We need more silly Muhammad cartoons
The cartoon controversy of Denmark intensifies. People are protesting the unfair and ridiculous depictions of a holy man---the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Except, it's not really all that...
View ArticleReason(s) for Cartoon Rage
The purpose of this diary is not to provide "Re-Re-...-Re-Breaking News" on enraged Muslims protesting around the world at the blasphemous depiction of Muhammad in European newspapers. Nor is it...
View ArticleWhat Would Prophet Muhammad Do?
DKos has been facing quite an internal battle all weekend about those Danish cartoons that insulted Muslims. Not on the front page, but on a few comments pages. Some bloggers understood the issues...
View ArticleThree Worst Muhammad Cartoons: FAKES!
Turns out that the three most offensive of the fifteen cartoons currently being circulated by the Islamic Society of Denmark are blatant fakes that were not among the twelve originals published in...
View ArticleKeeping score after the cartoons
I am absolutely sick over the whole cartoon affair. During the past few days, I have felt sad, anxious, scared, outraged, confused, ill, despondent, and just about every other emotion a human being can...
View ArticleDenmark: anti Islam AND anti Jewish cartoons ...
A new twist in the sorry story of Danish paper Jyllands-Posten publlishing cartoons, depicting Muhammad, the founder of Islam, as a terrorist. Now, they also want to publish cartoons mocking the...
View ArticleThe Danish Cartoons
A few points about the cartoons: First, the cartoons are not just blasphemous. Blasphemy, to me, is an internal matter for any religion and not the business of the state or the polity as a whole. Here,...
View ArticleSouth Park's Attempt to Show Muhammad -- Well Done
What happens when you show a cartoon of Muhammad on tv? We may never know.
View ArticleKaren Armstrong turns religion on its head -- "It's how you behave, not...
Wow. This will surely get ignored as rapidly as Stephen Colbert's recent performance at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Karen Armstrong, the former nun and author of numerous books...
View ArticleHistory for Kossacks: Islam Comes to Persia
At the conclusion of our last historiorant, we left off with the Sassanids in pretty dire straits. It was 636 CE, little more than a decade after they had had their sasses handed to them by the...
View ArticleThe New Yorker cover ... 1st Amendment & Swiftboating
From the first OMG! and WTF! over the New Yorker cover, I have been waiting for the correct measure and context about what is going on. I have been saddened by what I do not see in the arguments of the...
View ArticleMuhammad fights Jesus: Islamic Conference explodes
If you were incredibly offended by the Muhammad cartoons in the Danish newspaper, continue no further.
View ArticleAcademic Freedom Abridged at Yale
The American Association of University Professors has condemned the decision of Yale University and the Yale University Press to delete from a new book about the controversy surrounding publication in...
View ArticleDowd misses it. Here's the real work of racism
There is a rec'd diary about Dowd's op-ed piece about the reporting (or lack thereof)on the racism in some opposition to Obama. And yes, we've heard a whole lot about how racism made Joe Wilson scream...
View ArticleOur History
Cross-posted at: Blogger - I Hardly Even Know Her The conventional wisdom is that without knowing history, we are destined to repeat it. I think that a more accurate statement is that humans are...
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ACTION: Demand South Park end use of antisemitism!
Building upon Comedy Central's decision to self-censor South Park's most recent episode to avoid offending people of the Muslim faith, they have now taken down a 2001 South Park episode featuring...
View ArticleOneness (Islam) Acceptance & Equality Pt. II
By: Sullee J Through One, we were created. To one, we shall return. For indeed, the truth lies in one congregation, which unfortunately, we have adjourned. I believe in no division. I believe in no...
View ArticleA Belated Introduction
There has been some confusion over who I am or what my intentions are on this website. I have been a proud left-winger since I was 16 years old, when I was first introduced to the works of Noam...
View ArticleDid Romney fan the flames?
We already know Romney's statement following the murders of U.S. diplomatic officials in Libya was craven, insulting and politically destructive, but did it also stoke the violent protests? As the...
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Pamela Geller's Blog Solicited Funds For anti-Muhammad Film
[image, right: Joseph Nassralla Abdelmasih, whose nonprofit Media For Christ produced [see 1, 2, 3] the inflammatory anti-Muhammad video trailer "Innocence of the Muslims", and anti-Islamic activist...
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Comics - Je Suis Charlie
A lot of people think it’s an editorial cartoonist’s job to offend. I don’t agree.Several years ago after a Dutch newspaper incited wrath and death threats from Islamist extremists for running a bunch...
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Muhammad's self-portrait
The spirit of the Lord did enter me and move me and, lo, my bowels didst most shake and holy art didst spring forth. Hallelujah!
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE
Much has been written about the killing of 12 people and the wounding of 11 others at the French satirical weekly publication Charlie Hebdo. The discussion has for the most part been quite healthy...
View ArticleCartoon: The Muhammad Minute
After the terror attacks in Paris, I wanted to take a deeper dive into the supposed rational for attacking cartoonists. It’s because they drew and disrespected Muhammad, right? Nobody is allowed to...
View ArticleUpdated - Shooting in Copenhagen, Denmark at Blasphemy/Free Speech Seminar
This just popped up on the BBC website a few minutes ago. [See Update below] Very little information available as yet. It was a debate about blasphemy; the French ambassador was reportedly one of...
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Lars Vilks' 3 cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was invited to participate in a 2007 art exhibition on the theme "The Dog in Art" in the town of Tällerud in Värmland, Sweden. Vilks submitted three pen and ink drawings...
View ArticleCopenhagen Shooter reported Shot And Killed by Police
The BBC is reporting a man believed to be the shooter who carried out two attacks in the Danish city of Copenhagen has been shot and killed after opening fire on police. Two separate attacks...
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Cartoon - Hate-Mongering Religious Fanatics...And Then Some
Wrote a blog for this one. Check it out at Claytoonz.Follow me on Twitter.
View ArticleCartoon: Pam Geller’s Islamification
There are only so many ways you can say, "shooting cartoonists is wrong and free speech is great." Feel free to check out my previous responses to cartoonists being attacked or Muhammad cartoons being...
View ArticleArmed bikers draw cartoons of Muhammad at an Arizona mosque. What could go...
Let's hope nothing does go wrong, but so far more than 500 800 people have RSVP'd to attend a Muhammad cartoon drawing contest in Phoenix on Friday, similar to the contest in Garland, Texas. That...
View ArticleAbrahamic Religion's Texts Are Not About Peace
Down through the ages there have been many men who claimed the authority to speak on behalf of many different Gods. They have cynically leveraged the power of their faiths to sate their lust for wealth...
View ArticleISIS/Daesh is Salafi Islam, and Salafism is Saudi Arabia. Aux idées, citoyens!
ISIS/Daesh is Salafi Islam, played out to its logical extreme and with vastly greater support throughout broad swaths of the Sunni world (98.5% of whom live outside the West) — in varying degrees —...
View ArticleARE VACCINES KILLING BLACK BOYS!
The St. Louis Justice Or Else Local Organizing Committee (LOC)will host a Town Hall Meeting: The Danger of Vaccinations and you are invited to learn more about this wicked plot against our black boys,...
View ArticleThe G.O.A.T
"The G.O.A.T." Who knew that at 18 years old, when you won the Olympic gold it was just the beginning of one the greatest stories ever sold. Telling and selling us all your truth, even before you...
View ArticleAn open letter to American Christians who voted for Trump
An open letter to American Christians who voted for TrumpDear American Christians who voted for Trump God loves you. Jesus died for your sins. His last words were, “Father, forgive them, for they...
View Article"Radical Islam" versus "Real Islam".
Many of us are rightly worried about Islamaphobia becoming official Government policy. The Trump administration has already made several dangerous steps in that direction. However there is one line...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2017 Open Thread; European Day of the Righteous
March 6 is the 65th day of the year. There are 300 days left.-Today's number is 6--6 is 6 is the sum of its proper divisors (1, 2, & 3), which makes it a perfect number. It is the smallest perfect...
View ArticleWashington, Jefferson, and Muhammad all owned slaves. Should we tear their...
The obvious answer, which will probably appear in the comments somewhere, is that we can’t tear statues of Muhammad down because there aren’t any. That’s not actually true. Among others, there is a...
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