the thing that is rediculous is that despite whatever conventions Islam may stipulate against the protrayal of the Prophet, the fact remains that the arab media does far, far worse against Jews and Christians. and as far as im aware, no Christian nations are kicking the ambassadors of Muslim nations out of their countries. its absurd.
and to the dude who said that no one is qualified to comment on this... dont be obtuse. sure, lots of 14 year olds dont have the background to make any sort of well founded claims, but theres been a handfull of pretty good posts in the thread so far.
heres a link to some more of the cartoons
http://cryptome.org/muhammad.htm
and one to an article in the Economist on the issue.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VQRJTNP
the fact is that the reaction is no where near to being proprotional to the offence. were talking boycotts that violate the WTO, that could ruin multiple nordic companies in return for a few drawings that werent in any way sanctioned by any of these governments. its rediculous.
then you take into account things like death threats against europeans, and claims that certian groups in Iraq would be targeting nordic soldiers for death specifically in retribution for these drawings. doesnt this strike anyone as totaly nuts?
im in my last semester of a political science degree, and have taken a handfull of courses on middle eastern politics, and political Isalm, so im going to go out on a limb here, and say that as far as the newschoolers population goes, im not unqualified to state an opinion here. i understand exactly why many Muslims hate the western nations, and why they do some of the things that seem irrational to us. this, however, is pretty much indefinsable.
