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Mark Steyn: Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand
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| Mark Steyn
Posted on 02/12/2006 2:21:46 AM PST by mal
From Europe's biggest-selling newspaper, the Sun: ''Furious Muslims have blasted adult shop [i.e., sex shop] Ann Summers for selling a blowup male doll called Mustafa Shag."
Not literally "blasted" in the Danish Embassy sense, or at least not yet. Quite how Britain's Muslim Association found out about Mustafa Shag in order to be offended by him is not clear. It may be that there was some confusion: given that "blowup males" are one of Islam's leading exports, perhaps some believers went along expecting to find Ahmed and Walid modeling the new line of Semtex belts. Instead, they were confronted by just another filthy infidel sex gag. The Muslim Association's complaint, needless to say, is that the sex toy "insults the Prophet Muhammad -- who also has the title al-Mustapha.''
In a world in which Danish cartoons insult the prophet and Disney Piglet mugs insult the prophet and Burger King chocolate ice-cream swirl designs insult the prophet, maybe it would just be easier to make a list of things that don't insult him. Nonetheless, the Muslim Association wrote to the Ann Summers sex-shop chain, "We are asking you to have our Most Revered Prophet's name 'Mustafa' and the afflicted word 'shag' removed."
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cartoonjihad; cartoons; islam; marksteyn; sharialaw; steyn
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To: MarMema
"If I were a Muslim, I would be deeply offended that the prophet's name is the preferred appellation of so many killers and suicide bombers on every corner of the earth."
The prophet Mohamed was a notorious killer and his doctrine/philosophy/teachings , "killing infidels", is proudly exposed in Qouran - the Muslims holy book.
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posted on
02/12/2006 4:08:31 AM PST
by
SeeSalt
To: mal
Coming soon whether you like it or not:
"Little Piglet meets the crazed Islamofascist rabble"
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posted on
02/12/2006 4:18:00 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Fzob
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posted on
02/12/2006 4:27:14 AM PST
by
KeyWest
(Help stamp out taglines!)
To: mal
Mohammed Atta... Asif Mohammed Hanif... Heshamed Mohamed Hedayet... Ali Mohamed... Mohammed Bouyeri... Mohammed Skaf... John Allen Muhammed... If I were a Muslim, I would be deeply offended that the prophet's name is the preferred appellation of so many killers and suicide bombers on every corner of the earth. Why is this murderous heritage not offensive to Muslims?
Islam is the strangest, most violent religion, wielding the sword, taking offense and seeking revenge to save face.
For the newspapers of the world to agree to be more sensitive to this religion is a waste of time, a capitulation to tyranny.
This is the religion that encourages killing to save face. Certainly not a very Christian religion.
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posted on
02/12/2006 4:28:36 AM PST
by
ThirstyMan
(hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
To: RobFromGa
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posted on
02/12/2006 4:55:41 AM PST
by
tkathy
(Ban the headscarf (http://bloodlesslinchpinsofislamicterrorism.blogspot.com))
To: mal
"might as well fight in the first ditch as in the last"
Blast and damn it, I *hate* agreeing with Andrew Sullivan.
Just can't help it on this one, though.
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:03:06 AM PST
by
dsc
To: sangrila
Shame on you. This is a very offensive and disrespectful thing to say. Most plugs are peaceful, and want only to help those in need. You're probably gonna get a fatwad from the plugs' chief Imam, Sheik Yabootie.
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:12:13 AM PST
by
Clioman
To: mal
we might as well fight in the first ditch as the last. I wonder how many "tolerant" liberals even understand where this expression comes from?
I think it's past time for Hollywood to include a Muslim character in a sitcom, to show their respect, support and tolerance for the Islamic world. They could even make him gay, to speak out for what is probably the most repressed group in the world today, gay Muslim men.
C'mon, Hollywood. Don't worry about being blown up. The Muzzies will understand that you're just trying to make them look like they're part of the gang.
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:13:49 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: mal
The doll in quesion...
To: MarMema
The Mohammed Shag blow up doll
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:45:52 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: Always Right
That shag doll can't be the real Muhammed because the real Muhammad has a beard like this
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:54:58 AM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
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To: Clioman
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posted on
02/12/2006 8:27:28 AM PST
by
sangrila
To: montag813
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posted on
02/12/2006 8:30:10 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Women were put on Earth to look hot. Men are here to be stupid about it.)
To: mal
"blowup males" are one of Islam's leading exports,... LOL!
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posted on
02/12/2006 10:04:33 AM PST
by
BobS
To: Lurker
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02/12/2006 11:11:41 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: mal
The "moderate" Muslim to me is a myth. Where are these people? Just today on a TV show in Chicago, some female "moderate" Muslim was complaining about the publication of these cartoons.
I say give these people 2 years to take an oath to the US or deport them. We can't let America become another Europe with separatist Muslim areas.
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02/12/2006 2:51:44 PM PST
by
GianniV
To: mal
You don't hear much from the Religion Of Peace TM if yokels named Mohammed keep blowing themselves up. Apparently its alright if the name of the prophet is associated with mass murder. But draw a cartoon that suggests the prophet welcomes people blowing themselves up and watch them go berserk. The difference in the reaction has to be seen to be believed.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
02/12/2006 2:54:52 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: dsc
That quote is from John O'Sullivan, not the pederast Andrew Sullivan....
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02/13/2006 7:03:42 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Pokey78
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posted on
02/13/2006 7:31:51 AM PST
by
Smile-n-Win
(There will be peace when they fear us more than they fear Allah.)
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