--- "P.H.Lundbech" <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:27:39 +0000 (GMT), Judith > Evans > <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >--- "P.H.Lundbech" <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> What about the british newspapers? > > > >I thought The Spectator had printed one; the > others, I > >believe, haven't. > > > > As a consequence of the London bombings? I have no idea why not. But well before those bombings, the Govt here had made a point of involving the leaders of the Muslim community in public affairs. > > > Zombietime briefly has the story of what is now > believed (also by > danish politicians) to be the real reason for what > has happened: > > "Furthermore, when a delegation of Danish imams went > to the > Middle East to discuss the issue of the cartoons > with senior > officials and prominent Islamic scholars, the imams > openly > distributed a booklet that showed not only the > original 12 > cartoons, but three fraudulent anti-Mohammed > depictions that were > much more offensive than the ones published in > Denmark. It is now > thought that these three bonus images are what > ignited the > outrage in the Muslim world. Ah. I'd read that there were some fake cartoons but not how they fitted in to the story. Judy Evans, Cardiff ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html