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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 08:38 PM
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Danish Muhammed Cartoonist Attacked; Somali Man Charged
 
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AP: Danish authorities say a Somali man has been charged with attempted murder for an attack on an artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage across the Muslim world. (Jan. 2)
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 08:47 PM
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1. Early reports indicate he is not a Muslim.
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 09:37 PM
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2. Nearly all Somalis are Sunni Muslims.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 10:03 PM
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3.  there are numerous illustrations of that guy.>Links> the riots and demonstrations were organized fo...
political reasons..

there is a book about this event.. i dont have time to find it right now. but this relates
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/5/13149/60748
"snip... Over 251 pilgrims were killed during the 2004 Hajj alone in the same area as the one that killed 350 pilgrims in 2006. These were not unavoidable accidents, they were the results of poor planning by the Saudi government.

And while the deaths of these pilgrims was a mere blip on the traditional western media's radar, it was a huge story in the Muslim world. Most of the pilgrims who were killed came from poorer countries such as Pakistan, where the Hajj is a very big story. Even the most objective news stories were suddenly casting Saudi Arabia in a very bad light and they decided to do something about it.

Their plan was to go on a major offensive against the Danish cartoons. The 350 pilgrims were killed on January 12 and soon after, Saudi newspapers (which are all controlled by the state) began running up to 4 articles per day condemning the Danish cartoons. The Saudi government asked for a formal apology from Denmark. When that was not forthcoming, they began calling for world-wide protests. After two weeks of this, the Libyans decided to close their embassy in Denmark. Then there was an attack on the Danish embassy in Indonesia. And that was followed by attacks on the embassies in Syria and then Lebanon...snip"


there are a lot of illustrations right here on Wikipedia... no riots :shrug:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad
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RumJungle Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 10:54 AM
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4. LOL
He has links to al-qaida, so yeah he is.
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 06:04 PM
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7. Hey, early reports ALWAYS say he's not a Muslim, in every incident. Now if I had said he's probably
a Muslim, what would have been the reaction here? You're new here, so I'll tell you: "No he's not! There is no proof of that! It's a plot of the corporatist right wing war monger Israeli supporting Islamophobic racists!" You're welcome.
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totodeinhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 02:36 PM
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5. You shouldn't make a claim like that without substantiating it with a link. n/t
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Andronex Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 03:12 PM
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6. Somalia and Yemen are the next targets...
Somalia and Yemen are the next targets of the western powers so it's should not be surprising that Al Ciada terrorists from those countries are in the news, they need to prepare the people for more wars.
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JelloSka Donating Member (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 06:10 PM
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8. A blow to freedom of speech
Fortuntely, the cartoonist was able to protect himself in the panic room of his house according to the article. He is brave for not being intimidated and continuing to speak his mind.
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oyvind Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-04-10 08:26 AM
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9. Oh yeah he's REALLY brave.
He fled into his panic room, leaving his 5 year old granddaughter alone with a crazy guy who had an axe. Oh yeah, and the granddaughter had a broken leg. What a hero.
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-04-10 10:26 PM
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10. He did not leave his granddaughter alone. Where did you get that from?
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oyvind Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-05-10 02:08 AM
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11. From his own statement.
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