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Sunday, 2 Apr 2006
The Syndicate of Egyptian cartoonists decided that they would respond to the danish cartoons by making their own cartoons on what happend. They were done in order to- and I quote- " as a response to those who fell under the thrall of racism, forgery and crime", and were printed in a 2 page spread in Al Fagr newspaper, probably as a way to redeem the fact that they were the ones who first published the danish cartoons last October . Here they are:
The newspaper edition that had the spread
The spread, titled: "A counter-attack from the egyptian cartoonists stars against the danish cartoons."
The EU, shown as an agressive european stabbing with a pen a defensless arab in the heart.
Danish cartoonist drawing the prophet, while what seems to be a lie detector attached to him and the paper chart showing the word "lies" repeatedly.
Self explanatory: The muslim world being bombed by drawing pencils.
The Danish cartoonists drawing his cartoon in the toilet. And indication that he is full of shit.
The ref-representing the egyptian people (the crescent and cross union is an old egyptian political unity symbol) giving the Danish and Norwegian Press the Red card.
A cartoon showing Islam as a flower being waterd by an angel, and when the evil people (note the "jewish nose"; egyptians in cartoons and books always protray jews with croocked noses) tried to step on the hose, it sprayed blood all over them. There is a Koranic verse on the bottom that looosely translates to "They tried to plot against Islam so we made them lose/fail".
Another cartoonist and Toilet cartoon, this time showing the toilet on top of the cartoonist brain, thus making his brain -you guessed it- full of shit.
A cartoon showing danish products as a pig, and has an isncribtion that says "Boycotting the danish products is the duty of every muslim"
Ahh, an anti semetic cartoon finally. This one showing the danish cartoonists- with snakes playing in his brain to emphasis evil and intention to harm- drawing the cartoons while being paid by the evil demonic jews (notice the star of david on the head?).
Self-explanatory: Islam is a dove that gets stabbed by a cartoonists pen and wondeirng in shock: WHY?
I don't need to explain this one.
A rat with the word racism inscribed on it in arabic eating away at a big piece of cheese that symbolizes denmark. Notice the Jyland Posten issue next to it.
The Final and my favorite one: Another Anti semetic cartoon, showing a pig drawing the cartoon while saying saracsticly: "What is it? What's wrong? You never heard of something called Freedom of Expression? Hahahahahahaha". Please note the star of david hanging on the wall behind him.
Guess we are not letting this one go for a long long time!
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Well; these cartoons are not going to offend any Dane.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Hahaha, Egyptian press is so stupid
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
kus omak
those drawing are just showing the stupidity for the arab world. actualy they are not a insult to denmark but to the muslims in egypt.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Cartoon Wars 2: Revenge of the Egyptians
Sandmonkey reports that The Syndicate of Egyptian Cartoonists is the latest to take up their pens against Denmark. What’s striking about these things is how childish they are…I suppose there’s a degree of unavoidability there — they are cartoons a…
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Islam is a DOVE??? i guess it has bird flu.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Suk. Those are really pathetic — “Everyone is racist except us — let’s draw some blood-dripping jewish pigs”. I agree with #3 that they are an insult to Egyptian muslims. The sad part is that they don’t see it.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Those Muhammad Cartoons - More on the story that just won’t die!
The rest of the world, modern Muslims included - minus of course, the Islamists and fanatical Muslims that are had and are having a fit over the cartoons, understand these things and take them in stride, being secure and comfortable in their faith and …
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
[...] ….Tut….tut…tut…” — [...]
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Those drawings remind me of the good old Soviet-style cartoons in Pravda.
I rather liked the one showing our queen as a belly-dancer, it was printed in several Danish newspapers.
Well, I better go and torch the egyptian embassy
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:12 pm
These dumb cartoons reinforce what the world is, hopefully, already starting to see: That these fools can’t tell the difference between debate and violence. They are terrified of debate, dissent, and any challenge to their beliefs. In fact, of any challenge to their arrogance.
If the use of a pencil can be treated as equivalent to an act of violence, then this can be used to justify/rationalize an ACTUAL physically violent response.
Best Wishes,
PRODOS
(Melbourne, Australia)
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
What would I say…so irritating…shows how busy are they watching the grass grow
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:23 pm
It seems like a response from a bunch of 5 year olds.,but what’s with the anti-semitic cartoons?
Were the cartoonists in Denmark even Jewish? Or is everything that is ‘wrong’ in this world a fault of jews? They would have to have incredible powers to control everything in the world so it could be their fault
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Ok, that one with Islam dove was truly funny. I laughed heartily.
“WHY?!” (sobbing, rending garments…lol)
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
out of the purpose of thees drawings, it’s a pity that 2 of them could have been of a good facture, may-be, the “artist” need to earn some money
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Actually, I dont mind rebuttal cartoons. Thats freedom of speech and thats fine( though I am not a fan of the the anti Jewism.) Its the embassy burning and the death threats that I cant abide.
If we just stick to cartoon wars, for and against, I’m happy.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:20 pm
What is it they’ve got against pigs? Just cause you’re not supposed to eat pork doesn’t mean pigs are evil. Sheesh.
I hereby order everyone in muslim countries to see “Babe”.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:22 pm
I call for a meeting in front of the Egyptian embassy in Copenhagen tonight: Bring violent behaviour, signs saying “Behead those whos say danes are agressive”, and some petrol…
Lets get this war rolling!!!
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:48 pm
At least the Danes came up with one cartoon that was actually funny, the ‘we’re running out of virgins’ one. These are much nastier and without a hint of actual humor. But I agree that I at least find them a decent way of responding to the idiocy, despite the anti-Semitism.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Egyptian cartoonists strike back at Denmark
I don’t really see much humor in these cartoons, but then I did not see much humor in the Danish ones. However this is a much more civilized way to respond.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:55 pm
JIHAD! I’M GOING TO DESTROY THE EGYPTIAN EMBASSY!
/pick weeds and watch TV
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:55 pm
What!!! That’s a Jewish nose? I thought it was Syrian!
SK
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Pathetic, idiotic, childish, ugly, non artistic, and most of all: not funny! why don’t moslems just let go of this most ridiculous battle and get a life?
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Actually one of them is quite funny! - I wonder if the cartoonist knows what the headline says on the JP that he used?? “Massive support for Denmark” Probably not…
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:00 pm
I suspect that the reason the cartoons are so important is the high levels of illiteracy in the middle east.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Sandmonkey: “Notice the Jyland Posten issue next to it.”
And ironically the headline says, “Massive support to Denmark”.
Thanks for presenting and translating those cartoons.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
“Guess we are not letting this one go for a long long time! ”
No! A religious group that holds a grudge? C’mon, you’re kidding, right?
Holding a grudge goes against the ideas of love, tolerance and acceptance THAT ALL RELIGIONS practice and teach, doesn’t it? If a grudge is held against others, despite the obvious message of one’s religious tenents, doesn’t that make the followers something other than religious faithfuls?
I can think of a better description. Can you?
(Hint: It starts with an “H” and rhymes with “have a fit”)
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:06 pm
I’m sure Sandmonkey’s aunt is saying “I told you so” right about now (if not sooner). How they don’t see this as totally retarded is beyond my understanding.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:07 pm
These cartoons are UNFORGIVEABLE…UNFORGIVEABLY BAD THAT IS. These suck worse than the original Danish one. You wont see any Danes killing Danes over these things.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:07 pm
There appears to be a shortage of talented cartoonists in the Arab world.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:08 pm
[...] Over at Egyptian Sandmonkey Egyptian Cartoonists go on the attack against Danish Cartoonists. The result is a lot of toilet humor and pictures of evil pencils as well as pig and feces imagery. Just another day in the Battle of Khartoon. [...]
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:13 pm
The Jews do comics much better!
The Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest
http://boomka.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/falbum/wp/album.php?album=72057594067999377
http://www.boomka.org/
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:14 pm
And then there is Reginold….http://www.zipperfish.net/free/yaafm12.php
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Oops!
http://www.zipperfish.net/free/yaafm12.php
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I’m going to go way out on a limb here, and predict that the Danes won’t burn down any Arab embassies over this.
Mind you, if the jihadiots ever do manage to provoke Denmark to violence, they just might find out what “Viking” means.
-jcr
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
How is religious bigotry racism? (scratching head)
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:05 pm
NYU’s Cartoonish Quarantine
I have recently been espousing the work of the scholar Dr. Andrew Bostom after hearing him speak to the rise of Radical Islamic fascism. His take on NYU’s capitulation to fear and thuggery on their recent censure of the display
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
these are standard fare in arab press for example;
http://www.adl.org/main_Arab_World/asam_jan_mar_intro_2006.htm
should we organize a riot and burn down an embassy?
Wonder how many Koran were destroyed when Al Quada blows up a Shitte mosque? Wonder if there were any in the WTC on sept 11/?
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:42 pm
[...] Of course, if you’re going to fight back with cartoons, some actual talent and originality would help, and there doesn’t seem to be an overabundance of that in these. [...]
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:52 pm
[...] In Egypt, they had a contest to call attention to all the pain caused by the Danish cartoons, or for some such justification. What the Egyptians came up with is strikingly un-funny, and in certain instances clearly racist, but you’ve gotta give them some credit for engaging in peaceful means of protest. I guess. [...]
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:59 pm
As a Dane I can say those cartoons enrage and insult me to no end! …or something
..duh
No really. It’s pretty insulting how lousy they are. At least they could have put some effort in it! I demand the Egypt apologise for the awful quality of their insulting cartoons! And I’d like the UN to look into this.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:01 pm
Thanks, Sandmonkey - great job. I´m a Dane and if these clowns meant to insult me, they´ve failed. What they display is just their own ignorance, prejudice and stupidity - and who´s surprised? Islam has turned the land of the Pharaohs and an ancient, refined culture into yet another failed state exporting hatred, terrorism, refugees and little else. If they had any talent AND a brain, they would mock the oppressors amongst themselves, but see if these cowards would think of that.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Well.. I guess I don’t want to be a cartooniust anymore.. it’ll give a bad name
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:22 pm
This is the best that the Egyptian cartoonists can offer? Pathetic!
I have seen the entries in the Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest at the boomka.org website, and as Smithy says, “The Jews do comics much better.”
Nelle
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Cartoons without class can only insult the Egyptian cartoonists and their employers.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:40 pm
I wonder if anyone in the middle east considers the last situation in which the Danish fired shots in anger?
Answer? 1999.Kosovo airspace. Shooting down “Christian” Serbian Mig29’s in order to protect Muslim Kosovans. The Danish Allies? USA & UK.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Talk to the hand cause the face aint listnin’, talk to the elbow cause the hand aint worth it….:D
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Except for the anti-Semitism, these cartoons are the first appropriate response to the Danish cartoons. (And I found the shocked, shocked dove hilariously naive, too.) If only the Turkish boy who shot the Catholic priest twice in the back had worked out his rage by drawing an insulting cartoon instead!
Now, let Egypt watch the West chuckle at the insulting cartoons and continue about their business unperturbed (perhaps after sending a cheque to their local Jewish anti-defamation league).
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Hrmmm, most of these cartoons are inane, but a few made me chuckle a bit… As a dane, though I have to protest and demand an immediate apology for the inexcusable lack of quality of the drawings, most schoolkids can do better than that, is that really all the Egyptian Cartoonists can muster, in that case Egypt will soon be defeated in the Battles of Khartoon….
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Perhaps this is how the cartoon war should be fought–with pens, not bombings and embassey burnings.
All things considered though, I think the best ones are 1) The pig-of-doom and 2) Dove-hunting with pens.
Why do you ask?
It’s the art. Except for those two, the art is pretty lackluster–especially on the full-of-shit cartoons. The line work on the evil pig drawing is pretty good.
And I love the expression on the dove’s face
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:41 pm
I wonder if anyone will notice the Dutch not burning down Egyptian embassies?
hm.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Now will the Danes riot in the street? Hmmm… Didn’t think so. Too bad they won’t rise up and riot and burn down everything owned by Muslims. That would show them how stupid this is. But, the Danes are civilized and won’t do such a thing.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:11 pm
OK, I am Danish so I guess I should do something. Burning a Swiss flag and an Argentinian embassy seems to be the way to deal with this…. hmm, neither are in reach, guess I’ll just have to ignore it then.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Shallow danish! have you forgotton the directions of the secular religion “Burger King” and his apostle Barney. GO forth and hit Cairo schools with wave after wave of bomb clad resistance fighters.
But in probibility. Thats not going to happen. Thank Barney (PBUH)
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Well I guess I have to burn something, and since I don’t have an Egyptian flag laying around, would it suffied to burn a cigaret as a symbol for Egypt? And it’s to cold to stand outside the Egyptian embassy and shout at the moment. Besides, if everything is to follow plan, it should be warmer when I finally react sometime in July.
Oh … I forgot, I’ve stopped smoking.
Yet a Dane.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Wow, I was so offended at your cartoons that I forgot to yawn!!
Seriously now, is your god so small that he needs a mindless bunch of zealots to do his will?
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:25 pm
I actually like the rat-and-cheese cartoon: it has some point. Sadly, the vermin of racism is eating into the cheese of our people. Or maybe it’s just collective fear.
On another note, these cartoons show a lot about the mind-set of Egyptians (evil jooooz behind every evil) as did the Danish cartoons; believe it or not, they were adressing domestic affairs.
What really saddens me is “us” still being collectively hated: When can I visit wonderful Egypt without fearing for my life ?
agree with Anne Marie: let’s wait ’til July before we torch the Egyptian embassy, and demand an apology from Pres. Mubarak
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:38 pm
[...] Understand the depth of what we face. Take a look at these Egyptian counter-cartoons to the ones that inspired the Cartoon Riots, and appreciate the assumptions about the closeness of mosque-and-state that they appear to imply. (HT: LGF) [...]
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Pathetic … there is little wit, no self-awareness and a whole lotta anti-semitism. And it’s mostly done with the heavy-handed old style opf the propaganda cartoons of the WWII era.
IS THERE NO HUMOR IN ISLAM?
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:50 pm
For Better or For Worse
Andrew Sullivan links to an Egyptian cartoon contest protesting the Danish Mohammed cartoons. As he says, it’s better than riots. On the other hand, the fact that at least three of the cartoons played off anti-Semitic themes kind of ruins the whole “…
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:56 am
These cartoons are worse than the usual anti-Bush crap that’s published in most of the liberal papers here. I just don’t get them. I guess they wouldn’t get Dilbert either…
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:26 am
I fart in their general direction.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:58 am
Im British and i can’t wait for some British cartoonists to insult the muslim world, then there’ll be the embassy burnings and counter-cartoons and then i get to burn stuff
On a more serious note i’m not happy with the anti-semitism but cartoons are preferable to violence.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:09 am
Death Threats in Denmark
Americans have very short attention spans. Of course, thats what the mullahs count on. Osama BenOver himself once said that all they had to do was be patient, because we would lose focus. After the initial outrage over the killings and riots and ge…
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:10 am
I guess you can never expect muslims to take the high road
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:23 am
this has nothing to do with this post, but do you like or respect any practicing Muslim? I don’t agree with the conspiracy theory mentality of the east or blaming Jews for everything (many of my very good friends are Jews), but i do believe in the teachings of the Qur’an and implementing it in my life as a westerner… And to you, is criticising Israel an anti-Semitic move? And what about the opression of Palestinians? I’m just curious…
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:26 am
I guess what I was trying to say is: do you feel that by writing the way you do, you paint all Muslims with the same brush of terrorism or stupidity as you say Muslims paint all Jews with the “taking over the world” idiocy?
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:50 am
I give them a low rated snicker.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:52 am
Oh brother. is that the best they could do? Looks like they were all drawn by the same “artist”.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:59 am
I paint all muslims the same, if they believe the quran they are potential terrorists.
Those arab cartoons are lousey and child like.
ISRAEL 4EVER(*_*)
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:51 am
I had been increasingly proud to be Egyptian. What with winning the ANC, and then having unbelievable economic growth, the Sawirises buying up all these companies, and getting ourselves closer to Israel and becoming a true force for peace. And then I look at the last cartoon reprint and the story of NOman Gomaa, and I realize we have such a long way to go. We have so much potential, Egyptians are the fucking brains behind the entire Arab Middle East.
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:56 am
Once again, Egyption SandMonkey makes history! Without his efforts, this important story would NEVER make it to the main streem press. Kudos!
“And what about the opression of Palestinians? I’m just curious… ”
Which oppression are you reffering to? The oppression in Lebenon where Palestinians are forced into camps, the oppression in Kuwait where 300,000 were kicked out for supporting Sadam, the wars/oppression in Jordan and Syria or the oppression in the West Bank and Gaza where Hamas teaches kids to become suicide bombers and glorifies terrorism with wall-to-wall posters?
The only oppression that matters is the one that involves jooooooz. When Arabs fight with Palestinians no one gives a rat’s ass!
G-d help the Arab world if the Palestinian cause is ever resolved. Then how are they going to blame all their problems on a country the size of New Jersey?
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:35 am
[...] Rantings of a Sandmonkey has copies of all the cartoons, plus translations. This is my favourite: [...]
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:53 am
[...] It’s a story that is dead but won’t lie down. Egyptian Sandmonkey reports that the Syndicate of Egyptian Cartoonists now strikes back “as a response to those who fell under the thrall of racism, forgery and crime.” [...]
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:53 am
I must say I like this response much better than the initial response.
My favorite is the one with the toilet in the cartoonists brain - I understand immidiately what the cartoonist means whether I agree or not.
I hope that the media all over Europe prints the cartoons.
Hadeel
I would like to respond, but could you be more specific?
I don’t have an opinion about the faith of fellow human beings. It’s private.
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:59 am
I wonder why they picked that issue of JP in the Rat & Cheese cartoon. The headlines says: MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR DENMARK
April 3rd, 2006 at 9:19 am
Most of these I can entirely agree with …
Islam originated down the toilet.
April 3rd, 2006 at 10:35 am
I guess the surprised look on the dove´s face reflects the poor critter´s sudden understanding that you can´t fly with a couple of human hands turned upside down instead of wings. Law of aerodynamics. Advice: turn a hand, grab the pen, write SOS or MAYDAY, put the exclamation mark where it belongs and hope for Danish avian/humanitarian aid workers to come to the rescue; they usually do, and they are everywhere.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:07 am
Had hoped for something more profound. Ah well.
I wonder if they will be disppointed if we dont burn any embassies?
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:30 am
ROFLMAO
It’s,… erm,.. how to put it nicely,.. childish. Especially when you take into consideration that cartoons such as these exists much longer in the (Arab) world, than the particular Danish Mohammed cartoons in Europe.
And offending? Of course they are offending as they are meant to be offending. If they are taken as an offence? Don’t think so.
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:58 am
“A response to those who fell under the thrall of racism, forgery and crime”
What’s the Egyptian media’s “response to those who fell under the thrall of racism, forgery and crime” (a.k.a. the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons)?
Revenge!–of course.
Like Sandmonkey says, “Guess we are not …
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 am
[...] What’s the Egyptian media’s “response to those who fell under the thrall of racism, forgery and crime” (a.k.a. the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons)? Revenge!–of course. [...]
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
[...] Egyptian cartoonists strike back at Denmark ( BlogsNow) [...]
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Funny–although half of them are not exactly offensive and are just criticisms of the Danish cartoons. (most of the “toilet” ones)
The other half predictably lambast Jews (how are they exactly involved in the Danish-Muslim row again?) which just goes to show you that certain zealots will use anything and everything to justify their attitudes.
Thank you for scanning and translating for those of us who can’t read Arabic, sandmonkey.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:41 pm
They got it wrong with that pencil bombing. At each pencil-bomb is attached at least one 500€ bill from the EU-govermnment.
That’s why some folks there (like the palestinian) are so fertile. They just chased out about 3/4 million palestinians in the 1970s and now they got back about 5 time as much into Israel. How can that be?
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:44 pm
“Marianne Says:
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Well; these cartoons are not going to offend any Dane. ”
Indeed no. But they are offending human intelligence, my sense of humor - they are an offence to the notion of “cartoon” itself…
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm
The ultimate facial, IMO, would be for Jyllands-Posten to take these Egyptian cartoons and publish them in their newspaper. The world can then see these racist, pathetic attempts at tit-for-tat as they are and witness the much-more civil responses to them by the non-Muslims being caricatured, as well as shut the mouths of those who cry “double standard” on the part of J-P.
Deepening, of course, the worldwide embarassment the Muslim world is already mired in….
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:54 pm
I think that the Egyptian cartoonists might well be deserving of one of our Brain Donor Awards. ( http://www.scoozmee.com/bda.html ) but while the fracking morons are fighting with the pen and not the sword or bombs, let’s not discourage them - All power to the pen !
It requires a mind to make best use of one. In the wrong hands, it’s a tool of suicide. At least this kind of suicide doesn’t hurt the kafirs and infidels.
Can we have a riot of ridicule outside the Egyptian embassy ?
I call on all Europeans to stand outside the Egyptian embassies and laugh !!
Mee.
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Dr. Sanity diagnoses the Egyptian cartoons
responds to the Egyptian cartoons posted by Rantings of a Sandmonkey and makes some cogent but chilling observations. On one hand this is funny, but on another it is not. It is far too easy for those of us in the West to slip into denial ourselves th…
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Yes we will get back at those evil Danes who offend the religion of the prophet and we will do it by calling them Jews and portraying them as Pigs and evil Jews with big crooked noses. Ha ha ha! That will teach them to offend the prophet Muhammad
………………..uh yeah
April 4th, 2006 at 2:13 am
So if I understand the last cartoon right, our evil Jewish plan is to curse them with freedom of speech? Are they afraid we’re going to turn them all into bloggers?
April 4th, 2006 at 4:45 am
danish person - what i meant is that i find (and i haven’t read all archives) sandmonkey criticizes muslims for being Jew-hating, Holocaust-denying filth who all believe evil originated in the west. so he criticizes muslims for painting all the west/Jews with the same brush of evil, but he does so by painting all Muslims with the same terror-ridden Jew-hating brush…
not sure if i’m making sense, but it’s sad that people are so full of hate on this blog. saying things like islam originated down a toilet… wow. i unequivocally condemn crazy muslims who blow things up… and i am a practicing Muslim. and on what basis do people say “if you believe in the quran” then you’re a potential terrorist. anyone with ignorance and a deep-rooted acceptance of their ignorance is even more harmful to others.
April 4th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Hadeel: please do not fall into the trap of painting w/the large brush as others do ..Lots of Danes are very scared at the moment, and cannot distinguish btwn the individual Muslim and Islam as such.
As a Dane I am deeply ashamed of the ignorance and anger displayed here. And there are places worse than this (as there are Muslim sites filled with hate)
Sandmonkey is a voice of sanity, he does not bash Islam, only far-out Muslims.
April 4th, 2006 at 10:52 am
Hi Hadeel.
I will not talk for Sandmonkey. What I understand is that he questions the “blaming of the Jews” tendency as seen with the JPs cartoons that suddently targets the Jews. And he condemn terror just like you. He provides with others a diverse view on muslims and the arabic world for someone like me.
I think I understand a least a little of what you say about the brush. I have - as a danish citizen - felt how it is to be judged by the acts of someone else. The JP cartoons were seen as a conspiracy and my country was blamed for what a newspaper did. Just a little hint of the painting with the same brush as you describe.
It’s now very clear to me that there is a difference between “polical” Islam and “moderate” muslims. Not moderate in the sense that they don’t believe or practise. But there is a clear difference between believing and practising muslims and muslims wanting and cooperating with foreign countries to force a change of laws according to their beliefs.
I think that reporting the JP cartoons for blasphemy and taking the newspaper to the court is the right thing to do.
But living in Denmark and cooperating with foreign states? That’s not OK.
I don’t ask people about their religion. I don’t expect to be asked about my religion. I respect people for being humans, for being decent and for contributing to the community we live in together. The fact that you write like you do on this blog starts a communication and makes me respect your opinion as a human. In my opinion it’s the way to start to challenge the ignorance.
Some readers on this blog leave very negative comments about Islam and muslims. I have been surfing other blogs in the ME and I must say that there is equal if not more hate and ignorance towards “the West”.
April 4th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Drawings of artists drawing caricatures of Mohammed (albeit visibily obscure) are also blasphemous, no? How detail must a caricature of Mohammed have to be offensive?
April 4th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Bigotoons! That’s what they are. The only depth they contain is that of Hell.
Self righteousness kills humor before birth.
April 5th, 2006 at 4:19 am
Oh no, some egyptian newspaper prints some cartoons wich may offend some danes and jews. Lets go burn down the egyptian embassy and boycott egyptian products.
Oh no, some danish newspaper prints some cartoons wich may offend some muslims. Lets go burn down the danish embassy and boycott danish products.
Oh no, some muslims in france died trying to escape from the non-muslim police. Lets have a 6-weeks riot to avenge their deaths.
Oh no, some christians in iraq died by beheadding by non-christians terrorists. Lets have a 6-weeks riot to avenge their deaths.
Oh no, some guy in afghanistan converted from islam to christianity. Lets drag him to court and possible give him the death penalty.
Oh no, some guy in sweden converted from christianity to islam. Lets drag him to court and possible give him the death penalty.
Oh no, similar to after ww1, we are laying the groundworks for another devestating word wide war wich will start and be most destructive in europe.
Oh no, some of these sentences are false and some are not. Can you find out wich ones? Can you guarantee that your assumption is accurate? ? ??? ?
April 5th, 2006 at 7:21 am
So this is what arabians call tolerance? I’m glad we are not down at their level. They talk so much about their great history. It is actually sad that the stones they used to build their history with, are the same stones they throw at other nations buildings and citizens. That’s their way of respect for their own history.
April 5th, 2006 at 8:15 am
ME denizens speak with fork tongue - no less.
And ignoramus useful idiots have to ask, “why they hate us?”
Without hatred as the bonding agent, their whole system collapses.
April 5th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Mmmmhhh…Feels a bit like being b*tch-slapped by a very weak person with limp wrists! Amusing to such a degree you cannot be offended.
April 5th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
One of the Danish cartoonist have made another cartoons. Check out http://bibelen.blogspot.com/
One of them shows a cartoonist and his wife. Wife eating a large cake. The text :
An Indian minister has promised 10,000,000 dollars and the assassin’s weight in gold, for killing the cartoonists.”
Cartoonist to his wife: “I thought you were on a diet, Darling?”
Another cartoon shows a mother and her child. The child is crying.
The text :
“There’s a rising tendency toward self-censorship.”
Mother: “But what is the matter, Mohammed?”
Mohammed: “We were told to draw each other in kindergarten and nobody dared draw me”
Don’t be offended, anyone
April 5th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
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April 8th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
Islam is a virus, muslims are the carriers, and must be exterminated.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
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April 17th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
actually this cartoon issue is making my life easier, instead of the reading the freakin koran “the terrorist instruction manual” and psychotic sunni books, to write and expose this twisted cult, muslims reactions and violence speak out instead of me, sadly muslims don’t read their islamic books, they hardly read at all, if they read their own fuc**** books they’d see the discription of their prophet according again to their own fuc**** books and thank the cartoonists that they drew him way better looking.
i will state mohammed’s discription according to hadith books with proof from saudi arabia’s website of the ministry of islamic realtions of da’wa and irshad that documented his biograohy.
1- mohammed was a peroxide strawberry blond, a fake blond! he used to dye his grey hair red with henna till he died in his 60’s, i want u to imagine the orange redish color of hena on originally grey hair and it’s terrifying glow, isn’t he a fashion victim or what?
it didn’t stop there he also ordered all the muslims to change their hair color to red when they grow old so they wouldn’t look like the christians and the jews when they grow old!! as stupid as this sounds that’s what islamic books state>> http://www.al-eman.com/Islamlib/viewchp.asp?BID=185&CID=14
2- mohammed used to wear aisha’s dresses!! oh yeah, and i wonder how he wore them! he married her when she was six, yeah that’s right six, and he died when she was 18 so they must have been pretty tight showing all his curves and shit, ewwww. and here is my proof>> http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?hnum=2393&doc=0
3- mohammed used to wear eye-liner 3 times a day!! and here is my proof from muslim’s islamic biography of mohammed as well>> http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=5&Rec=4849
4- mohammed used to WAX HIS ASS! oh yeah that’s what i said wax his ass, guess where is it published? in a saudi arabian website that documented his biography i wanna hear a muslim bitching about the homosexuallity in the evil west. and there’s my proof>> http://www.al-eman.com/Islamlib/viewchp.asp?BID=185&CID=14
5- mohammed had very fair skin on his thighs, how do i know? his boyfriends stated it in his biography too!! >> http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=1&Rec=5672
i guess the muslims ought to appologize to demark and thank the cartoonists for drawing him looking like a man!!
if this isn’t the discription of a flamboyant drag queen diva then what the hell is???!!
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July 28th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
Freedom of speech has its limit. Freedom of speech is freedom and Democracy. Racism is not freedom. Danish