Danish Paper Apology over Cartoons

[Froggy]

Hurting their economy doesn't equate to fatal blow, if they can withstand it with current global economic crisis as well their unemployment rate then kudos to them, as far as the Muslim end of things, the boycott is ongoing.. I haven't touched a danish product and have a wide market from which to choose, question is can they always withstand this?

And No, we are not looking for an apology, we are looking to teach others that actions have a consequence. I don't put much stock on apologies from the scum of the earth and their supporters. I am looking to focus on what I can do shouldered by other Muslims in their show of solidarity.

all the best!

It wasn't that bad, Arla is the only one to suffer to a certain extent, but they are recovering in mideast markets.

 

[جوري]

It wasn't that bad, Arla is the only one to suffer to a certain extent, but they are recovering in mideast markets.

It is bad, and it shall be and there is no recovery for them amongst Muslims insha'Allah!

all the best!

 

[جوري]

will a mod pls take out the trash.. and wash your hands thoroughly thereafter!

 

[Froggy]

It's not trash, its yet another reason why not apologize.

 

[جوري]

It's not trash, its yet another reason why not apologize.

You can have maggot pie on the side.. this forum doesn't host mag pies unfortunately.. and again, perhaps you've missed my first post on this thread.. apologies are worthless. Actions are more meaningful, as such these under-educated buffoons are learning of Newton's third law the hard way!

all the best

 

[Froggy]

You can have maggot pie on the side.. this forum doesn't host mag pies unfortunately.. and again, perhaps you've missed my first post on this thread.. apologies are worthless. Actions are more meaningful, as such these under-educated buffoons are learning of Newton's third law the hard way!

all the best

You have an opinion about apologies, my above post was not about your opninion specifically.
Boycotts the same way as international sanctions, do not harm the culprits but its completely legitimate and if it works that's good but hopefully no one would surrender the pressure, even if the consequences were worse for Denmark.

 

[Pygoscelis]

They shouldn't have apologized as there is nothing to apologize. It's the rioters and embassy-destroyers that should apologize.

Exactly. It wasn't the newspaper resorting to threats and violence. Its a pretty messed up world we live in when a drawing is more objectionable than physical threats and violence.

 

[AlbanianMuslim]

Funny how hypocritical some Christians are. You think its no big deal when you draw Prophet Muhammad pbuh when it is know that it is strictly forbidden yet when an artist recently drew Jesus in bed with a women for sexual ad campaign the Christian Church's and devout followers of Christianity got their pants in a bunch.

 

[AlbanianMuslim]

Exactly. It wasn't the newspaper resorting to threats and violence. Its a pretty messed up world we live in when a drawing is more objectionable than physical threats and violence.

Thats ridiculous. The cartoonists were well aware of the high risk of drawing and printing an inflammatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad pbuh would be. The cartoonist even admitted himself in an interview that he knew it would anger the Muslim community.
Its not surprising that non Muslims dont understand why the Muslim community was so outraged. You need to understand the magnitude of the drawings to understand why they reacted the way they did. Until then, you will continue to hide under your veil of ignorance.

You people reap what you sew.

 

[M..x]

^^ Agreed!!! And Froggy, what kind of reaction did you expect?
I don't condone that kind of behaviour (burning and trashing places) but the cartoonist should have known that drawing such vile images would provoke any Muslim.
Also, they should know exactly what to do with this pathetic apology. 2 Years late aswell. Hah. What a freakin joke!

 

[Supreme]

Well, I'm split.

Liberal wise? Freedom of the press. Regardless of how offensive and ugly that freedom may be.

Religious wise? I dunno. I don't get ruffled if someone says something bad against Christianity. Why would I? I believe it to be the truth, and it's the insulter who is missing out and it's the insulter whom I believe God will have the final laugh eventually. However, the purpose of these cartoons was to create offense (and it's just unfortunate that Muslims took the bait), and I would be annoyed if someone did it to Christianity. Not angry, just annoyed that human beings take pleasure in mocking the beliefs held dear by others.

 

[Froggy]

Thats ridiculous. The cartoonists were well aware of the high risk of drawing and printing an inflammatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad pbuh would be. The cartoonist even admitted himself in an interview that he knew it would anger the Muslim community.
Its not surprising that non Muslims dont understand why the Muslim community was so outraged. You need to understand the magnitude of the drawings to understand why they reacted the way they did. Until then, you will continue to hide under your veil of ignorance.

You people reap what you sew.

The Muslim public was so outraged due to the intentional campaign that spread the photos worldwide.
No matter what the magnitude is, there is no apology for the human lives lost and material and political damage caused by rioters.
The Christian church you mentioned earlier protetsted, thats fine, it would have been fine with slogans like death to cartoonists or death to America as well. They didn't resort to violence.

 

[Skavau]

Funny how hypocritical some Christians are. You think its no big deal when you draw Prophet Muhammad pbuh when it is know that it is strictly forbidden yet when an artist recently drew Jesus in bed with a women for sexual ad campaign the Christian Church's and devout followers of Christianity got their pants in a bunch.

There have been local outcries by Christians in both the USA and the UK about specific things (Monty Python, Jerry Springer: The Opera) but there were never threats of violence, riots or any deaths resulting. Christians due to the influence of Secularism and the general abandonment of literalism on the whole have left Christians rather more tame when it comes to issue of offense.

Thats ridiculous. The cartoonists were well aware of the high risk of drawing and printing an inflammatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad pbuh would be. The cartoonist even admitted himself in an interview that he knew it would anger the Muslim community.
Its not surprising that non Muslims dont understand why the Muslim community was so outraged. You need to understand the magnitude of the drawings to understand why they reacted the way they did. Until then, you will continue to hide under your veil of ignorance.

You people reap what you sew.

Sir, you contradict yourself. You concede surprisement that Non-Muslims could not grasp the gravity of the offensiveness of the printing of a negative depiction of Mohammad but earlier on say that the cartoonists must have been aware of the "high risk" of the printing of the cartoons.

In any case, this is nothing less that apologetics for justice. Some Muslims that condemn the cartoons have decreed the collective end, or absolute reformation in their favour of a sovereign state and its inhabitants based on the actions of the free press within it. Some Muslims demanded and continue to demand the government intervene against the media and censor specific things they consider forbidden. This is not only a ridiculous demand, it something that the government by their own constitution cannot do.

I cannot believe for one moment you would be morally serious in stating that violence is bad, but cartoons are worse. And that we should be condemning of those who may have aggravated the especially sensitive (though not so sensitive to violent retribution).

 

[Pygoscelis]

Thats ridiculous. The cartoonists were well aware of the high risk of drawing and printing an inflammatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad pbuh would be. The cartoonist even admitted himself in an interview that he knew it would anger the Muslim community.
Its not surprising that non Muslims dont understand why the Muslim community was so outraged. You need to understand the magnitude of the drawings to understand why they reacted the way they did. Until then, you will continue to hide under your veil of ignorance.

You people reap what you sew.

There is no excuse for violence and threats of physical harm, no matter what somebody draws... not in the western mindset anyway. If the Islamic mindset disagrees it is a very good reason to keep the two cultures apart.

 

[Muslim Woman]

got this mail today .


AsSalaamu Alaikum,

Great News

Hope you all know about the Denmark newspaper who made
fun of our holy Prophet PBUH and till now they do not
Regret...

let us make them regret for good....


The Danish Ambassador, Prime Minister and Denmark National
Channel; all are trying to do something just to stop the boycott by
Muslims since last month through which their losses have reached 4
Billion Euros.
40,00,00,000.00 If we continue to boycott Denmark products 7 months more it
could reach around 80 Billion Euro’s loss.



7-Up Drink, LEGO, Cadbury Chocolates, Hall Chewing gums, or any product with barcode no. starting with 57.

Please convince all Muslims to circulate this to Muslim Ummah to ban Danish made products.

JAZAK-ALLAH
KHAIR ( MAY ALLAH REWARD YOU, INSHALLAH)

 

[Supreme]

All over a cartoon?

Madness. Some people just need to move on and get on with their lives...

 

[Pygoscelis]

When a cartoon becomes a call to arms, I don't think you can pretend to be a "religion of peace".

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/Peace

All over a cartoon?

Madness. ...

to print and re-print of offensive cartoons is not madness but to boycott / make protest is madness ?


BTW , when Christians protest against offensive matters against Jesus pbuh , media don't say that it's madness or it's the right of the publisher to do so.

&&

Shillong: ( India )


A Delhi-based publisher has landed in a controversy after some textbooks published by it carried a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other.


Authorities of a convent school here, where the cursive writing book was supplied among the students of Class I to IV, today filed an FIR against Skyline Publication.

The police today seized 30 such books and the authorities of the St Joseph Girls Higher Secondary School asked the students to return the remaining.

The headmistress of the school Sister M Thaddeus Syiemiong said, ''It came to our notice only a few days back. We have asked the students to return the textbooks.''

The cursive writing book meant for Class I is a spelling tutor. For the alphabet 'I', the word 'Idol' is used in the book. Against this word is printed the picture of Jesus Christ with the scandalous representation.

The objectionable picture is also printed in other cursive writing books of Class II, III and IV.

Church leaders and officials of the education department visited the school this morning and took sample copies of the textbook.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_school-textbook-depicts-jesus-with-cigarette-and-beer_1349550

 

[Supreme]

Salaam/Peace




to print and re-print of offensive cartoons is not madness but to boycott / make protest is madness ?


BTW , when Christians protest against offensive matters against Jesus pbuh , media don't say that it's madness or it's the right of the publisher to do so.

Of course it's offensive, but this happened years ago. I know at least the basics of Islam, it is not a religion that suddenly faces a crisis when a single offensive cartoon is published. So why the uproar now today? It's a cartoon: you have a nice religion to attend to, so why not attend do it and focus on it instead of attempting to punish a country where an offensive cartoon was published a few years ago?

 

[Dagless]

Of course it's offensive, but this happened years ago. I know at least the basics of Islam, it is not a religion that suddenly faces a crisis when a single offensive cartoon is published. So why the uproar now today? It's a cartoon: you have a nice religion to attend to, so why not attend do it and focus on it instead of attempting to punish a country where an offensive cartoon was published a few years ago?

When a cartoon becomes a call to arms, I don't think you can pretend to be a "religion of peace".

It is peaceful as long as you are peaceful. If you start attacking it then why shouldn't it be defended? Boycotts are a valid form of protest.
There was a guy who made a facebook poll about whether Obama should be assassinated, it was only words but the poll gets pulled and he gets taken in by secret service. It wasn't a threat to Obama and the guy could not have carried it out even if it was, but some things you just don't say.