More "tolerance" from the Religion of Perpetual Outrage, er, Peace.
Via the Yemen Observer:
I wonder if book burnings would help restore stability in relations among Islamic and Western nations?The re-publication of the Prophet cartoons by seventeen Danish newspapers last week was denounced by Muslims the world over. The controversy is not one of press freedom, but rather it feeds cycles of hatred and ignorance which only increase the gulfs between religions, according to the Prime Minister, Dr. Ali Mohammed Mujawr, in a support meeting organized by the Al-Eman University last Monday calling for defending the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
In his speech, Mujwar called for an international law that criminalizes religious insults and enforces mutual respect of religions, calling on all rationalists in the West to avoid such negative acts. “This can only increase the instability in relations among Islamic and Western nations,” said Mujwar.
The publication of these cartoons has nothing to do with press freedom, a device used by some as a shield to insult others. This was an act that violates human values, laws and rights, satisfying only the devilish whims of those who put the cartoons to print, said Mujwar.Translation: "Beheadings and suicide bombings aren't nearly as bad as cartoons which mock them."
Mujwar then urged all religious scholars, preachers, and university professors present to show the story of Mohammed (PBUH) and his great rectitude to young generations as a model and to show how any damage to Muslims feelings will further hatred, extremism, and clashes between civilizations.Translation: "If you point out Islamic hatred, extremism, and clashes, it will hurt our feelings and cause further hatred, extremism, and clashes. Just keep your mouths shut like good little kafirs."
Religious scholar, Mohammed Ismael al-Hjji, asserted that insulting the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) is an insult to all religions and urged all Arabian and Islamic nations to boycott all those who scorn Islam and Muslims. He also ordered the Yemeni parliament to issue a law that criminalizes anybody dealing with those who insult Islam in any way.Translation: "If you speak out against the barbaric violence carried out in the name of Islam, we can't be held accountable for our violent reaction. And we want laws that allow us to act on our outrage against your expressions of outrage. Because we're the Religion of Peace."
The sheikh of all sheikhs in Yemen, Sadeq Abdullah bin Hussien al-Ahmr, said that one’s freedom ends where another’s freedoms begins, and that freedom does not allow one to trespass other’s. “Muslims today stand unified against a clear and organized attack on all Islamic symbols,” said al-Ahmr.
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UPDATE: Michelle Malkin and Wizbang have more on this story, and
Stop the ACLU has a good post today about YouTube bowing to Islamic petulance.
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