U.N., EU to apologize to Islam for cartoons (Joint statement to condemn Danish paper)

WorldNetDaily ^ | 2/8/06 | WorldNetDaily

[wagglebee]

 

The United Nations and European Union have reached agreement to issue a joint statement condemning cartoon "insults to Islam" that were first published in a Danish newspaper and have been widely reprinted recently, resulting in a rash of violence throughout the Muslim world.

According to a report in WAM, the United Arab Emirates news agency, the agreement is the work of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference.

The agreement, according to Ihsanoglu, will mean a formal rebuke by the U.N. and EU of the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten for publishing the offensive cartoons.

The statement, he added, stresses that divine religions and religious symbols must be respected, and that freedom of speech must not be taken so far as to desecrate religions.

"The statement also calls for renouncing all forms of violence," he said, according to WAM.

The controversy began just over a week ago, though the cartoons were first published by the Danish newspaper in September. More recently, other papers and news agencies picked up and published the cartoons, and the result has been unprecedented rioting throughout the Islamic world.

In Afghanistan, the death toll reached at least nine when four more demonstrators were killed in the southern city of Qalat. Army Gen. Abdul Razaq said four people were killed in the latest unrest.

In the Palestinian Authority, the international observer presence in the southern West Bank city of Hebron evacuated all its 71 staff members to Israel after hundreds of Palestinian youths attacked its offices, throwing stones, breaking windows and damaging cars.

Several youths managed to enter the headquarters, causing some damage. Palestinian security forces guarding the headquarters had to call in reinforcements before they were able to disperse the crowd.

In Iran, Muslim demonstrators gathered in front of the British embassy in downtown Tehran. Demonstrators hurled stones at the embassy building, but a large number of police and anti-riot forces appeared to have the situation under control.

[wagglebee]

What's next? Surrender? This is pathetic.

[Darkwolf377]

Next up, they will demand the US apologize for 9-11.

[frankiep]

Rumors of Europe's sudden growth of a spine seem to have been greatly exaggerated.

On the other hand, I would expect nothing less from the EUrocrats and the Useless Nations.

[xcamel]

"Statement while smoking joints and eating Danish"

[indcons]

Yellow cowards.....they deserve what they get. Capitulation to islam is a sure way of encouraging more attacks. Cancel their passports/citizenship and send them to Saudi Arabia.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"What's next? Surrender?"

Apparently whatever the imams demand...as result of the next scenario they contrive.

Do you think we'll be able to choose what color prayer mat we use, or will they be standard issue from the local mosque?

[COEXERJ145]

Europe is going to once again attempt to commit mass suicide and once against we'll have to save their butts.

[SMUfriendoflaura]

and the Cole

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[MPJackal]

I am really sick of the UN. They apologize to a bunch of murdering thugs. WW III is about to be turned up a notch.

[wagglebee]

[CWOJackson]

LOL! World Net Daily just ran a pat buchanan article condemning the use of the cartoons.

[VOA]

UN, EU to Islamic Wackjobs: Please, please, don't kill us!
We'll be your slaves. We'll be your concubines.
Just please don't kill us and let us still have some wine and stinky cheese.

[indcons]

Don't forget the EU....they don't have the spine to stand up for one of their own.

[MNJohnnie]

And I thought I could not get any more disgusted. Good luck gettting these gutless wonders to do anything meaninful about Iran. Did Europe learn NOTHING from the 1930s?

[randog]

Remember--freedom of speech is an American thing.

[liberallarry]

Will Iran shut-down its Holocaust cartoon competition of its own or will pressure from the E.U. and U.N. be necessary?

[Tulsa Ramjet]

I really don't know what to write to this. I'm so done with these cowardly countries. They should be throwing these rioting bastards in jail. Notice they are not rioting in the U.S.?

[rbg81]

The statement, he added, stresses that divine religions and religious symbols must be respected, and that freedom of speech must not be taken so far as to desecrate religions.

Of course, the above does not apply to religions with rational adherents (like Judiasm and Christianity).

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Here we need that 50's/60's song
"I'm sorry. ...so sorry" by Patsy Cline!

[RAldrich]

CAIR wants the image of Mohammed sandblasted off the front of our Supreme Court building (he is there along with images of other religious figures). I'll bet there'll be a legal suit citing this UN/EU resolution as precedent. (Breyer will probably support that.)