The Cartoon Hoax

From the desk of Paul Belien on Tue, 2006-02-07 18:51

Radical Danish imams have deliberately incited hatred against Denmark, the country that had hospitably welcomed them in. To this end, while on a visit to Arab countries last month, they added three false, extremely offensive Muhammad “cartoons” to the twelve relatively mild ones published by Jyllands-Posten last September [see the latter here, halfway down the page].

One of the three additional cartoons [we linked to them in this article], which the imams distributed on a faxed image of appalling quality, was said to be a depiction of Muhammad with a pigsnout. When the Danish press discovered the three false so-called Danish cartoons, the imams refused to say where they had got them. They claimed, however, that the false cartoons were genuinely Danish and had been added to “give an insight in how hateful the atmosphere in Denmark is towards Muslims.”

The Brussels Journal has always doubted whether the cartoons added by the imams were genuine. Whenever we mentioned them we explicitly wondered whether they were not “of the imam’s own making.” Certain Western mainstream media, however, such as the Australian network SBS and the British BBC authoritatively declared that the pigsnout was one of Jyllands-Posten’s cartoons.

Yesterday an American blogger discovered where the “pigsnout Muhammad” comes from. It has no relation to Muhammad whatsoever, it is not even a cartoon, but a fax image of a photo of a French clown performing at a pig festival.

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"Muhammad" according to the imams

Denmark is being punished at the instigation of radical imams because twelve cartoonists have depicted Muhammad. However, these imams created their own three Muhammad images. They have even presented a French clown as being Muhammad. Because the twelve JP cartoonists are not Muslims, the Muslim blasphemy laws do not apply to them. But these laws do apply to the imams. Consequently, these imams deserve death. They – and no-one else – depicted the prophet as a pig – the highest imaginable insult in Islam.

 

In his letter of “apology” Jyllands-Posten editor Carsten Juste wrote:

“In our opinion the 12 cartoons were moderate and not intended to be insulting. They did not go against Danish laws, but have evidently offended many Muslims, for which we apologize. Meanwhile a couple of offending cartoons have circulated in the Muslim world which were never published in Jyllands-Posten and which we would never have published if they had been offered to us. We would have dismissed them on the grounds that they breached our ethical limits.”

Indeed, the three cartoons breaching the paper’s ethical limits have been made by fanatical Muslim clerics themselves in order to set the world ablaze and provoke a religious war with the West.

Even under Western law the Danish radical imams belong in jail. Their hate crime must be punished. The imams are the hate preachers who are responsible for the destruction and the fatalities that resulted from their lies and their blasphemy. One of these lying imams is Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban. He works as a translator and distributor of an al-Qaeda related publication.

Western papers and blogs that published the twelve cartoons were right to do so. If they had not published, no-one would have been able to ascertain that the pigsnout was not among them. If they had not published, the cheating, blasphemous imams would have got away with their lies. The public is served by information, never harmed by it. Let this be a lesson to the cowards of The Guardian, SBS, the BBC and the British and American mainstream media, who “out of respect” for Islam would have allowed blasphemous imams to get away with their gross insult of the prophet, with slander and libel, and with the violent acts which they instigated.

Meanwhile, Muslim moderates have established a website to apologize to Denmark and Norway (though in our opinion the Norwegian government does not deserve it). They write:

In the middle of all the mayhem surrounding the Danish cartoons controversy, a group of Arab and Muslim youth have set up this website to express their honest opinion, as a small attempt to show the world that the images shown of Arab and Muslim anger around the world are not representative of the opinions of all Arabs. We whole-heartedly apologize to the people of Denmark, Norway and all the European Union over the actions of a few, and we completely condemn all forms of vandalism and incitement to violence that the Arab and Muslim world have witnessed. We hope that this sad episode will not tarnish the great friendship that our peoples have fostered over decades.

Meanwhile, too, an American blogger is currently updating his “Country Report Card” on how the various governments and nations react to the cartoon scandal. He has given an A to the governments of Denmark, France and Germany; and an F to those of Norway, Britain and Poland. The U.S. government got a D. Governments that got grades below C should be ashamed of themselves.

 

More on the cartoon case which The Brussels Journal has been covering for four months

Could it be that Islam has

Submitted by drugan on Tue, 2009-01-13 08:46.

Could it be that Islam has been hijacked by extremists? If so, then
they have some very serious internal problems. If they don't police
their own extremists, then Islam is no longer a religion of peace. But,
a virus out of control and ethnic stereotype will become the norm of
future governments. From the present events so far, the future for
Muslim people doesn't look that bright. But keep in mind that they
always have a choice in how they want us to perceive them.
If the Western oriented nations can't practice their rights (freedom
of speech in press) due to the mental instability of a religious group
that is not native to those countries, then we'll allow those
extremists to dictate our lives. As a sign of solidarity, I would like
to see all Western oriented countries to publish those cartoons, and if
some Muslim people start riots... then they should be photographed full hd animated movies

 

Hitlerian lies, spin and hype..psy war tools of islamofascists..

Submitted by Miriam on Sat, 2006-07-08 19:19.

If we look at the tool kit of the islamofascists, we find perverse lies to slant and skew events and reality on-the-ground but also tools employing mafia threats, 3-R basic tools i.e. rape, rob, riot.

Being so clever and cunning at spin, they are able to perform 3-M antics of MANIPULATE, MANEUVER, MACHINATE together with 3D tactics like being in deceitful denial, using deception...

No wonder they could keep their women in perpetual and irreversible slavery as no convert can escape such a trap either, worthy of death for being an apostate fugitive like the case of the single Christian afghan proved..

to Mr Paul belien

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:17.

Mr Paul Belien :
Please would you send an invitation to everyone here in this site so as not to use vulgar, indecent words.
i cannot recommend this site now to anyone due to low standard words used here.it is type of words which cannot be presented in many of your TV during day time ..
If they un able to reply in decent words ,so it is better for them to stay silent.

faces of the same coin

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:26.

sharon, Barak, Natanyaoo, goldamayer, perez, shaol Mofaz are all cloning from each other ..
faces of the same coin.
unfortunatly we have to bear what the west did to the jews .

Allah (God)

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:05.

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (peace be upon him), as many Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

What do Muslims believe about Allah?

1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.

2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.

3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.

4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.

5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.

6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.

7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.

8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.

9. He sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.

10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.

11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.

Allah

Submitted by Bob Doney on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:16.

There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.

Is Allah "in the universe" then?

Bob Doney

To Mr Bob from nermin

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:22.

what do u mean ?
the universe include what you know and what you donot know .
for example you only see this sky we all see but it is known that there are seven skyes created by allah.
you know an d see only one but you donot see all others.
and of course allah is the all hearing and listening an present every where as he is the creator that universe

The universe

Submitted by Bob Doney on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:32.

the universe include what you know and what you donot know .

Ain't that the truth. As Donald Rumsfeld said, "We know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." It's not often I agree with Mr Rumsfeld, but he's right on this one.

How do we know about the seven skies created by Allah?

Bob Doney

to emeda30

Submitted by peace on Sun, 2006-02-12 18:55.

they will not reply to u in any logic sense..if your are a palastinian, you must know that our hearts are with u as you are our flesh and blood.
i would like to advise u to read previous comments of those peopel u reespond too to know the level of their words and the language they use first.

British soldiers

Submitted by Bob Doney on Sun, 2006-02-12 13:09.

imagine yourself instead the iraqis and then ask yourself fairly who is the terrorists?

Did you notice, from the piece you linked, the British soldiers were kicked out of the army and put in prison? In Saddam's day they would have been promoted and encouraged to kill the victims.

Bob Doney

to Mr Bob

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:30.

have you seen today your how civilized british soldiers treat iraqi civilians boys today on TV..
you can watch them on world news newspaper.

Can anyone reply

Submitted by nermin on Sun, 2006-02-12 19:10.

What about Sharon massacres.. why no one mention them …the man was incriminated to kill 3000 innocent Palestinians civilians who live in refugee camps in less than 3 hours at dawn…..
Is he a terrorist or not ?
Can anyone reply without vulgar words.

Ignorance and illiteracy

Submitted by Bob Doney on Sun, 2006-02-12 13:03.

I consider what happened from the Danish Newspaper is not a freedom of speech but it is an Illiteracy and Ignorance about Islam.

So what do you think the punishment for this illiteracy and ignorance should be? Burning down embassies and trade boycotts?

The usual remedy for ignorance and illiteracy is education.

Bob Doney

Iran and nuclear weapons

Submitted by Bob Doney on Sun, 2006-02-12 13:01.

Like the position of Europe against Iran in the Nuclear file but not against Israel, the occupying force and its nuclear weapons.

What worries Europe, the USA and lots of other governments is that the president of Iran wants to "sweep Israel into the sea" and annihilate it. If he had nuclear weapons he might be tempted to try. One of the things that might deter him is knowing that Israel has the capacity to annihilate his country in return. The West has been pretty tolerant - or weak - about other unstable, undemocratic regimes having such weapons (eg Pakistan).

Bob Doney

Muslim protest or manipulation?

Submitted by domino360 on Sun, 2006-02-12 08:55.

The Western world needs to have a zero tolerance against all religious extremists. Whether they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindus, Hutus, Tutsi... it doesn't matter. Let's not forget that "religion" is the major culprit for genocide.

In the Western world we can make jokes about our spiritual leaders, and although people protest, none of them create aggravated assault type riots. Isn't ironic that the Islamic year in 2006 is 1427? In that same year, Christianity experienced it's worst era - Inquisition. But, a major difference with this negative coincidence, is that in those days the Spanish Inquisition didn't have bullets, chemical/biological/nuclear weapons. Today we do have that, and to have such an extreme exist makes a mockery of "human rights."

So, is it OK for Muslim people to say that they dream in regaining Cordoba (Spain)? That's not much respect for Spain. I guess that a lot of Muslim people don't know why (?) Cordoba became a paradise. Was it exiling someone? I guess that a lot of Muslim people don't know much about medieval history. That's similar to Americans with geography.

If Islam is a religion of peace, then why do they promote riots against countries they don't know? Could it be that Islam has been hijacked by extremists? If so, then they have some very serious internal problems. If they don't police their own extremists, then Islam is no longer a religion of peace. But, a virus out of control and ethnic stereotype will become the norm of future governments. From the present events so far, the future for Muslim people doesn't look that bright. But keep in mind that they always have a choice in how they want us to perceive them.

If the Western oriented nations can't practice their rights (freedom of speech in press) due to the mental instability of a religious group that is not native to those countries, then we'll allow those extremists to dictate our lives. As a sign of solidarity, I would like to see all Western oriented countries to publish those cartoons, and if some Muslim people start riots... then they should be photographed, fingerprinted and deported to their natal countries.

Jahjah?

Submitted by Lee on Wed, 2006-02-08 07:14.

Some sent the link to our friend Abu?