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This is my first post in the political section and it's about something I have thought about a lot lately for obvious reasons.
I have spent a lot of time writing this because I don't want to come of judgemental and all hateful and borderline racist, but I feel it hasn't helped enough, so I'm sorry if I hurt someone by writing what I am about to write. (I'm also sorry for how long this is)
It all started on September 30th last year when a Danish newspaper (Jyllandsposten) published 12 drawings of the prophet Muhammad and they wrote about the freedom of speech and western democracy also applied to religious feelings.
Then on October 9th a spokesperson for the Islamic community said that it was to exploit the freedom of speech and a democratic suppression of Muslims in Denmark.
On October 14th about 3500 people participate in a peaceful demonstration against Jyllandsposten in Copenhagen, and the paper now employs a security company to ensure the protection of their workers. Also the same day 2 of the artists has to leave their home to go into hiding because there have been death threads against them.
October 19th 11 ambassadors from different muslim countries ask for a meeting with the Danish primeminister, because they want him to take distance from the drawings, but he declines with reference to that the Danish government has no means of influencing the press.
In November and December a delegation from the Islamic community go to the middle east and talk to leading religious people and politicians to get the Islamic world to protest against Denmark and the drawings.
This is where it all starts to go wrong, because not only did they bring the 12 drawings they also took drawings showing Muhammad as a paedophile and in humiliating positions and claming that this was how Danes saw the prophet. WTF, this is people who get money from Denmark because they are refugees and they then do all they can to destroy the country.
In December the Pakistani party Jamaat-e-Islami put out a reward of 50000 Dkr to anyone killing one of the artists behind the dravings. Also there are demonstrations in Pakistan. 22 former ambassadors write to a newspaper that the primeminister should have met with the Muslim ambassadors, but he refuses the criticism. The Arabic League's foreign ministers criticise the Danish government for the poor handling of the case.
In the prime ministers new years speech on the 1st of January he doesn't mention the drawings direct but he says something about Denmark having a healthy tradition of asking critical questions to authorities, both political and religious.
On January 10th, with permission from Jyllandsposten, the Christian Norwegian paper Magazinet publishes the drawings.
I don't remember much happening there (maybe the Norwegians can enlighten me) and there is still not anything of significance in the way of media coverage and protests.
But then?..
On the 21th of January the international joining of Muslim scholars encurage the leaders in Denmark and Norway to firmly act to these attacks on the muslim community and the prophet. If not the joining will be forced to encurage millions of Muslims all over the world to boycott Danish and Norwegian product and activities. That was a declaration publicised in Cairo.
Then on January 26th the first signs of a boycott of Danish products shows in Saudi-Arabia and the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Denmark is called back to discuss the drawings. And on the 27th Arla (big dairy company) report about losses of 10 million Dkr a day and Novo (medicine producer) start to feel the boycott too.
Then things really start on the 28th where a lot of Islamic countries declare that Denmark should have condemned the drawings on the same time as a survey says that 79% of the Danish population says that the prime minister shouldn't apologise for the drawings.
On the 29th some embassies close and other are called to the head-of-state. A group of young Palestinians burn the Danish flag and Novo experience massive boycotts. An editor from Jyllandsposten was interviewed live on Arabic tv and apologized but it wasn't translated?..!
Jyllandsposten also apologized on paper for hurting their religious feelings, but that wasn't enough.
And from here it's just exploded. Extra news, it's all over the papers, there has been threads of suicide bombers, Jyllandsposten got a bomb scare, people saying one thing to the Danish press and another to the Islamic and people are beginning to boycott Islamic stores.
And then today the drawings were published in France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain and Island (and some more I think) (And from what I've heard the French were a little rude) good to see that the Europeans are sticking together.
What I don't get is this; IT'S JUST 12 DRAWINGS?????!
So what do you think, have you heard about it at all?
I have spent a lot of time writing this because I don't want to come of judgemental and all hateful and borderline racist, but I feel it hasn't helped enough, so I'm sorry if I hurt someone by writing what I am about to write. (I'm also sorry for how long this is)
It all started on September 30th last year when a Danish newspaper (Jyllandsposten) published 12 drawings of the prophet Muhammad and they wrote about the freedom of speech and western democracy also applied to religious feelings.
Then on October 9th a spokesperson for the Islamic community said that it was to exploit the freedom of speech and a democratic suppression of Muslims in Denmark.
On October 14th about 3500 people participate in a peaceful demonstration against Jyllandsposten in Copenhagen, and the paper now employs a security company to ensure the protection of their workers. Also the same day 2 of the artists has to leave their home to go into hiding because there have been death threads against them.
October 19th 11 ambassadors from different muslim countries ask for a meeting with the Danish primeminister, because they want him to take distance from the drawings, but he declines with reference to that the Danish government has no means of influencing the press.
In November and December a delegation from the Islamic community go to the middle east and talk to leading religious people and politicians to get the Islamic world to protest against Denmark and the drawings.
This is where it all starts to go wrong, because not only did they bring the 12 drawings they also took drawings showing Muhammad as a paedophile and in humiliating positions and claming that this was how Danes saw the prophet. WTF, this is people who get money from Denmark because they are refugees and they then do all they can to destroy the country.
In December the Pakistani party Jamaat-e-Islami put out a reward of 50000 Dkr to anyone killing one of the artists behind the dravings. Also there are demonstrations in Pakistan. 22 former ambassadors write to a newspaper that the primeminister should have met with the Muslim ambassadors, but he refuses the criticism. The Arabic League's foreign ministers criticise the Danish government for the poor handling of the case.
In the prime ministers new years speech on the 1st of January he doesn't mention the drawings direct but he says something about Denmark having a healthy tradition of asking critical questions to authorities, both political and religious.
On January 10th, with permission from Jyllandsposten, the Christian Norwegian paper Magazinet publishes the drawings.
I don't remember much happening there (maybe the Norwegians can enlighten me) and there is still not anything of significance in the way of media coverage and protests.
But then?..
On the 21th of January the international joining of Muslim scholars encurage the leaders in Denmark and Norway to firmly act to these attacks on the muslim community and the prophet. If not the joining will be forced to encurage millions of Muslims all over the world to boycott Danish and Norwegian product and activities. That was a declaration publicised in Cairo.
Then on January 26th the first signs of a boycott of Danish products shows in Saudi-Arabia and the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Denmark is called back to discuss the drawings. And on the 27th Arla (big dairy company) report about losses of 10 million Dkr a day and Novo (medicine producer) start to feel the boycott too.
Then things really start on the 28th where a lot of Islamic countries declare that Denmark should have condemned the drawings on the same time as a survey says that 79% of the Danish population says that the prime minister shouldn't apologise for the drawings.
On the 29th some embassies close and other are called to the head-of-state. A group of young Palestinians burn the Danish flag and Novo experience massive boycotts. An editor from Jyllandsposten was interviewed live on Arabic tv and apologized but it wasn't translated?..!
Jyllandsposten also apologized on paper for hurting their religious feelings, but that wasn't enough.
And from here it's just exploded. Extra news, it's all over the papers, there has been threads of suicide bombers, Jyllandsposten got a bomb scare, people saying one thing to the Danish press and another to the Islamic and people are beginning to boycott Islamic stores.
And then today the drawings were published in France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain and Island (and some more I think) (And from what I've heard the French were a little rude) good to see that the Europeans are sticking together.
What I don't get is this; IT'S JUST 12 DRAWINGS?????!
So what do you think, have you heard about it at all?
