February 06, 2006

Omar Bakri Mohammed: "Cartoonists Should Be Executed"

It is no surprise that these words should come from radical exiled cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed. Why no surprise? Because the now infamous rally outside of Denmark's embassy in London--where signs calling for cartoon blasphemers to be beheaded were seen--was staged by al Ghurabaa. This is the group that had previously posted on their website that all those who blaspheme Muhammed should be executed. As we reported here, al Ghurabaa is composed of followers of Omar Bakri Mohammed.

Telegraph:

“The insult has been established now by everybody, Muslim and non-Muslim, and everybody condemns the cartoonist and condemns the cartoon,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “However, in Islam, God said, and the messenger Mohammed said, whoever insults a prophet, he must be punished and executed. This man should be put on trial and if it is proven to be executed.”

The cleric said Muslims in Britain were not allowed to kill people who insulted Islam because it was against the law of the country.

“We are not saying ourselves to go there and start to look to him and kill him, we are not talking about that. We are talking about Islamic rules. If anybody insults the prophet, he will have to take a punishment.”

He said if countries refused to put people on trial for insulting Mohammed they must “face the consequences”.

So, Omar Bakri Mohammed is making the same arguement I have been making. That the individual Muslim is not necessarily a threat--he is not calling for individual Muslims to kill blasphemers--but rather that when Muslims take over a country and institute sharia law, after you have been convicted of blasphemy in a court of law, off with your head. Thus, the ideology of Islam is what is the larger threat.

Of course, this is a radical version of sharia. But are you comfortable with a moderate version of sharia which might fine you for blasphemy?

Hat tip: Charles Johnson

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1 Is it possible for a islamic official to make a statement without ever including some thinly veiled threat? Okay. Dumb question. This statement by Bakri is big talk for someone who high tailed it out of Britain when all he had hanging over his head was a deportation order.

Posted by: Graeme at February 06, 2006 03:16 PM (19Fdh)

2 Bakri and his supporters underestimated the opposition, Graeme. And Bakri's support for violence should place him in a position to be prosecuted should he ever come to any part of the West again. And his organization should be banned and its followers should be deported from Britain, post haste.

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 06, 2006 03:21 PM (rUyw4)

3 "...whoever insults a prophet, he must be punished and executed." Isn't Jesus considered a prophet in Islam?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at February 06, 2006 03:38 PM (RHG+K)

4 This calling for the execution of the cartoonists development is not surprising. Mohammed ordered the execution of his critics in his day and seeing how he is held up as the supreme example of human behaviour muslims must emulate if they are to attain place in paradise its only normal that muslims think that this the way to go. So, what are we doing about it? Nothing much. We sit around writing our posts in this and other forums, the only people who read them are the already converted. I have tried to explain the realities of Islam to the PC mindless drones and they refuse to engage in any meaningful dialogue preferring to spew out the terrorists have hijacked Islam fantasy, out of context peaceful loving & tolerant Islam quotes and point out that the incorrect myth that the Christian past was no less evil. It is interesting to note that the Jews in ghettos of Europe during WW II were told about the death camps but they refused to believe. Even though they had people among them who informed them what was coming, the majority ignored all the signs, lived in denial until they were led to their slaughter like sheep. In the one instance (Warsaw Ghetto) that they did fight back, it was to late. Any way when push come to shove, I am not going to be one of the sheep. The climate of PC in the real world is so pervasive its sickening. If this keeps up, Islam will dominate the world, sooner rather than later. If you want to vent by drawing and posting Mohammed cartoons click on the URL http://www.drawmohammad.com

Posted by: Razor at February 06, 2006 04:47 PM (wZLWV)

5 Since it is perfectly acceptable in the Muslim world view to call for the death of anyone who offends their sensibilities, I think it is acceptable for those of us who are offended by their very existence to call for the immediate destruction by what ever means necessary of all Muslim countries throughout the world. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. By their fruits shall ye know them.

Posted by: seanmahair at February 07, 2006 07:49 AM (wkvdm)

6 Well, the muslim radicals of the world have finally made their case for us to declare them mentally ill and incompetent to make any further decisions for themselves whatsoever. These people have to be the most self-centered people I have seen in quite a while. THEY are not allowed to "make images" of their prophet. FINE, so they aren't. Last time I looked, their rules did not apply to non-muslims. Now they want Denmark to punish the cartoonist, who did nothing wrong in his own country, and have the nerve to get angry at countries who won't do anything about it, extending to the Netherlands, England, and other countries. They really HATE the freedoms of speech, expression, and freedoms PERIOD. That should never be more evident than right now with the way they are acting, killing people, burning buildings, cutting important ties to countries who are trying to help them rebuild, even cutting off access to medicine for their own people - all because someone made fun of them and their senseless violence. They try to blame their bad behaviour on their "religion", but if they were really SO offended by cartoons, WHY has it taken them so long to their panties in a bunch? The drawings happend last September for crying out loud! The answer is simple - this is just an excuse for these radical morons to get everyone on their bandwagon. What makes me mad is that they have managed to get alot of people to apologize for legal free speech, including the bird-brained liberals here in this country. These terroristic idiots must be rolling on the floor laughing. They have managed to get the free world to not only apologize for being free, but to "feel their pain" when what we should should be doing is condemning their violent selfish displays, their complete intolerance, and their attempts to make everyone live and believe the way the do. If radical Islam were a child -, willful, spoiled, and acting out because it did't get its way, we would give that child a good spanking. Aren't we tired of this YET ???????????

Posted by: Dee at February 08, 2006 08:15 AM (HUims)

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