[lit-ideas] Re: Link to "Mohammed" cartoons
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:07:08 -0500
Way to completely miss the point Stan. If you knew anything about Islam you'd
know you don't draw pictures of Muhammad. Period.
Here's an additional newsflash: we can't dance around yelling "nigger!
nigger!" at African Americans either.
The Cartoons of Mohammed did not refer to him as a
"Towel Head" or "Sand Bunny." There was no
equivalent racist/ethnic slur in the presentation.
If anything, at least three of the cartoons
fingered the Muslim world for serious deficiencies
that should be examined worldwide.
*Bombhead Mohammed should make Muslims wonder
about those who claim to be faithful while turning
innocent civilians into hamburger.
*"We're out of Virgins" Mohammed, the funniest of
the lot, should make the faithful ponder the
distinction between greater and lesser jihad, and
ask why so many prefer the lesser jihad of
violence over the greater jihad of self conquest.
*"Drawing Board" Mohammed, featuring a cartoonist
drawing as he nervously looks around in fear of
his life, should not only recall Salman Rushdie,
but also great Sufi poets who were martyred for
pointing out the difference between a sign and the
thing signified.
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