Muslim Cartoon Riots Come to America

The riots have come to America here. . But you knew that it was only a matter of time. And future clashes here? This is a defining moment. Nazis in Skokie? America's DNA is  FREE SPEECH.Better understand Islam here. Must see TV, hat tip TJP

"Stop Publishing the Cartoons" over here at Democracy Project

Muslims protest outside Philadelphia newspaper

PHILADELPHIA - Hundreds of Muslims chanted and carried banners and signs outside the Inquirer-Daily News Building on Saturday, protesting The Philadelphia Inquirer's decision to reprint a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

Many said they thought that the paper had defamed their religion by publishing an image that has angered Muslims across the world and resulted in mass protests and the burning of Western embassies. Many Muslims consider any depiction of Muhammad to be sacrilegious.

"We feel very strongly The Inquirer could have covered the news without printing this inflammatory cartoon," said Zia Haq, 43, of Collegeville, Pa.

The cartoon, one of several originally published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September, depicts Islam's chief prophet with a lit bomb stuck in his turban. It ran in The Inquirer on Feb. 4 with a story about the dilemma faced by the media over reprinting the cartoon. The image was accompanied by a note, which said, in part, "The Inquirer intends no disrespect to the religious beliefs of any of its readers."

CAIR will hold a town hall meeting Sunday at the University of Pennsylvania.

Most U.S. newspapers have opted not to publish the images.

These are the  same newspapers that sued the federal government for the right to run the dead floating  bodies in the KKKatrina aftermath. But run the hundreds of bodies hitting the ground after throwing themselves out of the World Trade Center? Never

These dhimmi thumbsuckers make me sick to my stomach. They play right into the hands of Iran here. Rice Accuses Syria, Iran of Inflaming Muslim Sentiments Over Cartoons. We know  the mad mullahs  FUROR IGNITED AT MECCA SUMMIT, months after the poorly drawn toons were published.

Meanwhile, the imam who preached the Friday sermon in Gaza's Omari Mosque told 9,000 worshippers that the cartoonists who executed the caricatures should be beheaded.

Iran Blames U.S., Europe in Cartoon Crisis
Iran's hard-line president on Saturday accused the United States and Europe of being "hostages of Zionism" and said they should pay a heavy price for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have triggered worldwide protests.

BASTA! 

US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites
Daily Telegraph: Breaking News
Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb.

Hey guys, just do it already

UPDATE: Iran calls Palestinian plight worse than Holocaust

Taheri's Hijacking Islam  hat tip: commenter Associate Contributor

Received this from Peter in Denmark  here;

 I read this piece in Jyllands-Posten Friday and have just finished translating it.

We are being pissed upon by Per Nyholm

I think it was the long departed H.C. Hansen, one of last century's great Danish statesmen who once - while the communists were demonstrating in front of Christiansborg [Ed: the seat of parliament] - threw his gaze across the palace square and remarked: "I will not be pissed upon."

Then he did what was necessary.

I feel that currently my beloved country is being pissed upon rather too much. Denmark has not been neglecting its duties on the international stage. We have supported poor people with acts and advice, we have worked for peace, we have sent soldiers, policemen and experts to all the far flung corners of the world. We have democracy, a state of law and a welfare state. Not all is perfect, but we harbor no malice to our fellow man.

And yet Denmark is being pissed upon. The spokesman of the US State Department is pissing on Denmark, the British Secretary of Foreign Affairs is pissing on Denmark, the President of Afghanistan is pissing on Denmark, the Goverment of Iraq is pissing on Denmark, other Moslem regimes are pissing on Denmark. In Gaza, where Danes for years have provided humanitarian relief, crazed Imams encourage people to cut off the hands and heads of the cartoonists who made the caricatures of Mohammed for the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

Excuse my choice of words, but all this pissing is pissing me off. Read it all and see what the "Danish Street" is saying.

Of Course my boys over at the Weekly Standard published the cartoons;

Editor's Note: Why we reproduced the Mohammed cartoons.

TO ACCOMPANY the editorial in the new issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, we have the page with the Mohammed cartoons from the September 30 Jyllands-Posten. Readers should be able to see what this controversy is about. More important, in light of recent instances of capitulation to the threats of radical Islamists, and in response to eloquent pleas by individuals like Walid-al-Kubaisi in Norway to publish the cartoons in order to protect freedom of expression, we wanted to do our small part to stand against intimidation by extremists.--William Kristol here

This is a moment of truth in the global struggle against Islamic extremism. Will Hamas succeed in creating a terror state on the West Bank? Will a terror-sponsoring Iranian regime succeed in its quest for nuclear weapons? Will Danish imams succeed in intimidating Europe--or the free world as a whole?

With respect to Hamas, Iran, and the cartoons, the response of Western leaders hasn't been particularly encouraging--with the notable exception of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark. Robert Frost said of liberals that they're incapable of taking their own side in a fight. We will see how deeply a degenerate form of liberalism has penetrated our souls. Will we anguish? Or will we fight? Read it all here

Uh, you know where I stand William
 

Comments

[Francis W. Porretto]

It becomes clearer with each passing hour that there is only one remedy for the cancer.

Where is the statesman who'll stand up and say so where all of America can hear him?

[lowandslow]

Kudos to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
I think the real reason most of the U.S. media refuses to show the cartoons isn't because they wish to respect Islam or fear of some sort of retaliation it might cause. I think it is just a case of coveryourassitus. If they were to paste these pictures on the front page or lead off the news with them it would shine a light on how ludicrous their defense of Islam has been in their effort to discredit the WOT and Bush.

[ArthurStone]

I followed the link you provided to this description of the riot:

Demonstrators were orderly, lining both sides of Broad Street and standing on the median. A few passing cars honked in support as people hoisted signs reading "Respect all prophets" and "Say no to Inquirer." A large banner proclaimed: "Humiliating Prophets is not Freedom of Speech."

Some people passed out literature, and speakers addressed the crowd on megaphones, several calling for a boycott of The Inquirer. Some protesters said they had canceled their subscriptions. A few admitted that they had not seen the issue of the paper that included the cartoon.

Diabolical.

The reporter seemed to have missed the 'riot'.

[chigger]

ever wonder why our Founding Fathers inserted that 2nd Amendment?

[associatecontributor1]

You strike me as more a Wall Street Journal type, but The NY Post had a great op-ed from Amir Taheri about how all this supposed Arab
rage really concerns Denmarks upcoming Presidency of the UN Security Council. Denmark
will therefore be heavily involved in the investigation into Rafik Hariri's murder, and
the Iranian nuke question. It's all just cynical politics.

[MarcH]

Zia Haq and CAIR may have been disapointed at the turnout for their meeting today. We got 8 to 10" of snow last night and this morning in the Philadelphia area.

It will be interesting to see the reaction of the Philadelphia Inquirer to local and national pressure from CAIR and its associates. The Inquirer has a long record in news articles, editorials and cartoons of a rather anti-Israel slant and has been impervious to attemts by the pro-Israel community in Philadelphia to perusade them to modify their line.

In any case, I echo lowandslow. Kudos to the Inquirer and New York Sun for publishing the cartoons.

[Pamela Geller]

Huge New York Post fan, I get it with the Sun and WSJ everyday (their Sunday edition too) and Taheri is the man to read on matters Iranian. I read his every column...... just for knowing

[elvis]

FWP-

Reading your linked post confirms that the consequences of inbreeding are bad. So I say never waste time arguing with idiots. If this seems insensitive it would better to be compassionate and put them out of their misery with the added benefit of cutting our losses. They shoot horses, don't they?

[TSGMF_USA]

Hey Atlas,
I think you put it best on LGF in response to my posting the link to Iranian leader Ahma-camel-jockey-pig-fuckers comment "Israel will be removed"; ATLAS: 'AHMADINEJAD WILL BE REMOVED'

Why are we even fooling around here? Lets get to it. Time is a luxury we do not have. Time only feeds into the Pig Fuckers hands.

Cheers from snow covered CT 24 inches and counting.......

[eteraz.wordpress.com]

as a muslim and a philadelphian i intend on going to the cair townhall meeting and telling them that i support free speech b/c i'm an american.

unfortunatly i didn't get a chance to do a counterdemonstration to the inquirer protest.

i wholly support the inquirer in this.

[ArthurStone]

Pamela- Headline from From Atlas Shrugs 2/12/06

Muslim Cartoon Riots Come to America

The riots have come to America.

Any followup? Arrests? Property damage? Injured? Fatalities?