SodaHead Brief: Are Americans Afraid Of Muhammad?
Edward Barrera
2010/05/12 19:49:53
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The U.S. is a country that holds free speech as one of its ideals. We are supposed to protect our opponents' right to criticize that which we might spend a lifetime in defending. But that seems to stop when it comes to the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
From the nearly complete media censorship in the U.S. of Muhammad cartoons a few years ago that ignited violence throughout Europe to the latest censorship by Comedy Central of a South Park episode that had Muhammad in a bear suit, we grow faint at disturbing Islamic sensibilities.
Fortunately, others are pushing the boundaries in free speech, though they too are under assault. Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog, was assaulted while giving a university lecture about the limits of free speech and artistic freedom. In the video below, you can hear people shouting Allahu Akbar as others go after Vilks.
Of course, there is a U.S. connection. Vilks was the target of a murder plot involving Colleen LaRose, an American woman who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane," and who now faces life in prison.
From the nearly complete media censorship in the U.S. of Muhammad cartoons a few years ago that ignited violence throughout Europe to the latest censorship by Comedy Central of a South Park episode that had Muhammad in a bear suit, we grow faint at disturbing Islamic sensibilities.
Fortunately, others are pushing the boundaries in free speech, though they too are under assault. Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog, was assaulted while giving a university lecture about the limits of free speech and artistic freedom. In the video below, you can hear people shouting Allahu Akbar as others go after Vilks.
Of course, there is a U.S. connection. Vilks was the target of a murder plot involving Colleen LaRose, an American woman who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane," and who now faces life in prison.
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The Berserker 2010/05/13 00:19:36
I also think that our softened Western butts have forgotten how to properly respond to death threats - with blatant, swift and ugly murderous force. We have left behind our cowboy days... and our freedoms are dying because we gave our collective pair of nuts to political correctness and fear of the nuke.
But they dont even have to be extremeist to kill their wives just let them try to get a divorce.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME...
The guy with the newspaper cracks me up. You can tell he's trying not to stare, but he just can't help himself. And it looks like one must have got a few noodles up her nose, she's using her napkin for a handkerchief. Too funny!
See the ''REAL'' child molester here, Indifel :
Nowhere in the Old Testament are found these lies you have posted.
These are deliberate misquotes & mistranslations of the Talmud by anti-semitic swine.
p.s.u r probably going to not talk to me right now because kim a muslim so it was nice talking to you!!!
2.i am not proud of all of that,and if i had one wish it would be for world peace,but the point is that even though there is an increasing amount of bad muslims there are in every religion,but i will admit that muslims tend to be the most violent and yes muslims have the most terrorists,but the thing is while there are alot like that there are also alot who arent like that!!
".... but i will admit that muslims tend to be the most violent and yes muslims have the most terrorists,but the thing is while there are alot like that there are also alot who arent like that!!"
I agree with that. There are muslims who are in fact an honorable people.
The graphic is updated each day.
http://thereligionofpeace.com/
May 01 - May 07 Jihad Attacks: 31
Dead Bodies: 109
Critically Injured: 359