A swedish immigrant and an Indian citizen on joining the BNP
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I make Seattle nazi’s hate list
Oh no. Nazis hate me. Oh. No. So worried.
This is the website for the nazis in Seattle who call themselves the “National Socialist Movement.” Click at your own risk. It’s pretty hideous stuff. I rank #9 somehow. They are creepy. Glad to hear they don’t like me. Good. Stay away then.
Five Views on the Cartoon Conflict
From Patrick…
For those of us finding it hard to figure out where we stand on the Danish cartoon conflict, one difficulty in the US is a lack of information on how anyone other than US media pundits is thinking about this issue.
To help, below are links to five articles posted on ZNet on Tuesday by Maher Ali, Omar Barghouti, Harsha Walia, Tarek Fatah and Ramzy Baroud, and the first paragraph of each to give a sense of the author’s perspective.
Maher Ali, Nothing to Kill or Die For
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=9681
AT the start of this week, the death toll stood at three and the situation seemed likely to deteriorate, even as commentators throughout Europe tried to hose down suggestions that what we have been witnessing is a clash of civilizations. It is harder to allay the impression that it is a clash of cultures, exacerbated by inordinate degrees of obduracy on both sides.
Secular Arabs Detest Hypocrisy Too
By Omar Barhgouti
As a rule, I hate to generalize, but I’ll make an exception this time. It seems westerners simply do not get it. Editorials all over Europe have bellowed in unison to defend the right of publishing anti-Islamic cartoons as an embodiment of the untouchable status of freedom of speech, one of the foundations of the democratic, secular ideal that has informed the west since the enlightenment. Even some non-conformant writers, who chose not to join the no-obligations-free-speech chorus, merely highlighted the need for “responsibility,” “wisdom,” and other pragmatic considerations that ought to take into consideration, besides the revered freedom of expression, the just as sacred beliefs of European as well as non-European Muslims, particularly to avoid the current backlash. What both groups do not understand is that what most Muslims and Arabs are accusing the west of is hypocrisy, not indulgence in their cherished freedoms per se.
The Row Over the Danish Cartoon
By Harsha Walia
From the burning of its flag to a boycott of its brands of butter and cookies, Denmark is feeling global outrage over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Danish paper Jyllands-Posten first published the cartoons on Sept. 30, 2005. The drawings included one showing Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a lit fuse. Another portrayed him with a bushy gray beard and holding a sword, his eyes covered by a black rectangle. A third pictured a middle-aged prophet standing in the desert with a walking stick, in front of a donkey and a sunset. The purpose of the cartoons, the chief editor said, was “to examine whether people would succumb to self-censorship, as we have seen in other cases when it comes to Muslim issues.” The paper insisted that it meant no offence.
What Would the Profit Have Done
By Tarek Fatah
Keep to forgiveness (O Mohammed), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant. /- The Koran, Chapter 7, Verse 199
During his lifetime, Prophet Mohammed endured insults and ridicule on a daily basis. His opponents mocked his message and used physical violence to stop him from challenging the status quo. At no stage during this ordeal did the Prophet lose his temper or react to these provocations. Tradition has it that he would, instead, offer a prayer of forgiveness to those who showed contempt for him. Today, however, many followers of Prophet Mohammed are acting the exact opposite. Reacting to the provocative Danish cartoons about the Prophet, they are burning newspapers, threatening journalists, issuing bomb threats, yet claiming they are standing up for the Prophet himself.
Taking on the Wrong Enemy
By Ramzy Baroud
Only an irresponsible and intellectually inept individual would sketch such insulting images as those depicting Prophet Mohamed by a cartoonist in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper. And no self-respecting newspaper would allow itself to run such filth. However, the backlash in the Muslim world highlights a much more serious issue.
‘God’s plan’ is often a front for men’s plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
