Islam means submission, not peace. To the Islamist, to kill someone for breaking Islamic law is not murder, it is carrying out the death penalty. So, it's always great to see that Christians and atheists seem to know Islam better than Muslims who have been practicing the tradition of imposing the death penalty on blasphemers and apostates since Muhammed's time.

Khaleej Times:

Denmark and Norway on Monday condemned as incitement to murder a Pakistani clericÂ’s offer of a reward to anyone who kills any of the 12 Danish cartoonists who lampooned the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

“It’s murder and murder is also forbidden by the Koran,” Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller told a news conference with his colleague Jonas Gahr Stoere from Norway, which has been dragged into the row after a paper published the cartoons.

“Islam is also a religion of peace, mercy and forgiveness. That is why it is my opinion, but also the opinion of many Muslims, this is un-Islamic,” said the Danish minister.

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American media also should take note. UPI:

Defense Secretary John Reid urged the public Monday not to condemn British troops in Iraq, after video footage emerged showing soldiers beating Iraqi protesters.

While insisting he was not excusing abusive actions, Reid called for greater understanding of the severe pressures faced by troops serving in the country. In a speech at King's College, London, he attacked "armchair critics" who passed judgment based on the actions of a few while ignoring the good work of the many.

"We expect our people to uphold the highest standards of behavior and when they fail we will act, quite rightly," he said.

"But they also have the right to expect everyone else, whose safety is dependent upon them, to consider the environment in which they are operating before we pass judgment from the safety of a television studio, from the green benches of parliament or from the comfort of an armchair," he said.

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It's like Instapundit, but all in one post! Heh.

It's the Religion of Peace update:

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Gribbit put this up at Conservative Thinking and I just figured it'd be a good idea to share it here as well:

This time it's Russia...

Shown are Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and Moses watching a crowd of clashing people while saying, "We never taught them to do that..."

Visit Pubilus Pundit for the full story why a Russian Mayor ordered the newspaper shut down.

H/T: Michelle Malkin

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The University of IllinoisÂ’ editor in chief and one other editor have been suspended over publication of the controversial Muhammed cartoons after the rest of the staff goes soft on them. The Daily Illini has taken down the web posting of the original editorial, but thanks to the wonders of the Google cache, we can see the original.

Updated : 02/20/06 : Peoriapundit has published the University of ILL Daily Illini paper's new blog policy.

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1 Makes perfect sense. U Ill has a large muslim minority student population, and there are significant numbers of muslims through-out the area and state. They would be upset and get angry. It would be relatively easy for some to simply aquire firearms, go on campus, and execute (selectively or indiscriminately) fellow students and teaching staff. Also, security at campuses is relatively weak - a dedicated (an offended) muslim student (or otherwise) could easily assemble explosive materials and deliver a bomb to say the Admin building, or Library or Student Cafeteria etc. killing dozens if not hundreds of young (and potentially important) people. Makes perfect sense to me. ALLAH AKBAR!

Posted by: hondo at February 17, 2006 01:19 PM (fyKFC)

2 I love the "Stop...Stop...We ran out of virgins" cartoon Doesn't this make sense to everyone? Afterall it's fine to dump the bible in a jar of piss and call it art. But let's kill everyone who draws Mohamed the pedaphile!!!

Posted by: joey at February 17, 2006 01:51 PM (DkQ4u)

3 All the cartoons are rather tame compared to the filth that MUSLIM PUBLICATIONS in the Middle East routinely run on Jews and Christians. This entire controversy has nothing to do with respect for Islam, but everything to do with the power of Islam to silence its critics. Wake up, America, before it is too late. The more you give in to these people, the more you reward their threats of violence. Rewarding threats of violence breeds violence.

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 17, 2006 03:26 PM (rUyw4)

4 JJ Look closely at who are the ones giving in. Notice anything?

Posted by: hondo at February 17, 2006 03:41 PM (fyKFC)

5 Muslims and liberals need to be killed off.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 17, 2006 04:50 PM (0yYS2)

6 Liberals at their usial dirty work making is so only liberals can be heard

Posted by: sandpiper at February 19, 2006 10:26 PM (stdEd)

7 Yeah sandpiper, but it ain't gonna work no more, because of this newfangled intarweb thang. Heh.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 20, 2006 04:06 PM (0yYS2)

8 I thought the rules were pretty harsh, so just to get em up here where we can see what policies may be in the future. Not good. They may have been suggested before but I saw this link had em spelled out.

Posted by: Howie at February 20, 2006 07:45 PM (D3+20)

9 One would think that the self-appointed champions of a free press would not run and hide so easily. What militant Islam wants, militant Islam gets.

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Would that my powers of parody were such that I could create from my mind the discussion that follows. Alas! It is all true! Praise be to the Goddess Gaea that such sensitive young folk are poised to carry on for us.

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The University of Toronto's student newspaper, the Strand, has published a cartoon of a gay Jesus kissing Muhammed. The cartoon was published as part of a debate over whether to show images of Muhammed from Danish papers. The image shows the face of Jesus, but does not show the face of Muhammed. Jesus is also seen disrobing Muhammed.

The same newspaper has refused to publish the Muhammed cartoons which have sparked worldwide riots, murders, and calls to impose the death penalty on all who blaspheme by misunderstanderers of the Religion of Peace.

Here is how they hypocritically defend not showing the Muhammed cartoons, but showing big gay Jesus:

But was it really freedom of the press, or a case of media martyrdom? Publishing these cartoons seems to do little more than fan the flames of already-existing controversy. Is it the press's responsibility to decide what people should absorb, or is providing an option more important? Articles are somewhat different; you can decide whether or not to read something based on the headline - which, admittedly, is questionable on the subject of giving audiences agency. A graphic or photograph, however, is much more intense: you don't really have the choice to view it or not.

More at Exposed Agenda with hat tip to Greg at Rhymes with Right.

Related from Publius Pundit via Michelle Malkin. Incidentally, I lived in Russia for a time and the newspapers often contain nude women. So, it's okay to have a centerfold in your newspaper but it's not okay to offend Muslims?

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Although there has been no formal request by U.S. officials, it's reported that unofficial overtures have been made to the government of Georgia.

From JPost.com:

American officials have been quietly probing whether Georgia, situated just northwest of Iran, will be willing to allow Washington to use its military bases and airfields in the event of a military conflict with Teheran, The Jerusalem Post has been told.

The Americans have been putting out feelers, a high-ranking Georgian government foreign affairs official told the Post, in advance of a possible military strike to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability.

Considering the negatives, American forces attacking Iran from Georgia seems like a longshot to me but, even so, it's on the table. Also being considered is the use of airfields and bases in Azerbaijan, another close ally of the U.S. Officially, everybody everywhere is denying everything. However, despite the denials, Iran appears to be taking the situation quite seriously.

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I drew the following horrific caricature of Mohammed back in those hazy days of the 70's. Man.

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Anyone interested in learning what "Vince Aut Morire" means go here.

"Vinnie," of course, is a pseudonym that arose from the fact that when I started blogging, everyone thought my name was Vince.

Someday I'll sit down with ya'll over a beer and tell you more about myself. Once I'm positive you're not wearing a Semtex belt.

:-)

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This is from my Vince Aut Morire stats, not the Jawa Report. From this post.

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From the Telegraph (UK):

For the past two weeks, Patrick Sookhdeo has been canvassing the opinions of Muslim clerics in Britain on the row over the cartoons featuring images of Mohammed that were first published in Denmark and then reprinted in several other European countries.

"They think they have won the debate," he says with a sigh. "They believe that the British Government has capitulated to them, because it feared the consequences if it did not.

"The cartoons, you see, have not been published in this country, and the Government has been very critical of those countries in which they were published. To many of the Islamic clerics, that's a clear victory.

"It's confirmation of what they believe to be a familiar pattern: if spokesmen for British Muslims threaten what they call 'adverse consequences' - violence to the rest of us - then the British Government will cave in. I think it is a very dangerous precedent."

The Press is opposed to upsetting Muslim sensibilities, unless, of course, they have some juicy video of British soldiers grabbing young Iraqi rock-throwers or some old photos from Abu Ghraib.

Via Kim Priestap.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

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From MSNBC:

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hundreds of Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad tried to storm the U.S. Embassy on Sunday, smashing the windows of a guard post but failing to push through the gates. Several people were injured.

Pakistani security forces, meanwhile, sealed off the capital of Islamabad to block a planned mass demonstration and fired tear gas and gunshots to chase off protesters. In Turkey, tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul chanting slogans against Denmark, Israel and the United States.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

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Remember the Blog Sabbath, to keep it Holy. Six days thou shalt blog, but one day a week is a sabbath unto the Lord of the Blogosphere.

Just a reminder to loyal minions that I do not blog on Sunday. I call it the 'Blog Sabbath'. I'd advise other bloggers to take a day off, too. A day spent away from a computer screen. A day to recharge your batteries. A day to reconnect with family and friends. A day to remind yourself that the most important things in life are the relationships you build, and not politics.

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An Iranian group calling itself "Martyrdom Seekers" is threatening the US and the UK with mass suicide bomb attacks against Coalition forces in Iraq if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked. Though ostensibly unofficial, no group would be allowed to make such an announcement without the consent of Iran's government:

Mohammad Ali Samadi, spokesman for Esteshadion, or Martyrdom Seekers, boasted of having hundreds of potential bombers in his talk at a seminar on suicide-bombings tactics at Tehran's Khajeh Nasir University.

"With more than 1,000 trained martyrdom-seekers, we are ready to attack the American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities," Samadi said.

"If they strike, we have a lot of volunteers. Their (U.S. and British) sensitive places are quiet close to Iranian borders," Samadi said.

Samadi reviewed the history of suicide bombing as a weapon, praising it as the most effective Palestinian tactic in their confrontation with Israel.

"Here Ahmed, put this on, find a group of children, push this button."

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You bomb two American Embassies in Africa and kill mostly Africans.

You can't strike the White house with your hijacked jet because you cannot find it

Your Terrorist Paradise of a country manages to hold off the Soviet Military for a decade yet a handful of American soldiers takes over your country in a matter of days.

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Indian state minister ups the fatwa money.

Amidst protests in Uttar Pradesh against the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, a state minister Friday announced a reward of Rs.510 million ($11.5 million) for anyone who beheaded the artists responsible for the cartoons.

Looks like we need to set up a donation system for The Filthy Report.

Stein hoist to Patrick al-Kafir

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When Northern Nigeria became an Islamic state-within-a-state, it was supposed to become a peaceful utopia....Kristallnacht in Nigeria against Christians: 15 dead, 11 churches razed. ROPMA.

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1 Where is the Christian outrage? Not one word.... Especially from Christians who push DIVESTMENT from Israel... These Christians do not give a rat's ass about freedom or persecuted people. This is why Hitler was so successful for so long. Christians do not give a crap, and Jews are so naive that they think everything will be ok in the end....real brilliance! If Islam is not eradicated-entirely-Islam will eradicate everyone else.

Posted by: Steve Sharon at February 18, 2006 04:41 PM (dbpS1)

2 Damn straight Steve. It's them or us, and for my part, it's damn sure not going to be us.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 18, 2006 04:47 PM (0yYS2)

3 11 churches hmmmm. that is the same number as were recently burned in Alabama.

Posted by: john ryan at February 18, 2006 04:59 PM (TcoRJ)

4 Dude, 11 churches burned in a RIOT over CARTOONS in a single DAY. Who's to say the SEVEN churches burned in Alabama weren't burned by ROPers who were pissed over same thing?

Posted by: Rusty at February 18, 2006 05:28 PM (JQjhA)

5 Muslims, despite all the years they have been supposedly trying and despite billions in oil wealth have been unable to create ONE utopic islamic society. Turning dozens of islamic countries into one utopic islamic country is just not possible and all the blame lies with themselves.

Posted by: Graeme at February 18, 2006 05:57 PM (6TH8d)

6 john No clue as to what your point is supposed to be - but I finally realized why you are rarely if ever subjected to some of the more hostile (and occasionally vile) attacks a few here on the right sometimes launch into against other liberal/leftists. Curious?

Posted by: hondo at February 18, 2006 06:01 PM (fyKFC)

7 Graeme, I been preaching about that same subject ever since I saw the photos Michael Totten took in Kurdistan over the past few days. The Kurdish leaders have a vision for their people, a vision to make things better and become a part of the civilized world. And there is no reason the Arabs could not have a paradise in the Middle East. They have the money, the people, but not the mental capacity. Why? It is because of radical Islam. The religion, as it is now being practiced in the ME, is full of hate and bile spewed at a small nation insignificant in comparison to the Arab nations. Dictators, poverty, hate and ignorance reign supreme. Paradise lost, indeed!

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 18, 2006 07:21 PM (rUyw4)

8 I think we can drop the "radical" label in front of the word "Islam" -- it's already implied JJ

Posted by: dave at February 18, 2006 08:24 PM (CcXvt)

9 Radical is to islam, as virulent is to plague.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 19, 2006 07:12 AM (0yYS2)

10 Just to tell you that Christians in Nigeria launched reprisal attacks against the muslims . More than 30 muslims were killed. Christians in Nigeria fight back. All these events are regrettable

Posted by: joe at February 22, 2006 10:45 AM (esXWj)

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