No laughing matter
Contrary to what some would have us believe, not all Muslims are “deeply offended” by the now infamous cartoons. This response was offered by Danish Muslim, Naser Khader: “The imams should stop criticizing the cartoons and instead criticize the terrorists that cut the throats of innocent hostages… But on such occasions we never hear a word from them.” Similar sentiments have been echoed in “blogsphere” by other Muslim commentators.
The most hypocritical aspect of this outrage, is the fact that an Egyptian newspaper published the same cartoons in October 2005 and not a peep was heard. The Arab European League has responded by publishing anti-Semitic and holocaust-denying cartoons on their website. And, a leading Iranian newspaper is holding a holocaust-denying cartoon competition (what’s good for the goose I suppose). After every terrorist attack, great care is taken to assure us that Islam is a religion of peace which has been “hijacked by a fringe element”. Yet, we hear nothing from peaceful Muslims condemning: the violent (sometimes deadly) cartoon protests, holocaust-denying comments and the call for Israel to be “wiped off the map” from the Iranian leader. Why the silence?
The most hypocritical aspect of this outrage, is the fact that an Egyptian newspaper published the same cartoons in October 2005 and not a peep was heard. The Arab European League has responded by publishing anti-Semitic and holocaust-denying cartoons on their website. And, a leading Iranian newspaper is holding a holocaust-denying cartoon competition (what’s good for the goose I suppose). After every terrorist attack, great care is taken to assure us that Islam is a religion of peace which has been “hijacked by a fringe element”. Yet, we hear nothing from peaceful Muslims condemning: the violent (sometimes deadly) cartoon protests, holocaust-denying comments and the call for Israel to be “wiped off the map” from the Iranian leader. Why the silence?
