[lit-ideas] More on cartoons
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:56:52 EST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4681294.stm
Well, this certainly was an appropriate reaction ....
(And on a semi-related note ... is anyone concerned that there are now
reports from survivors of explosions and massive fire on the boat not long
after
it left Saudie Arabia, and that the fires raged for two hours before the Ferry
sank. No distress calls from the Ferry were sent.)
Last Updated: Saturday, 4 February 2006, 15:28 GMT
Danish embassy torched in Syria
Syrians have set fire to the Danish embassy in Damascus to protest against
the publication of newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, witnesses say.
The caricatures have sparked outrage in Muslim countries across the world,
following their publication in a Danish newspaper in September.
The cartoons have since been published by several other European media.
Some of the cartoons depict Muhammad as a terrorist. Any images of the
Prophet are banned under Islamic tradition.
Syrians have been staging sit-ins outside the Danish embassy almost daily.
The cartoons have sparked diplomatic sanctions, boycotts and death threats
in some Arab nations, while some newsapers have defended publication of the
images in the name of press freedom.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for calm and urged Muslims to
accept an apology from the Danish paper that first published the cartoons.
Julie Krueger
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