Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 15 May 2006

 SA> Earlier this year, the cartoons, including one showing the prophet
 SA> with a bomb-shaped turban, sparked violent protests by Muslims
 SA> worldwide after they appeared in Danish and other European newspapers.
 SA>
 SA> Muslims consider any image of the prophet to be blasphemous.

 GP> Who is to say that was The Prophet?  "Mohammed" is, by far, the
 GP> most common first name in the world, so perhaps the cartoon was
 GP> just a stereotypical Muslem -- if they respect the Prophet so much,
 GP> why would they take his holy name upon their less-than-holy selves?
 GP> :P 

 GP> And who can say those were representations of the Prophet, when
 GP> there are no pictures OF the Prophet to know what he looked like?

 GP> Sounds like yet another after-the-fact justification for the
 GP> typical kneejerk violence of Islam!

The man who stirred up the knee-jerk reaction which led to "cartoon rage",
violence, murder & mayhem is leaving Denmark and returning to Gaza. He
feels extremely humiliated that he is being viewed as a "simple terrorist",
and "no human being can accept that".

I wonder if the Danish government offered to help him pack?

Cheers, Steve..

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