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^^^ Yes, along with the NYTimes. But don't forget that we're a bunch of wacko communists (high taxes, developed well-fare system, free medicare etc.) of course we'd be the ones to brew the newest neo-fascist fad - drawing cartoons. I saw "Goodnight and good luck" the other day. Apparently journalistic standards have dropped on CBS since then. Hell, if "The Insider" is even remotely accurate, I'll say that standards have been dropping drastically in just a few years.
But even if us Danes are vile and ruthless, fortunately there are islands of tolerance, respect, and liberty from which we can hopefully learn to behave:
| quote: | Court issues fatwa on cartoonists
AN Islamic court in India has issued a fatwa, or religious decree, condemning to death the 12 artists who drew the controversial images of the prophet Mohammed.
The decree was issued on behalf of the Idar-e-Sharia Darul Kaza Islamic court in northern Uttar Pradesh state by its religious head in the state capital, Lucknow.
"Death is the only penalty for the cartoonists who had drawn sacrilegious cartoons of the prophet," Maulana Mufti Abul Irfan, the religious head of the court, said overnight.
The court's ruling is binding on Muslims, but can be challenged under Indian law.
Mr Irfan said it was clearly written in the Muslim holy book, the Koran, that anyone who insulted the prophet deserved to be punished.
He said the fatwa was applicable wherever Muslims live.
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Jaffaryab Zilany, a member of the authoritative national body of Muslim clerics, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, said however that although the fatwa was legitimate under Islamic law, it had no legal binding in India.
The sentence comes days after a minister in the state government, Mohammed Yaqoob Qureshi, offered a reward of $US11.5 million ($15.6 million) for the beheading of any of the cartoonists.
The cartoons, drawn by 12 artists, were first published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September and later reprinted in other mainly European dailies. They have sparked protests worldwide, some of them deadly.
On Saturday, a cleric in Pakistan offered a $US1-million ($1.35 million) reward and a car for the death of any of the cartoonists responsible for the drawings, one of which portrayed the prophet with a bomb in his turban.
Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be blasphemous.
Muslims make up about 130 million of mainly Hindu India's billion-plus population. While there have been large demonstrations against the cartoons in India, they have been mainly peaceful. |
A good thing that we pour foreign aid into India. How on Earth would they be able to afford drumming up bounty hunters without us.
In other news: Apparently self-censorship is on the move in Sweden:
| quote: | Another Swedish Site Shutdown
One that I missed. On Monday Swedish Internet provider Spray shutdown the website of feminist publisher Alida for publishing those sinister Mohammad pictures. As a private company, this is, of course, their right (they claim that Säpo was in no way involved), but one cannot help thinking that such actions bode ill for the already stifled debate climate in Sweden. |
What do you say St_Andrew? Do you think you'll beat the Brits to the goal of Sharia? I'm rooting for you!
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Hopefully that day will never happen though, but there are indeed some worrysome developments going on. This site was officially closed for the reason that it was used for commercial reasons and Spray's contract did not allow this for their free service, I guess the reason why it came to their attention though is the fact that they published the pictures.
