http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cartoonjihad/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:27:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412781/posts "OIC Slams ‘Demonic’ Portrayal of Islam, But Support for Religious ‘Defamation’ Measures Continues to Erode" SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – An Islamic-led campaign against religious “defamation” has taken another blow the United Nations, where support among member states has dropped to a new low amid escalating concerns that defamation resolutions endanger non-Muslims in Islamic societies and harm freedom of expression. While much of the world’s attention was focused on Copenhagen late last week, the U.N. General Assembly passed a range of human rights-related resolutions. For critics of the world body the results were mixed. The latest in a string of religious defamation... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412781/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported: An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn it into potentially one of the largest New York City mosques. At the moment the building, the old Burlington Coat Factory, already serves as a mini-mosque: an iron grill lifts every Friday afternoon for a little known Imam leading prayers a few yards... Hudson New York Institute via GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404812/posts Crude cartoons intended to offend Muslims in St. Cloud were found posted on utility poles this week. The cartoons, reminiscent of those published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, "are clearly offensive to the Muslim community here, inappropriate and not wanted in our community," said police Sgt. Marty Sayre. Five pages of cartoons, posted on a pair of utility poles, depict the prophet Mohammed in derogatory ways, the Qur'an and a swastika. "We've had swastikas before, but I believe this is the first time we've seen" images specifically targeting Muslims, Sayre said. One of the posts was stapled to a... StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404812/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402503/posts GWOT: The arrest of a Danish cartoon terror plotter for an even more lethal role in 2008's Mumbai terror attack reminds us the war on terror is global. So why is this being treated as a mere law-enforcement matter? David Copeland Headley, 49, a Pakistani-American resident of the north side of Chicago, was arrested in October for plotting the terror-killings of the editors of Jyllands-Posten, a Copenhagen-based newspaper that ran unflattering cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in 2006. A month later, the public learned it wasn't his first time. Headley, 49, a failed businessman and convicted drug dealer who'd changed... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402503/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:28:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402505/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Chicagoan Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Attacks in Addition to Foreign Terror Plot in Denmark Additional Charges Unsealed Alleging Retired Pakistani Major Conspired in Danish Plot New federal charges filed today allege that a Chicago man, who was arrested in October for planning terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper and two of its employees, also conducted extensive surveillance of targets in Mumbai for more than two years preceding the November 2008 terrorist attack on India’s largest city that killed approximately 170 people, including six Americans, and injured hundreds more. The defendant, David... Chicago.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402505/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:33:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390331/posts "Stop portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a suicide bomber or more Muslims will become suicide bombers and murder you blasphemers." That's pretty much what Algeria's Ambassador to the U.N., Idriss Jazairy, who serves as chairman of the U.N.'s Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards told the Associated Press in an interview about efforts by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to pass a U.N. treaty banning blasphemy against Islam.The exact quote from the AP:"If we keep hitting this glass wall and say there's nothing you can do about Islamophobia — you can do something about anti-Semitism but Islamophobia is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390331/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390126/posts GENEVA – Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. .. Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lobbying to bring the matter to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly. Such a ban would face great resistance in Western nations .. The countries that form the 56-member Organization of the Islamic Conference are currently lobbying a Geneva-based U.N. committee to accept its plan, .. If that occurs, Muslim countries and their allies in the developing world would stand a decent chance of... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390126/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386756/posts SNIPPET: "An Irish jihadist living in Pakistan’s Swat valley says he is preparing to wage war against British and allied troops in Afghanistan. Khalid Kelly, a former altar boy from the Liberties area of Dublin who used to be known as Terry, told The Sunday Times he is undergoing weapons training in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal region in order to fight jihad against the enemies of Islam. His dream is to face a British soldier in combat, although he would “settle” for an American, he said. “I’m already on the path to jihad. I’ve already picked up a gun and done... TIMESonline.co.uk - from THE SUNDAY TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386756/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:55:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377243/posts The newspaper Bergens Tidende (BT) has changed its mind about the Muhammed cartoons. Under its previous editor, BT’s policy was that freedom of expression is not absolute.and that it can be more important to protect religions and cultures. In the wake of the recent revelations about the terrorist plans targeting the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, BT has decided that it is individuals who need protection, not cultures. was in yesterday’s editorial, headed ”A market for offenses,” that Bergens Tidende (BT) announced its change of policy. It cannot be called sensational, given that BT has acquired a new editor-in-chief since it joined... http://www.rights.no http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377243/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375182/posts MONTREAL — The federal anti-hate law that “official Jews” lobbied for and got passed has, 32 years later, backfired, sowing the seeds for political correctness, media chill and censorship that have undermined the values that define the Jewish People, says Alberta lawyer, author and activist Ezra Levant. Levant, who is Jewish, made the assertion in an Oct. 21 talk to a small audience at Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation about his 900-day saga of being prosecuted by the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission for reprinting controversial Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in his now defunct magazine, the... Canadian Jewish News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375182/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:17:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374354/posts The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) recently delivered a little-reported speech at the United States Institute of Peace. In it he demanded that the United States give the Muslim world "respect." But precisely what does he mean by that? The OIC comprises 57 states with Muslim majorities, and is expected to expand to 60 states. It is the second-largest nongovernmental organization, surpassed only by the United Nations. It is without exception the most powerful Muslim organization in the world, often voting as a bloc on international issues. In his claim to power, Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Insanoglu enjoys expansive... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374354/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372810/posts Remember the Danish "Muhammad cartoons" that set off riots by offended Muslims more than three years ago? The debate pitted freedom of press and speech against notions of freedom from insult of one's religion. It rages still – but now in a forum with international legal implications. For years, Islamic nations have succeeded in passing "blasphemy" resolutions at the United Nations (in the General Assembly and in its human rights body). The measures call on states to limit religiously offensive language or speech. No one wants their beliefs ridiculed, but the freedom to disagree over faith is what allows for... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372810/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372017/posts Two Chicago men have been arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. U.S. authorities arrested and charged David Headley on conspiracy charges to commit an act of terrorism and Tahawwur Hussain Rana on a single count of conspiracy, the Justice Department said. al Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372017/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361795/posts In early October, Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist, visited Princeton and Yale, two of America’s top universities, to speak to students, who are supposed to be tomorrow’s elite. The students did not feel any sympathy – indeed, were almost hostile – towards Mr. Westergaard, an artist who has been living under constant police protection since he drew a cartoon of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, four years ago. Mr. Westergaard arrived at both Princeton and Yale heavily guarded by policemen. Ten officers kept watch inside the room – with more on guard outside – when he addressed his audience in... Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361795/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353177/posts Yale Self-Censors New Book Examining Extreme Muslim Reaction to Danish Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad Thursday, October 01, 2009 By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor (CNSNews.com) – Four years after a Danish newspaper published a dozen cartoons depicting Muhammad, and set off violent protests by Muslims, Yale University Press has touched off protests of its own by censoring the offending cartoons out of a scholarly book it has just released on the protests. “The Cartoons that Shook the World,” by Brandeis University professor Jytte Klausen, examines in detail what happened during those protests – violent incidents staged by Muslim extremists. But Yale... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2353177/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:20:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327625/posts Yale has run up the white flag to terrorism. ... American universities have no problem questioning the most cherished Western values and American cultural norms. At times, the ivory tower seems to relish flouting propriety, self-righteously proclaiming that the mission of higher education is to push the boundaries of convention and defending their acts in the name of academic freedom. We are certain that if a book raised the ire of conservatives, Christians, gun owners or other politically incorrect members of society, Yale would double down on whatever made the work controversial. However, for whatever reason, whether financial motives or... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327625/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315865/posts Yale University Press is set to publish a new book on the 2005 controversy over the publication of 12 cartoons in a Danish newspaper that satirically depicted the Prophet Muhammad. However, the New York Times reports today that the book, titled The Cartoons That Shook the World, by Jytte Klausen, a Danish-born professor of politics at Brandeis University, will lack one important element: the cartoons themselves. Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315865/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314700/posts I’m tempted to call this unbelievable but that simply wouldn’t be true. In fact, the very first words of the Times’s piece are “It’s not all that surprising.” Not only do research universities purportedly devoted to free inquiry now censor primary sources in the interest of “safety,” but I’ve experienced it myself: Imagine, if you will, the absurdity of a panel discussion about images which the audience isn’t allowed to view. It’s come to that. This is the scholarship equivalent of Yale donning a burqa to suppress the temptations its immodesty might otherwise inspire in Muslim men. Good work, academia.... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314700/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287482/posts Three men have been jailed for an arson attack at the home of a publisher days before his novel about the Prophet Mohammed was due to be published. Martin Rynja's home in Lonsdale Square, Islington, north London, was targeted on 27 September last year. Abbas Taj, 30, Ali Beheshti, 41, and Abrar Mirza, 23, from east London, were each jailed for four-and-a-half years. They were convicted of conspiracy to commit arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered. The attack took place as the Jewel of Medina, a novel about the Prophet's child bride A'isha, was to be published... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287482/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:06:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279804/posts SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – Buoyed by the presence in the White House of a president who wants to prioritize relations with the world’s Muslims, the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) visited both Washington and Brussels this week, and urged the U.S. to quickly appoint an envoy to the Islamic bloc. OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was in Washington on Tuesday when the State Department, in an internal memo, announced that it has selected a “special representative to Muslim communities.” SNIPPET: "From Washington, Ihsanoglu went to Brussels where he announced plans to open a representative office to the European... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279804/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:56:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277028/posts THURSDAY, 4 JUNE 2009 "Taliban uses cartoon character to tell the news" CIRCLING THE LIONS DEN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277028/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255002/posts he UN’s Human Rights Council, friend to Islamists and tyrants everywhere n December 2006, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), an international group established in 1971 and representing 57 countries, hosted an emergency summit in Mecca. The event became infamous after two angry imams from Denmark presented a dossier of cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that mocked the Prophet Mohammed. In the ensuing uproar, Muslims murdered several people in Europe and torched the Danish embassy in Beirut. But the cartoon episode wasn’t the summit’s starkest example of Muslim outrage over free speech. The most critical decision that... International Free Press Society http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255002/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 21:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235535/posts The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member-states at the Durban II gathering in Geneva is pushing for "a new world order" that would expand and impose "nondemocratic and illiberal values on the West," says the Danish editor who in 2005 commissioned and published a series of cartoons, one of which depicted the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban that led to worldwide Muslim rioting.... Flemming Rose, editor of Jyllands-Posten, Denmark's largest-circulation newspaper, is visiting Israel under the auspices of the Hebrew University's Shasha Center for Strategic Studies, headed by former Mossad director Efraim Halevy. He's here to... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235535/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232556/posts The Obama administration will "with regret" boycott a UN conference on racism next week over objectionable language in the meeting's final document that could single out Israel for criticism and restrict free speech, the State Department said Saturday. The decision follows weeks of furious internal debate came after fierce lobbying by Israel and Jewish groups against US participation. A final draft of the statements, released late Friday, made changes to sections that had referred to a "hierarchy" among forms of racism, but left intact sections that the US had said would cause it to boycott the meetings. The conference is... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232556/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:15:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227380/posts For years, the Western world has listened aghast to stories out of Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations of citizens being imprisoned or executed for questioning or offending Islam. Even the most seemingly minor infractions elicit draconian punishments. Late last year, two Afghan journalists were sentenced to prison for blasphemy because they translated the Koran into a Farsi dialect that Afghans can read. In Jordan, a poet was arrested for incorporating Koranic verses into his work. And last week, an Egyptian court banned a magazine for running a similar poem. But now an equally troubling trend is developing... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227380/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:11:19 GMT