posten.}

The group arrested includes Danish as well as foreign citizens. The Danish Security and Intelligence Service have followed the group for months.

Kurt Westergaard’s cartoon depicting the prophet wearing a bomb turban with a lit fuse attracted particular attention. What the cartoonist wanted to say with his cartoon was that many people exploit the prophet to legitimize terror. However, the cartoon was widely seen as a depiction of the prophet as a terrorist.

Statement by cartoonist Kurt Westergaard:

“Of course I fear for my life after the Danish Security and Intelligence Service informed me of the concrete plans of certain people to kill me. However, I have turned fear into anger and indignation. It has made me angry that a perfectly normal everyday activity which I used to do by the thousand was abused to set off such madness. I have attended to my work and I still do. I could not possibly know for how long I have to live under police protection; I think, however, that the impact of the insane response to my cartoon will last for the rest of my life. It is sad indeed, but it has become a fact of my life. ”
Continue reading..

Note: Regardless of the foiled murder plot against Kurt Westergaard, Jyllands-Posten has re-published the now infamous Muhammad cartoon along side their article.

Anatomy of the Cartoon Protest Movement - WaPo

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Middle East ‘Defending the Prophet’
For days in Damascus, diplomats had heard about protests planned for Saturday. In the streets, there were posters of a Danish flag with a red X across it. Text messages went out on Friday, their source unclear: “Join us in defending our prophet and what is sacred.” It added, “What are you going to do in order to answer to your prophet in the afterlife?”

The Norwegian and Danish embassies requested extra security, the diplomats said, but received none.

The protesters gathered on Feb. 4 carrying Syrian flags and banners calling on the Danish ambassador to leave the country. They tore down the flags hanging on the building. Soon, people began throwing rocks and gasoline bombs. Diplomats said they saw what appeared to be Syrian intelligence agents in the crowd. Before dusk, the Danish Embassy was ablaze, and other protesters went to the Norwegian Embassy, burning it as well. Another crowd went to the French Embassy, but was driven back by water hoses.

In time, thousands gathered in the Lebanese capital, some rampaging through a Christian neighborhood and setting fire to the building that housed the Danish Embassy. Al-Shahal, carrying a loudspeaker, said he was among the clerics who tried to restrain the crowd.

A day later, in Afghanistan, protesters chanting anti-American slogans tried to storm the U.S. air base in Bagram. Afghan security forces fired on the crowd, killing at least three people. More protests followed in other Afghan cities, the grievances multiplying and mixing. In all, about 12 people were killed. Unlike in Lebanon and Syria, calls were passed not by technology, but word of mouth. Few had seen the cartoons, but they had become the topic of Friday sermons there, each retelling tinged with another exaggeration.

Note: Although the above article is a fairly thorough synopsis, the Danish cartoons are noticeably absent. In direct contrast to the Jyllands-Posten report above.
All emphasis mine.
Arab Cartoons

The Arab Media’s Portrayal of Jews
The extreme reaction to the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in the European press has led to death threats, rioting and targeting of Danish and other European embassies and institutions throughout the Muslim world.

At the same time, some Muslim and Arab newspapers and Web sites have ratcheted up their publication of cartoons with virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Israel themes: Click to view.

_{Toonophobia @ Cox & Forkum}

Update!:
Solidarity! This is huge!

Newspapers reprint Mohammed cartoon

By The Copenhagen Post
Published 13.02.08 00:00

With the discovery of the assassination plot, editors at other major newspapers decided to re-print the cartoon as a sign of solidarity with Westergaard and as a means to reassert freedom of speech.

Berlingske Tidende newspaper did not print the cartoons during the crisis which followed the cartoons’ original publication. But Lisbeth Knudsen, its current editor-in-chief, said doing so now was intended as ‘a clear and unambiguous message’ to extremists.

‘We can’t accept that freedom of speech be taken hostage by religious fanaticism. Freedom of speech can be respectful and tolerant, but it should never be intimidated into silence.’

Politiken newspaper, which had criticised Jyllands-Posten or publishing the cartoons two years ago, also decided to print the image.

‘In a free society, we can discuss how public discussions should be conducted, but not if they should be conducted,’ said Tøger Seidenfaden, Politiken’s editor-in-chief.

Other news outlets have chimed in as well, including public broadcaster DR, which uploaded the image to its website.

Denmark to the Jihad: Drop Dead

The headline reads, “He must be killed for a drawing.”

The drawing is a new self-portrait of the cartoonist standing in the midst of a Allah-bomb explosion, with one arm holding a Danish flag, and the other holding a pen.

Also Rusty over at Jawa has this piece of infuriating news.
U.S. Muslim Inciting Murder of Danish Mohammed Cartoonists: “you fools seem to forget the end of Theo Van Gogh”

If this isn’t an incitement to murder, I don’t know what is. Samir Khan, the Charlotte, NC al Qaeda supporter & blogger on Kurt Westergaard and other cartoonists who defied Islamist demands drawing pictures of Mohammed should be illegal, as required by Islamic law. He first shows an image of Westergaard, and then warns:

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