Danes arrest three in plot to kill Mohammed cartoonist (OP)
JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press
February 13, 2008
COPENHAGEN -- Danish authorities arrested three people yesterday suspected of plotting a cartoonist's assassination for his depiction of the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban that enraged Muslims two years ago.
Three of Denmark's largest newspapers said they would reprint the cartoon today to show they would not be intimidated by fanatics. It was one of 12 Mohammed cartoons published in 2005 and then again in 2006 that led to protests in Muslim countries.
In the uproar that followed, Danes watched in disbelief as angry mobs burned their flag and attacked their country's embassies in Muslim countries including Syria, Iran and Lebanon. Danish products were boycotted in several Muslim countries.
Jyllands-Posten initially refused to apologize for the cartoons, which the newspaper said it published in reaction to perceived self-censorship among artists dealing with Islamic issues, but later said it regretted that the cartoons had offended Muslims.
Investigators said they foiled the assassination plot in its early stages in a predawn raid in the western Denmark city of Aarhus. The police intelligence agency, PET, said two Tunisians and a Danish citizen of Moroccan origin were arrested.
"The case shows that, unfortunately, there are in Denmark groups of extremists that do not accept and respect the basic principles on which the Danish democracy has been built," Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
Yesterday's arrests were meant "to prevent a terror-related assassination of one of the cartoonists behind the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed," PET chief Jakob Scharf said. Investigators believe the plot had not advanced far enough to try the suspects.
Chief Scharf said the 40-year-old Danish suspect faced a preliminary charge of violating a Danish terrorism law, but will likely be released after questioning. The two Tunisians will be expelled from Denmark, he said. He did not name the intended target, but Jyllands-Posten said it was the paper's cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard.
Mr. Westergaard, 73, drew one of the 12 Mohammed caricatures that were first published on Sept. 30, 2005, and then reprinted by other Western media early in 2006.
Islam is far away to be the fastest growing religion. ***/******//
Fact is that Islam is growing fast due to a huge number of new born babies in muslims families in 3rd world countries
Peace
I think someone should remove this post as it promotes anti-Islam webistes and I am aware that the moderators don't tolerate them. SO, how come it's still here. OH, Thanks "aamirsaab"! So you say Muslims claim to the fastest growing but in fact they are not?? OK, I will provide you with non-Muslim links. But, first let us look at the reason you gave.
"Fact is that Islam is growing fast due to a huge number of new born babies in muslims families in 3rd world countries" - What a baseless myth this is. Shame on you for spewing out garbage like this. There are just as many Christians in Africa. Most Muslims don't have HIGH fertility rates! Only NORMAL. It's you westerners who have LOW fertility rates. I think you should listen to Pope who actually commented on the low fertility rates of Europe. Then you have countries who ban families for having more than one kid, China and so on.
I'm not making this up. Besides the fact that National Geographic acknolwedged the fact that "Islam is the fastest growing religion in America" in their documentry on Muhammad(pbuh), here are several links for your satisfication:-
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Deal with it, Islam as well as Christianity claim already since centuries, that they have the fastest growing religion, where were do you all stand? Same stats as always.
You can provide me with tons of silly links (which, oh, miracle, some mods are not deleting, just wonder why as they also spread wrong stats), it will not change anything.
Peace
Im Always Right,Its Like,When Im Right,Im Right,And When Im Wrong,I Could've Been Right,So Im Still Right,'Cause I Could've Been Wrong!
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format_quote Originally Posted by guyabano
Sure, an Pro-Islamic website would also never admit that muslims might leave their religion. But fact is, it happens, and not only few do it.
That is not true, my shaykh open admits that Islam is only growing because if birth rates and that there is a huge issue with Muslim leaving Islam (especially in Africa because of Christian missionaries).
format_quote Originally Posted by SirZubair
This really saddens me. Muslims get so angry and violent because of a pen and a piece of paper?
Guys,.. Girls,.. Islam is a Religon. It is not a tribe. Drop the tribal attitude.
We should get angry when our religion and Prophet are insulted in the most disgusting ways, however that anger should be channelled positively (e.g. spreading the message about why the messenger was a great man) rather than channelling it in to stupid, violent acts.
Re: Danes arrest three in plot to kill Mohammed cartoonist
format_quote Originally Posted by guyabano
Deal with it, Islam as well as Christianity claim already since centuries, that they have the fastest growing religion, where were do you all stand? Same stats as always.
You can provide me with tons of silly links (which, oh, miracle, some mods are not deleting, just wonder why as they also spread wrong stats), it will not change anything.
Peace
Brother why are people scared of the truth denying it when they blatenly see it.it is in the quran allah has closed their hearts and made them blind and therefore the simple truth might sound to them nonsense and baloney.this alone is a miracle for me the extreme hardheadedness of those that are agnostics,disbelievers despite gving them the simple truth
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Greetings,
format_quote Originally Posted by Sister-Ameena*
^Nonetheless, one of the main reasons stopping you from embracing Islaam is how ''Muslims'' act, right?
Not really. I would say that the main reason I'm not a Muslim is because the religion is entirely built on a concept for which there is no evidence.
I was of that opinion long before 9/11, say. However, I can see that wave after wave of terrorist attacks by people claiming to be Muslims isn't exactly good for the religion's image.
So to let the way in which Muslims act be an accurate representation of an entire deen is more than ridiculous, imo.
Of course it is. We never established who actually stated that, though. I don't believe it, wilberhum doesn't believe it - where are you getting this stuff from? Who are you arguing against with this?
Ironic, 'cause you('d) probably feel the same with the way people feel about Americans.
I'm sure I would.
[I'm not an American, by the way, in case that was your implication.]
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format_quote Originally Posted by Ahmedjunior
Brother why are people scared of the truth denying it when they blatenly see it.it is in the quran allah has closed their hearts and made them blind and therefore the simple truth might sound to them nonsense and baloney.this alone is a miracle for me the extreme hardheadedness of those that are agnostics,disbelievers despite gving them the simple truth
Why should I be scared? I lead a beautiful life, but thanks for your concern. Well, the 'Truth' matter, it has been discussed over and over again, and NO religion is based upon a truth. It is always just a matter of beliefs and faith. Anyway, everybody has a different truth.
I have no troubles with any religion, but boy, learn to live together instead of everybody want to be the only true religion.
When you go on a christian forum, then they are the only true religion. I come here, the same story. Can you not learn to respect each other instead of always bashing ?
Peace
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Im Always Right,Its Like,When Im Right,Im Right,And When Im Wrong,I Could've Been Right,So Im Still Right,'Cause I Could've Been Wrong!
Re: Danes arrest three in plot to kill Mohammed cartoonist
format_quote Originally Posted by guyabano
Why should I be scared? I lead a beautiful life, but thanks for your concern. Well, the 'Truth' matter, it has been discussed over and over again, and NO religion is based upon a truth. It is always just a matter of beliefs and faith. Anyway, everybody has a different truth.
I have no troubles with any religion, but boy, learn to live together instead of everybody want to be the only true religion.
When you go on a christian forum, then they are the only true religion. I come here, and same story. Can you not learn to respect each other instead of always bashing ?
Peace
Thats fine brother You will one day find out that the sentence la illaha il allah outweighs the earth in terms of importance
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format_quote Originally Posted by Sister-Ameena*
Wilberhum's wasn't disrespectful, yours was. And I only deleted the portion of your reply that was.
As Salam Alykum Siste-Ameena
I did not ask you to remove Wilberhum statement. I was asking you to remove that I quoted from Wilberhum. If you remove his quote from my post it does not make sense. The rest of my post had nothing to do with Wilberhum. Also I do not think I was being disrespectful. Stating a fact about myself should not be considered disrespect.
Re: Danes arrest three in plot to kill Mohammed cartoonist
format_quote Originally Posted by guyabano
Deal with it, Islam as well as Christianity claim already since centuries, that they have the fastest growing religion, where were do you all stand? Same stats as always.
You can provide me with tons of silly links (which, oh, miracle, some mods are not deleting, just wonder why as they also spread wrong stats), it will not change anything.
Peace
Silly links? What do you mean? Just because you don't agree with them you are calling them wrong stats?
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Wilberhum's wasn't disrespectful, yours was. And I only deleted the portion of your reply that was.
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